Fri, 24 May 2013 16:14:02 CDT smithsonianmag.com
Both coal and nuclear plants are costly to build but able to provide reliable power around the clock with relatively low fuel costs. "It's difficult to see how you could possibly displace coal if you don't include nuclear," Peterson says.
Fri, 24 May 2013 15:18:49 CDT thegazette.com
Linn County, home to the Duane Arnold Energy Center's nuclear power plant, needs an EOC by federal regulation and must conduct radiological response drills four times a year.
Fri, 24 May 2013 14:53:05 CDT enterprisenews.com
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering whether to impose fines on the operator of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station after a series of medical violations were uncovered during a 2011 inspection.
Fri, 24 May 2013 14:24:34 CDT norwichbulletin.com
She will receive up to $5,000 for the 2013-14 academic year, according to Dominion, the Virginia-based parent company of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station in Waterford. The scholarship is renewable for an additional three years.
Fri, 24 May 2013 13:59:06 CDT thenewsherald.com
A Canadian nuclear power company wants to dump waste at an Ontario site about a mile off the shore of Lake Huron.
Fri, 24 May 2013 13:41:52 CDT wsj.com
The energy company, which supplies enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear-power plants, plans to continue to meet its customers' orders from existing inventory and purchases from Russia.
Fri, 24 May 2013 13:03:12 CDT businessweek.com
Generation at Exelon's 1,134-megawatt Limerick 1 plant, about 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia, was cut to 60 percent after operating at full capacity yesterday. Duke Energy Corp.
Fri, 24 May 2013 11:09:34 CDT thepilot.com
Renewable energy can reduce our dependence on dirty coal, oil and nuclear power. It is a key growth sector in our economy and a way to disengage us from our dependence on foreign oil-producing countries.
Fri, 24 May 2013 10:55:06 CDT io9.com
The staff of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) seems to be in trouble after a Star Trek spoof made in 2010 in the plant's training simulator was leaked.
Fri, 24 May 2013 10:29:36 CDT maritime-executive.com
Companies such as Hyperion Energy, NuScale Power and Toshiba Energy Systems have developed of micro- nuclear reactors that can raise enough steam to generate 10MW to 25MW of electrical output.