The U.S. agency charged with protecting America's nuclear weapons has deployed a team of stateside supercomputer experts to gauge the radiation risks posed by the...
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House bill to block EPA rules advances after spat on climate science
Republicans on a key House panel approved a bill Tuesday that would permanently block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions.The...
TEPCO value falls $24B as utility faces atomic crisis
Tokyo Electric Power Co., the world’s most indebted utility, has lost 1.45 trillion yen ($18 billion) in market value as creditors snap up contracts to protect against...
U.N. atom chief sees possible Japan plant core damage
(Reuters) - Possible damage to the core of a disaster-stricken reactor and other worrying developments make it difficult to predict how Japan's nuclear emergency will...
Germany to shut down pre-1980 nuclear plants
BERLIN, March 15 (Reuters) - Germany will shut down all seven of its nuclear power plants that began operating before 1980 at least till June, the government said on...
House Republicans reject amendment that says climate change is occurring
House Republicans rejected amendments offered Tuesday by Democrats that called on Congress to accept the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring, that it is...
Radioactive levels "significantly" higher after plant blasts
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister warned that radioactive levels had become "significantly" higher around an earthquake-stricken nuclear...
House Dems call for hearings on U.S. nuclear safety
Top Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are calling on Republicans to hold hearings on U.S. nuclear power plant safety in light of the nuclear crisis in...
Google Maps adds feature to find EV charging stations
Just search on Google Maps for "ev charging station" plus the appropriate areaGoogle, a long-time supporter of electric cars and plug-in hybrids, has added...
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Saturday approved the resumption of nuclear power operations at two reactors despite mass public opposition, the first to come back on line...
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TOKYO — Radioactive debris from melted fuel rods may have seeped deeper into the floor of a Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear reactor than previously thought, to within a foot...
NRC chairman Jaczko targeted by GOP senators over Japan crisis comments
WASHINGTON -- Four Republican senators are asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's inspector general to investigate the agency's chairman for what they say is...
Anti-nuke protests in Japan, 3 months after quake
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Radiation readings at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi station rose to the highest since an earthquake and tsunami knocked out cooling systems, impeding efforts to contain the...
Japan to widen evacuation zone
TOKYO—Japan's government will move people out of some areas outside of the current evacuation and sheltering zones because radiation doses could accumulate to high...
More obstacles impede crews in Japan nuke crisis
TOKYO (AP) — Mounting problems, including badly miscalculated radiation figures and inadequate storage tanks for huge amounts of contaminated water, have stymied emergency...
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When it comes to robots, Japan is a superpower, with some of the world's most advanced robotic systems and the highest levels of industrial automation. So it makes...
Chu: Japan crisis may top Three Mile Island
Energy Secretary Steven Chu told Congress that the explosions at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant “actually appear to be more serious than Three Mile Island,”...
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