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Google headquarters tests wireless electric vehicle charging
As if you needed another reason to check out Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, electric vehicle technology startup Evatran announced this week that it has...
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Oil sightings in Gulf not from BP spill, Coast Guard says
A rainbow-colored “sheen” spotted in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend was not oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, the Coast Guard says on Sunday. Officials said the...
New repairs delay work at crippled nuclear plant
TOKYO — Efforts to stabilize the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima stalled on Monday when engineers found that crucial machinery at one reactor requires repair, a...
EU fails to agree on nuclear stress tests
AP - An emergency meeting called by EU energy ministers because of the nuclear crisis in Japan failed Monday to agree on strict and binding criteria for testing the...
Obama highlights ethanol ties during Brazil trip
UNICA, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association, often has a thing or two to say about the federal ethanol policy in the U.S. During President Obam
How Josef Oehmen's advice on Fukushima went viral
On 13 March, an essay entitled "Why I am not worried about Japan's nuclear reactors" appeared on a new and unknown blog. Within hours the post had gone...
NRC chairman says spent fuel pools at US reactors less vulnerable than the ones in Japan
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Sunday morning that the spent fuel pools at American nuclear reactors are less vulnerable than the ones...
Top nuke regulator eyes two-part safety review, won’t rule out licensing changes
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko said Sunday that the upcoming study of U.S. reactor safety will unfold in two phases to allow a near-term review...
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