Tag: nuclear
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San Onofre Is Dead and So Is Nuclear Power
As of early this year, Southern California Edison’s path to a re-start at San Onofre seemed as clear as any to be expected by a traditional atomic tyrannosaur. But with help from Sen. Boxer (D-CA) and Senator-to-be Markey (D-MA) and a powerful citizen …
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Nuclear Dominoes Fall in California and Kentucky
Southern California Edison has abandoned plans to restart its two nuclear reactors at San Ofre. The announcement this morning comes exactly one week after termination of operations at the Paducah, Kentucky, uranium enrichment plant, which for decades …
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We’re Being Watched: How Corporations and Law Enforcement Are Spying on Environmentalists
Since 9/11, accusations of eco-terrorism have proliferated and a number of individuals and groups have been prosecuted under new laws, which have profoundly impacted the radical environmental movement …
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Stiffed USEC Sues Feds in Nuclear Slugfest
The United States Enrichment Corporation, the contracting subsidiary of USEC Inc.—the company that now produces nothing—has filed a lawsuit in the Court of Federal Claims seeking $38 million in back-bill payment from the …
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Wind Energy Trumps Nuclear: MidAmerican Scraps Plans for New Reactors in Iowa
MidAmerican, based in Des Moines, announced Monday that because the design of their proposed small modular reactors have yet to be certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, moving ahead was not possible, saying the decision was in the best intere…