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Nuclear safety push to be softened after U.S. objections
2015-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The United States looks set to succeed in watering down a proposal for tougher legal standards aimed at boosting global nuclear safety, according to senior diplomats. Diplomatic wrangling will come to a head at a 77-nation meeting in Vienna next month that threatens to expose divisions over required safety standards and the cost of meeting them, four years after the Fukushima disaster in Japan. Switzerland has put forward a proposal to amend the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS), arguing stricter...
Winter storm expose vulnerability nuclear power plants
2015-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Two days after a major New England blizzard contributed to the shutdown of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Mass., the facility remains closed. Due to climate change, more of the most extreme precipitation events, such as this recent snowfall, are expected to slam the area in the coming decades. Nuclear power critics cite the Pilgrim shutdown as proof the industry isn't ready now--and won't be any time soon. Federal regulators counter that several initiatives to improve nuclear...
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Builder projects 18-month delay for new nuclear power plant in Georgia
2015-01-30 04:00:07| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Southern Co. said the firms building its new nuclear power plant in Georgia estimate the project will be delayed 18 months, potentially costing the power company $720 million in new charges, company officials said Thursday.
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Exelon's Zion Nuclear Plant Contractor Facing Shortfall
2015-01-27 20:52:35| ENR.com: Headline News
EnergySolutions says that despited a short-term funding gap, it expects to complete decommissioning on schedule in 2018.
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Exelon Corporation: Nuclear Power Isn't Going Anywhere
2015-01-25 20:38:04| Energy - Topix.net
With nearly 20,000 MW of nuclear power, here's why Exelon will keep packing a powerful punch. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, is shaking up the power sector like never before.
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