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NRC Chair Jaczko: Events Like Fukushima Too Rare to Require Immediate Changes
NRC Chair Gregory Jaczko (photo: Gabrielle Pffaflin/TalkMediaNews) For those that think nothing has changed in United States regulation since the Japanese earthquake and tsunami started the ongoing...
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Gregory Jaczko Has a Cold
NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko (photo: pennstatelive) In April 1966, Esquire Magazine published a story by Gay Talese that is still considered one of the greatest magazine articles of all time; the...
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San Onofre: One Leaks, the Other Doesn’t… Yet
For those who thought that, with the new year, nuclear power had turned a page and put its “annus horribilis” behind it–as if the calendar were somehow the friend America’s aging reactors–let’s take a...
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Union of Concerned Scientists Report: Nuclear “Near Misses” Symptom of...
(image: UCS report on The NRC and Nuclear Plant Safety in 2011, detail) In its second annual report on the safety of nuclear power facilities (PDF) in the United States, the Union of Concerned...
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Hurricane Sandy Brings Wind, Rain and Irony to US Nuclear Plants
Hurricane Sandy’s projected path as of 9 AM, Monday. (map courtesy of NOAA) With Hurricane Sandy projected to make landfall hundreds of miles to the south and the predicted storm surge still over 24...
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Yule Fuel
Yes, it’s time for that metaphor again. If you grew up near a TV during the 1960s or ’70s, you probably remember the ever-burning Yule Log that took the place of programming for a large portion of...
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