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| Nuclear Reactor Shut Down |
| Published: August 17, 2007, 3:21 am |
| Tags: General News, Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear Power Plant Alabama, Nuclear Power Plant Tennessee River, The Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant |
| The Browns Ferry nuclear power plant is located on the Tennessee River near Decatur and Athens, Alabama, on the north side (right bank) of Wheeler Lake. (more…) copyright @2007 Bu.bulicio.us nuclear power plant, nuclear power plant alabama, nuclear power plant tennessee river, the browns ferry nuclear power plantDid you |
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| US Navy Pulls Youtube Video of Ronald Reagan CVN 76 |
| Published: August 19, 2007, 6:31 pm |
| Tags: General Education, Cvn 76, Nuclear Power, Ronald Reagan, Us Navy |
| You can learn too much sometimes...online...via Youtube...thinks the US Navy.A sailor created a four minute video "Women of CVN 76: 'That Don't Impress Me Much'," and posted it on Youtube.CVN 76 is the call sign for the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, home to 5,500 sailors. 31,000 viewers later and the US Navy thought |
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| NORTH AMERICA:Energy Alberta files an application with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to site its Nuclear Power Plant near Peace River,Alberta |
| Published: August 27, 2007, 11:04 pm |
| Tags: Canada, Wayne Henuset, Ken Petrunik, Energy Alberta, Nuclear Power Industry, Cnsc, Aecl |
| Energy Alberta Corporation (Energy Alberta) is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| INDIA: It can not afford to miss "bus of nuclear renaissance" |
| Published: September 2, 2007, 2:56 pm |
| Tags: Manmohan Singh, India, Nucleo Electrica, Nuclear Energy, Tarapur Atomic Power Plant, Nuclear Power |
| Dedicating the 3rd and 4th 540 Mega Watt reactors... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| ASIA: North Korea, acuerda desmantelar su proyecto nuclear |
| Published: September 3, 2007, 5:01 pm |
| Tags: Christopher Hill, Nuclear Energy, North Korea, Geneva, Russia, Usa, China, Pyongyang, Nuclear Power, Geopolitic, Swiss, Japan, South Korea, Yongbyon |
| North Korea acept preparar una declaraci n... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| EUROPE: Latvian environmentalists oppose plans for Lithuanian nuclear plant |
| Published: September 3, 2007, 9:26 pm |
| Tags: Estonia, Sweden, Latvia, Poland, Latvian Green Movement, Lithuania, European Union, Ignalina Nuclear Power, Russia, Baltic Region |
| For a group of Latvian environmentalists nuclear... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| Silence is Acquiescence |
| Published: September 6, 2007, 8:10 am |
| Tags: Candu, Atomic Energy, Nuclear Power, Green House Gases, Nuclear Waste, Apec |
| countries to accept nuclear waste as the country of origin.Canada has also been asked to join a U.S.-led nuclear partnership that could eventually see big uranium exporters - like Canada and Australia - be asked to dispose of spent nuclear waste.Sources have told The Age discussions are under way that could see Australia and Canada made |
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| Tory Transparency: GNEP |
| Published: September 8, 2007, 9:41 am |
| Tags: Stephen Harper, Spp, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Waste, Transparency, Apec, Accountability |
| Nuclear Energy Partnership. Nuclear Energy Partnership? The government is planning to sign a Nuclear Energy Partnership? Was this one of the Conservatives five priorities? It was not publicly discussed nor raised in the House. It was a side deal from John Howard's visit to Canada.Ottawa near decision on nuclear plan: Bernier"Australia and |
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| MIDDLE EAST: The region is turning to nukes for water |
| Published: September 19, 2007, 11:09 am |
| Tags: Iaea, Wwf, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Libya, France, Mitsubishi, Areva, Nuclear Power, Nicolas Sarkozy, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Egypt, Australia |
| The idea of using nuclear-powered desalination... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| ASIA: Fire at Japan nuke plant, no leak |
| Published: September 20, 2007, 1:26 am |
| Tags: Nuclear Energy, Shogo Fukuda, Power Plant, Japan, Nuclear Power Plants, Tokyo Electric Power Co, Tokyo |
| A fire broke out Thursday at a major nuclear... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| IRAN - SPAIN: The friendship between the Spain and Iran |
| Published: September 21, 2007, 12:53 pm |
| Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hossein Afarideh, Madrid, Energy Cooperation, Davoud Salehi, Iran, Geopolitic, Nuclear Power Plants |
| Iranian and Spanish legislators explored ways to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| Biofuels Produce More Greenhouse Gases Than Oil and Gasoline |
| Published: September 23, 2007, 12:14 pm |
| Tags: Environment, Ethanol, Global Warming, Nuclear Power, Weather |
| the solution to the "nuclear problem" decades ago was coal. Hypocritically, those who fear-mongered this issue enough to prevent the construction of nuclear facilities back then are pointing fingers at coal powered ones today. Doesn't this suggest quite strongly that grass on the other side of the fence may not be as green as it |
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| Nuclear Power Plant To Be Built In South Texas |
| Published: September 25, 2007, 1:07 am |
| Tags: Nuclear Power, Nrg Energy, Bay City |
| that accompanies new coal-powered plants, many are beginning to see nuclear power as the answer to our growing energy needs. The two new reactors will provide enough energy for 21 million homes, and are expected to come on line by 2015.But is nuclear power really the answer? Serious doubts can be raised by two simple questions. (1) Does anyone |
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| Westinghouse Will Acquire French Nuclear Firm Astare |
| Published: September 25, 2007, 6:56 am |
| Tags: Doing Business In Japan, Astare, French, Nuclear Power, Toshiba, Westinghouse |
| Toshiba Corp.The French nuclear engineering company, Astare, will join the group.The deal will close on Oct. 11th."This acquisition will better enable Westinghouse to provide engineering support and project management services in the very important French market," said a Westinghouse VP.The deal will also help Westinghouse prepare |
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| TECH: The first Floating Nuclear Power Plant of the World |
| Published: September 28, 2007, 5:55 am |
| Tags: Nuclear Energy, Nikolai Kiselyov, Floating Nuclear Power Plant, Severodvinsk, Russia, Peveka |
| build another six Floating Nuclear Power Plants of its kind within a decade.Earlier a Russian nuclear official said over 20 countries were interested in buying Russia's floating nuclear power plants. The Floating Nuclear Power Plants are expected to be widely used in remote regions with power shortfalls, and also in the implementation of |
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