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* List of 161 new documents today from NRC PDR
Today's source articles
top stories
* AEP holds annual shareholders meeting in Shreveport
Shreveport Times (LA)
Though he likes the company's plans for the future, Carroll hopes the company will consider going into nuclear power to generate electricity, something he ...
* US Takes Step to Address Airliner Attacks on Reactors
New York Times (NY)
WASHINGTON, April 24 Ń New nuclear reactors need not be designed to withstand suicide attacks by big airplanes, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission decided ...
* Reactor Makers Asked To Ponder Plane Hit
Guardian Unlimited (UK)
WASHINGTON(AP) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed a new requirement Tuesday for nuclear reactor builders to consider how they might increase ...
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* 154 
Living near this power plant - lit by artist Gerry Hofstetter ...
Swissinfo (Switzerland)
The country's nuclear power plants have never been safer, according to the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate - but there is cause for concern. ...
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* 163 
Boiling water reactors proposed for the UK
World Nuclear News (UK)
The country is facing the shutdown of its reactor fleet, which will leave it with just one operating nuclear power plant, Sizewell B, by 2023. ...
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Temelin Nuclear Plant Prompts Diplomatic Incident
Playfuls.com (Romania)
The Czech Republic signed an agreement at the end of the year 2000 with the Austrian government, in which it agreed to improve safety at the Temelin nuclear ...
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* 148 
Palo Verde Info Available On Web
KPHO Phoenix (AZ)
Investigators said they don't believe software engineer Mohammad Alavi intended to provide details of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station to ...
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* 182 
NRC may fine Entergy for Indian Point siren delay
Mid-Hudson News (NY)
Washington Đ The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Monday proposed a $130000 civil penalty to Entergy for its failure to meet an April 15 deadline to activate ...
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* 122 
Powers Consider Iran Nuclear Proposal
Washington Post (DC)
Iran's defiance of a UN Security Council demand to freeze all activities linked to enrichment _ a possible pathway to nuclear arms _ has led to two sets of ...
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* 164 
Iran Vows No Nuclear Climbdown On Eve Of EU Talks
Javno.hr (Croatia)
Iran's unwavering defiance over its nuclear programme has further dampened hopes of a breakthrough at talks with the European Union on Wednesday. ...
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Lithuania nabs uranium smuggle suspects
PRESS TV (Iran)
Lithuanian police have detained two Belarusians suspected of trying to smuggle uranium from the Baltic state to Belarus. AFP reported. ...
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* 180 
Washington Points Finger at Austrian Energy Firm
Spiegel Online (Germany)
But given 'the behavior of this regime and their pursuit of nuclear weapons as well as their continuing support for terrorist activities, ...
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* 161 
California to Energy Producers: Not in Our State
NewsByUs (ID)
Fossil fuels and nuclear power are the lifeblood of our civilization; without them, the average American's food, clothing, shelter, and medical care would ...
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* 136 
Nambian chamber of mines wants uranium exploration to continue
Mining Journal Online (UK)
The mines and energy ministry announced the moratorium in February with more than 20 countries exploring for the nuclear fuel in Namibia. ...
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* 160 
No winner in 'Defcon: Everybody Dies'
MSNBC)
Spend all of your time trying to shoot down incoming attacks and you'll never win, but spend too much effort launching off nuclear warheads and you're bound ...
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Relatively a religious man
Hamilton Spectator (Canada)
In 1939, he wrote his famous letter to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that the Germans might be creating new and frightening atomic weapons. ...
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* 253 
Global Warming No Longer Controversial
Bay Area Indymedia (CA)
Global warming is an issue that has been controversial for many years. It has long been a relatively bipartisan issue, with democrats advocating cutting ...
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Spinal Tap reunite 'to save world from global warming'
24dash.com (UK)
The festival, hosted by Al Gore, is to open with a showing of several global warming-themed short films produced by the SOS (Save Our Selves) campaign. ...
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Russian Energy Giant to Bundle Carbon Credits With Gas Sales
New York Times (NY)
As a country, Russia possesses the credits in abundance under the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and hopes to transfer those benefits to its companies. ...
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* 171 
Future world power supplies cannot be assured unless substantial ...
FinFacts Ireland (Ireland)
The book provides illustrative results for the choice between coal and gas (with and without carbon capture) as well as nuclear power plants. ...
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* 250 
Scientists consider radical ways to fight warming
CTV.ca (Canada)
OTTAWA -- If all else fails in the battle to curb global warming, there's always the big umbrella in space. Governments should consider proposals to put a ...
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Water flows like molasses on the nanoscale
Nanowerk LLC (HI)
Riedo conducted these measurements by recording the force placed on a silicon tip of an atomic force microscope as it compressed water. ...
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Breakthrough Nanotechnology Process for Recycling Tires Selected ...
PR Web (press release) (WA)
Every CBp Carbon plant can now reduce or conserve approximately 40000 tonnes of carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emissions that are released to the atmosphere ...
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* 207 
Sun in 3D will boost solar storm forecast
Auto Industry (UK)
This causes magnetic storms that can overload power line equipment and radiation storms that harm satellites. Satellite and utility operators can take ...
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* 218 
Sun 3-D pictures help warn of solar flares
Tarankai Daily News (New Zealand)
The radiation they carry is a danger to astronauts. The orbiting SOHO observatory is providing some information, but the two STEREO spacecraft will be able ...
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Happy birthday to Hubble
MSNBC)
The finished image shows a 50-light-year-wide inferno where ultraviolet radiation from monster stars carve into the landscape of cool gas and dust. ...
NPPs
* Japan, US ink pact on nuclear power reactors
The Japan Times (Japan)
Japan and the United States said Tuesday they have adopted a plan to advance coordination on nuclear energy policy, including the extension of governmental ...
* The Central Bank and the peso
Philippine News Online (Philippines)
... socialist system where the CB became an instrument for supporting the 'crony' economy with large capital projects and a bloated nuclear plant. ...
* Don't punish the scientists
Guardian Unlimited (UK)
It is the stuff of conspiracy theorists' dreams - a top-secret nuclear plant storing organs from its dead workers so that scientists could use them for ...
* Poll: Public worried over Indian Point
White Plains Journal News (NY)
PURCHASE - Half of Westchester residents want the Indian Point nuclear plants to stay open, but worry about a radiation leak and how to evacuate if there is ...
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Owners Of Indian Point Nuclear Plant Hit With $130K Fine
NY1 (NY)
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given the plant's operators an additional 30 days to get the system up and running. The company says it will meet that ...
* Capital and Nature: An Interview with Paul Burkett
Monthly Review (VA)
... investing in nuclear power, for example (for a critical account see Rebecca Clausen, 'Straight from the Billionaire's Mouth,' MRZine, April 11, 2007). ...
* LemminkŠinen Oyj: LemminkŠinen company announcement comprehensive ...
Kauppalehti (press release) (Finland)
... of the third nuclear power plant at Olkiluoto, concerning the delivery of ready-mix concrete for the entire nuclear power plant construction project. ...
* Czech PM says Austria misunderstands his word on Melk closure
Prague Daily Monitor (Czech Republic)
... that the Czech cabinet is going to declare the Melk procedure on the Czech nuclear power plant Temelin as closed have been misunderstood by Austrians. ...
* 'Exploit available resources to meet power demand'
Newindpress (subscription) (India)
... to develop coastal projects based on the imported fuel and development of nuclear power would meet the requirements of the country,', he opined. ...
* NO TO NUCLEAR
Glasgow Daily Record (UK)
Fewer than one in four Scots support building new nuclear power stations in Scotland, according to a poll for Greenpeace. ...
* Three cos. to cover 25% of Japan uranium from Kazakhstan
RIA Novosti (Russia)
Nuclear power makes up 30% of Japan's energy mix, and the country intends to raise the figure to 40% by 2030, making nuclear power its key energy source.
* MPI Press release
ZPEnergy)
Nuclear power plants take 10 years to begin operation. The idea they can contribute to a solution is a dangerous illusion. ...
* Taxing Yankee
Rutland Herald (VT)
Peter Shumlin has announced a plan to impose new taxes on Entergy Vermont, which owns Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, to pay for the program to improve ...
* CEZ says Temelin has shown 166 defects in 5 yrs
Prague Daily Monitor (Czech Republic)
Prague, April 24 (CTK) - The Temelin nuclear power station in southern Bohemia has shown 166 defects in five years of operation but none has had a negative ...
* CEZ says Temelin should produce 12.5 TWh of power in 2007
Prague Daily Monitor (Czech Republic)
Prague, April 24 (CTK) - The Temelin nuclear power station in southern Bohemia should produce 12.4-12.5 terawatt-hours of power this year, roughly the same ...
* Penalties called 'soft' in nuclear cover-up
Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
Tsujii was acting head of the the Shika Nuclear Power Plant in Ishikawa Prefecture when the criticality incident occurred. Tsujii voluntarily declined his ...
* China to buy four N- reactors from US
Times of India (India)
BEIJING: China will purchase four state-of-the-art nuclear reactors from the United States at an estimated cost of $8 billion. ...
* Lemminkainen says out of reactor concrete deal
Reuters)
... said on Wednesday it agreed to no longer deliver concrete to the nuclear reactor being built by Areva (CEFFi. ...
n-weapons
* It's only suspicious if you're dressed like a 'terrorist'
Homeland Stupidity (satire) (DC)
If you're a potential threat, and you want to get those critical pictures of a bridge or a nuclear reactor, what do you do? After all, these days you're ...
North Korea
* US General Says North Korea Could Become Moderate Nuclear Power ...
KOTV (OK)
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The general in charge of US forces in South Korea said Tuesday that North Korea could become a 'moderate nuclear power' by 2010 if ...
* US blamed for N. Korea missing denuclearization deadline
Yonhap News (South Korea)
13 deal in which it was to shut down its Yongbyon reactor by the mid-April deadline in a preliminary step toward the 'disabling' of its nuclear program. ...
* N Korea Diplomatically Outmaneuvers US
theTrumpet.com (OK)
More than a week has passed since a deadline for North Korea to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor and invite International Atomic Energy Agency (iaea) ...
* Who missed the deadline on the North Korean nuclear deal?
World Socialist Web Site (MI)
The April 14 deadline for North Korea to shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon and allow International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors back into ...
Iran
* World Powers consider Iran nuclear proposal
IranMania News (Iran)
Its ultimate goal is to run 50000 centrifuges a year, enough to churn out material for a network of nuclear power generators, or a full-scale nuclear ...
* A package of news briefs from the Caribbean
Gainesville Sun (FL)
Perez Roque repeated Havana's support for Iran's right to use nuclear power for peaceful purposes, despite international criticism of its uranium enrichment ...
USA
* Bethesda company secures critical license for nuclear plant
Business Gazette (MD)
USEC, a Bethesda provider of enriched uranium fuel for nuclear facilities, has received a construction and 30-year operating license for its uranium ...
* American Ecology Announces First Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Web Services Journal (NJ)
... the United States, such as steel mills, medical and academic institutions, refineries, chemical manufacturing facilities and the nuclear power industry. ...
* The Wednesday Quickie
411mania.com (TX)
McCain also advocates the development of more nuclear power. When it comes to global warming, McCain promotes a market based emissions trading carbon cap. ...
environment
* Our world is finite: Is this a problem?
Energy Bulletin)
Nuclear power also seems to have promise, but has toxic waste issues and is difficult to scale up quickly. A general introduction to alternative ...
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Fake tan is the 'only safe tan'
The Press West Coast (New Zealand)
'In fact, the UV radiation from solaria is five times stronger than the midday sun. It's especially risky for young people; international research shows the ...
climate
* Fossil Arctic animal tracks point to climate risks
Reuters India (India)
'It's a worrying scenario for future global warming,' he told a group of students studying climate change. The ancient warming was triggered by natural ...
* Rann 'hypocritical' over nuclear power
ABC Online (Australia)
'We share the climate, we share the atmosphere, if it's good for the climate to build nuclear power stations in China then why has he rammed the shutters ...
* Use the sun to cool down our planet
USA Today)
This might sound counterintuitive, but because the sun is a nuclear fusion reactor operating at a safe 93 million miles away, we have a built-in planetary ...
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