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"Nuclear Rules in Japan Relied on Old Science" [1]

"In the country that gave the world the word tsunami, the Japanese nuclear establishment largely disregarded the potentially destructive force of the walls of water. The word did not even appear in government guidelines until 2006, decades after plants — including the Fukushima Daiichi facility that firefighters are still struggling to get under control — began dotting the Japanese coastline."

Disasters [2]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Public [4]
Asia [5]
Source: NY Times [6], 03/28/2011
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"NRC Considers Eliminating Half-Century-Old Radiation Standard" [7]

"Under the draft proposal, the principle that exposure should be “as low as reasonably achievable” will be replaced with hard limits and special exceptions."

Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [15], 03/19/2026
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Bill Gates–Backed Nuclear Power Plant Just Got Cleared To Start Building [16]

"TerraPower, a Bill Gates–backed nuclear power start-up, received the federal green light to start building a power plant in Wyoming. The approval paves the way for the first new commercial nuclear reactor in the U.S. in nearly a decade."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
Source: Scientific American [21], 03/05/2026
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"How The NRC Lost Its Independence" [22]

"One year ago, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was an independent agency, setting safety standards without White House interference. Those days are over."

Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Technology [23]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [24], 02/19/2026
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Trump Energy Dept. Exempts New Nuclear Reactors From Environmental Review [25]

"The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major environmental law. The law would have required them to disclose how their construction and operation might harm the environment, and it also typically required a written, public assessment of the possible consequences of a nuclear accident."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Health [26]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [13]
Technology [23]
Waste [27]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [28], 02/03/2026
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‘Doomsday Clock’ Moves Closer To Midnight Amid Nukes, Climate Change And AI [29]

"Earth is closer than it’s ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the U.S. and other countries become “increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic,” a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds till midnight."

Activism [30]
Climate Change [17]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [31]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Technology [23]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [32]
Source: AP [33], 01/28/2026
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"The Trump Administration Has Secretly Rewritten Nuclear Safety Rules" [34]

"The Trump administration has overhauled a set of nuclear safety directives and shared them with the companies it is charged with regulating, without making the new rules available to the public, according to documents obtained exclusively by NPR."

Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [19]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [35], 01/28/2026
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"Meta Strikes Deals With Three Nuclear Energy Companies" [36]

"Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced deals Friday with three nuclear energy companies to help power its AI infrastructure, including the tech giant’s forthcoming Prometheus supercluster."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Technology [23]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [37], 01/12/2026
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"The ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways" [38]

"Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of it radioactive."

Chemicals [39]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Pollution [13]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 12/23/2025
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"Another Trump Financial Conflict, This Time With Nuclear Power" [43]

"Trump Media plans to merge with a company developing nuclear fusion technology, putting the president’s financial interests in competition with other energy companies over which his administration holds sway."

Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [44], 12/22/2025
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