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Pennsylvania Nuclear Reactor Shut Down After - Small Water Leak'
2014-12-14 10:29:46| Energy - Topix.net
PPL Susquehanna LLC said Saturday it shut down a reactor at its nuclear plant near Berwick, Pennsylvania, to address "a small water leak" discovered inside the unit's concrete containment structure. Though the leak is small enough to continue operating the reactor safely, PPL Susquehanna said it took the "conservative measure" to shut it down, the utility said in a statement.
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Torness nuclear reactor has 'unplanned outage'
2014-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A nuclear reactor at the Torness power station in East Lothian has gone offline in an unplanned outage, its operator has said. EDF Energy said the 640MW Torness 2 reactor went offline at 01:16 on Friday. The unit was expected to remain unavailable for seven days, the firm said. It means nearly 5GW of British nuclear capacity is offline. The reactor normally has a capacity of 640 megawatts. Paul Winkle, Torness Power Station director, said: "The reactor shutdown safely and cooling to the...
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Lockheed Martin works on compact nuclear fusion reactor technology
2014-10-17 01:00:00| Power Technology
Lockheed Martin has announced that it is working on a compact fusion reactor (CFR), which would be small enough to fit on the back of a truck, and could be ready for use within a decade.
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Lockheed Martin pursuing compact nuclear fusion reactor concept
2014-10-16 16:55:37| Green Car Congress
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Lockheed Martin Pursuing Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Concept
2014-10-15 17:42:00| Transmission & Distribution World
The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works team is working on a new compact fusion reactor that can be developed and deployed in as little as 10 years. Content Classification: Curated read more
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