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"Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Shuts Down Unexpectedly" [1]

"Three Mile Island plant, scene of the worst nuclear power accident in the US, shut down automatically after failure of a coolant pump. Officials say the Three Mile Island shutdown poses no threat."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Source: AP [5], 09/21/2012
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Summer Raised Questions: How Might Power Plants Fare in Warming World? [6]

"Rising seawater temperatures forced an unprecedented shutdown last month of a nuclear reactor on the Connecticut coast."

Climate Change [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Greenwire [10], 09/17/2012
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"Japan to Zero Out Nuclear Power by 2030s" [11]

"TOKYO -- The Japanese government has decided to phase out nuclear power by sometime in the 2030s and shift the country in the direction of renewables, energy conservation and natural gas."

Energy & Fuel [8]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
Public [3]
International [12]
Source: ENS [13], 09/17/2012
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Flood Threat To Plants Covered Up By Regulators: NRC Whistleblower [14]

"In a letter submitted Friday afternoon to internal investigators at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a whistleblower engineer within the agency accused regulators of deliberately covering up information relating to the vulnerability of U.S. nuclear power facilities that sit downstream from large dams and reservoirs."

"The letter also accuses the agency of failing to act to correct these vulnerabilities despite being aware of the risks for years.

Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
Journalism & Media [15]
Disasters [16]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Huffington Post [17], 09/17/2012
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"Review Of Plan To Restart San Onofre Reactor Could Take Months" [18]

"After Edison submits a plan to restart one reactor at San Onofre, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is expected to take months to review it."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
Public [3]
California [19]
Source: LA Times [20], 09/13/2012
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About 50 Workers at PA Nuke Plant Exposed To Low Levels of Radiation [21]

"YORK, PA -- Roughly 50 workers at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station were exposed to low levels of radiation early Tuesday after a discharge of contaminated steam."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Source: York Daily Record [22], 09/13/2012
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"Addressing a Gap in Nuclear Regulation" [23]

Land contamination may be as important as the direct radiation dose to humans in setting safety standards for nuclear plants, the disaster at Japan's Fukushima site suggests.

Disasters [16]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Green/NYT [24], 09/12/2012
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Security Lapses at Nuclear Complex Identified 2 Years Before Break-In [25]

"Nearly two years before peace activists broke into a U.S. nuclear weapons facility in late July, government investigators warned in classified reports of lax security at the complex where the nation's largest concentration of weapons-grade uranium is stored."

Disasters [16]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Wash Post [26], 09/12/2012
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Ageing Japanese Nuclear Reactors Sitting on Earthquake Fault Lines [27]

"A rugged stretch of coastline known as Japan's Nuclear Alley is dotted with 14 nuclear reactors and now there are warnings that several of these ageing nuclear plants sit near, or on, active faultlines."

Disasters [16]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
Public [3]
International [12]
Source: Australian ABC [28], 09/10/2012
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"NRC Staff To Review Nuclear Reactor Waste Storage Rules" [29]

"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) directed its staff on Thursday to start an environmental review into the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel, following a court ruling that led the agency to stop issuing new reactor licenses."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [30], 09/07/2012
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