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Power Play: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Jaczko Resigns after Push...

Outgoing NRC Chmn. Jaczko testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform last year. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jaczko, submitted his resignation...

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House Postpones Witch Hunt While Nuclear Industry Awaits Results of Latest...

The Salem Nuclear Power Plant is in New Jersey, not Salem, MA, but you get the idea. (photo: peretzp) In case you were wondering what it was all about–”it” being the dealings of the Nuclear Regulatory...

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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster “Man-Made” Reports Japanese Panel; Quake Damaged...

Aerial view of the Oi Nuclear Power Plant, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. (photo: Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport via Wikipedia) The massive disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear...

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Made in Japan? Fukushima Crisis Is Nuclear, Not Cultural

(photo: Steve Snodgrass/flickr) Since the release of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Committee’s official report last week, much has been made of how it implicates Japanese culture as one of...

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NRC Report on San Onofre: Close Enough for Government Work

An aerial view of the San Onofre Generating Station. (photo: Jelson25 via Wikipedia) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission released its report on recent failures at the San Onofre nuclear facility [PDF] on...

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Superstorm Sandy Shows Nuclear Plants Who’s Boss

Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Station as seen in drier times. (photo via wikipedia) Once there was an ocean liner; its builders said it was unsinkable. Nature had other ideas. On Monday evening, as...

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Oyster Creek Nuclear Alert: As Floodwaters Fall, More Questions Arise

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in pre-flood mode. (photo: NRCgov) New Jersey’s Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station remains under an official Alert, a day-and-a-half after the US Nuclear...

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Seventy Years of Nuclear Fission: Short on Confidence; Long on Waste

From here to eternity: a small plaque on the campus of the University of Chicago commemorates the site of Fermi's first atomic pile--and the start of the world's nuclear waste problem. (Photo: Nathan...

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Fukushima Plus Two: Still the Beginning?

An IAEA inspector examines the remains of reactor 3 at Fukushima Daiichi (5/27/11) I was up working in what were in my part of the world the early morning hours of March 11, 2011, when I heard over the...

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Fukushima Two Years Later: Many Questions, One Clear Answer

Fukushima's threats to health and the environment continue. (graphic: Surian Soosay via flickr) You can’t say you have all the answers if you haven’t asked all the questions. So, at a conference on the...

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