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"Nuclear Power Plants: Uneven Enforcement Suspected at Nuclear Plants" [1]

"Nuclear power plants: Some regions have many more safety violations than others, suggesting inconsistent enforcement of nuclear power plant regulations, according to a GAO study."

Disasters [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [7], 10/16/2013
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"UN Questions Japan Estimates of Fukushima Worker Radiation Doses" [8]

"Japanese authorities may have underestimated by 20 percent the radiation doses workers got in the initial phase of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, a Japanese newspaper reported on Saturday, citing a U.N. panel."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
Disasters [2]
Public [5]
International [9]
Source: Aljazeera [10], 10/15/2013
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"South Korea Charges 100 With Corruption Over Nuclear Scandal" [11]

"South Korea has indicted 100 people, including a top former state utility official, of corruption in a scandal over fake safety certifications for parts in its nuclear reactors, authorities said on Thursday."

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Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
Public [5]
International [9]
Source: Reuters [12], 10/11/2013
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"Nuclear Plants Vexed at Prices That Shift as Demand Does" [13]

"WASHINGTON -- As costs and competition from cheap natural gas force more old nuclear plants to shut down, their owners have a new complaint: the electricity market is rigged against them."

Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [16], 10/10/2013
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"Latest Leak at Japan's Fukushima Plant Contaminates Six Workers" [17]

"Six workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant were exposed to a leak of highly radioactive water on Wednesday, the latest in a string of mishaps the country's nuclear watchdog has attributed to carelessness, saying they could have been avoided."

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Public [5]
International [9]
Source: Reuters [18], 10/10/2013
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Degraded Area in Pennsylvania Nuclear Plant Poses No Risk: FirstEnergy [19]

"FirstEnergy Corp said on Monday a small area of degradation found in the steel containment liner in one of the reactors at Pennsylvania's Beaver Valley nuclear power plant poses no harm to the public, workers or the environment."

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Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Source: Reuters [21], 10/08/2013
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"Company Fires Scientist Who Warned of Hanford Waste Site Problems" [22]

"When senior scientist Walter Tamosaitis warned in 2011 about fundamental design flaws at the nation's largest facility to treat radioactive waste in Hanford, Wash., he was assigned to work in a basement room without office furniture or a telephone. On Wednesday, Tamosaitis, an employee of San Francisco-based URS Corp., was laid off from his job after 44 years with the company."

Disasters [2]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
Technology [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: LA Times [24], 10/07/2013
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"Sen. Wyden Presses Energy Secretary on Hanford Nuke Site Risks" [25]

"A senior Democrat wants the Energy Department (DOE) to explain how it will address problems described in a new inspector general report that criticizes DOE’s oversight of a major nuclear waste treatment plant that’s under construction in Washington State."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Hill/E2 Wire [26], 10/04/2013
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"Tokyo Electric Says Contaminated Water Leaked at Fukushima" [27]

"The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said on Tuesday that four tonnes of rainwater contaminated with low levels of radiation leaked during an operation to transfer the water between tank holding areas."

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Public [5]
International [9]
Source: Reuters [28], 10/03/2013
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"Fracking May Be Polluting River with Radioactive Waste" [29]

"Fracking may be contaminating a Pennsylvania river with radioactive waste, a Duke University study to be published this week shows."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
Pollution [30]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Climate Central [31], 10/03/2013
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