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Activists hail San Onofre nuclear power plant reactor shutdown

2014-08-28 08:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: America's nuclear reactor fleet moved deeper into middle-aged crisis on Friday when operators decide to shut down two reactors at the troubled San Onofre power plant in California. They were the third and fourth reactors to be permanently retired this year, underlining the harsh economics facing America's ageing fleet of nuclear reactors, forced to pay for expensive upkeep at a time of increased competition from cheap natural gas and renewable energy. The two reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear...

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LED Lamps provide emergency lighting in nuclear power plants.

2014-08-26 14:30:42| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Designed to replace 60 W A19 style incandescent bulbs in nuclear power facilities, DDP LA-11-4/130ACDC Series offers over 1,000 lumens of output while drawing 11 W. Units deliver full brightness on 40–130 Vac/Vdc input and will illuminate seamlessly when power switches from AC to DC. Incorporating high light-extraction LED technology, lamps provide upwards of 100,000 hours of operating life. This story is related to the following:Electronic Components and DevicesGreen & CleanSearch for suppliers of: LED Lighting | Emergency Lights

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Nuclear power stations cause childhood leukemia and here's the proof

2014-08-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Ecologist: Controversy has been raging for decades over the link between nuclear power stations and childhood leukemia. But as with tobacco and lung cancer, it's all about hiding the truth, writes Ian Fairlie. Combining data from four countries shows, with high statistical significance, that radioactive releases from nuclear plants are the cause of the excess leukemia cases. I can think of no other area of toxicology (eg asbestos, lead, smoking) with so many studies, and with such clear associations as those...

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D.C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant reports no actual diesel fuel oil release occurred

2014-08-23 06:47:36| Waste Management - Topix.net

UPDATE: The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality reports that there was not a release of 8,700 gallons of diesel fuel oil as initially suspected.

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