Though his leadership style wasn’t always well received and might have been his undoing, outgoing Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Gregory Jaczko made no...
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Japan's atomic disaster caused by "collusion": panel report
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fukushima nuclear crisis was a preventable disaster resulting from "collusion" among the government, regulators and the plant...
Japan regains nuclear power as first reactor resumes operations
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan ended two months without nuclear power on Thursday when the No. 3 unit at Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi plant became the first reactor to...
China declares Three Gorges hydro project complete
BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) - The final turbine of China's massive Three Gorges Dam was connected to the grid on Wednesday, marking the completion of a controversial...
Chevy Volt outsells Nissan Leaf for fifth straight month
U.S. sales of the Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-in bested the Nissan Leaf battery-electric's for the fifth straight month, with Leaf sales falling behind last...
North Carolina lawmakers reject sea level rise predictions
(Reuters) - Lawmakers in North Carolina, which has a long Atlantic Ocean coastline and vast areas of low-lying land, voted on Tuesday to ignore studies predicting a rapid...
GE suspends solar factory buildout in Colorado
GE was set to become a major solar manufacturer when it announced a 400 MW factory in Colorado last year. Over a year later, though, it’s putting that plan on hold for 18...
Sen. Brown calls for federal investigation of Cape Wind project
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) is calling for a federal investigation into a planned wind farm in the Nantucket Sound following the leak of Federal Aviation Administration...
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