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Japan nuclear crisis still a serious concern
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Report: U.S. nuclear plants failing to report component defects to regulators
Operators of U.S. nuclear plants are failing to report component defects that could cause “substantial’ safety hazards, according to a new report by the Nuclear Regulatory...
Oil companies that gave ‘bonuses’ to Libya also lobbied against disclosure rules
Multinational companies operating in Libya have had to deal with many obstacles, including a government rife with corruption that often asked for what amounted to bribes.
Sea salt may be hampering Japan nuclear recovery
Corrosive salt from seawater may be adding to problems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, damaged two weeks ago by the megaquake and tsunami in Japan.
Nuclear cleanup cost goes to Japan's taxpayers, may spur liability shift
Japan’s taxpayer, not the nuclear industry or insurers, will cover most of the cleanup cost from the worst accident since Chernobyl, a financial rescue that may spur moves...
A major expansion of coal mining planned in Wyoming's Powder River Basin
Vast coal reserves in Wyoming will be auctioned over the next five months, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Tuesday, despite the Obama administration's push...
Report: U.S. solar $6 billion industry in 2010
The U.S. solar market grew 67 percent from a $3.6 billion market in 2009 to $6 billion in 2010, according to "U.S. Solar Market Insight: 2010 Year in Review," a...
Conflicting U.S and Japan evacuation policies sow confusion
TOKYO—There is no shortage of contradictory information concerning the danger of the radiation emanating from the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant. But critics...
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Japan says Fukushima spent-fuel risk contained
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese officials said on Saturday the unprecedented effort to remove spent fuel rods from one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors was...
Rising levels of radioactive liquid hampering Fukushima clean-up effort
In the first hours of March's accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, workers rushed to flood three damaged reactors with sea water to prevent a...
Japan stops radioactive leaks into sea from reactor
TOKYO (Reuters) - Operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex said on Wednesday it had stopped leaks of contaminated water with high levels of...
Radioactive water spilling into tunnels beneath Japanese nuclear plant; plutonium found in soil
The buildup of radioactive water in the tunnels underneath at least three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant is hindering efforts to restore power to the facility....
U.S. brings fresh water to Japan nuclear plant
SENDAI, Japan -- U.S. naval barges loaded with fresh water sped toward Japan's overheated nuclear plant to help workers who scrambled Saturday to stem a worrying rise...
Damaged equipment, spent fuel hamper efforts at Japanese nuclear plant
TOKYO — Workers at Japan’s ravaged nuclear power plant on Tuesday renewed a bid to bring its command centers back online and restore electricity to vital cooling systems...
Power cable connected to reactors 1 and 2
(Reuters) - Japan restored power to a crippled nuclear reactor on Sunday in its race to avert disaster at a plant wrecked by an earthquake and tsunami that are estimated...
IAEA confirms partial meltdown of reactors 1, 2 and 3; 50-mile radius evacuated
TOKYO -- The UN's nuclear watchdog the IAEA warned Japan's nuclear crisis was "very serious" Wednesday as Tokyo resorted to increasingly desperate...
Workers briefly abandon Japan plant after radiation surge
TOKYO (Reuters) - Workers were ordered to withdraw briefly from a stricken Japanese nuclear power plant on Wednesday after radiation levels surged, Kyodo news reported, a...
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