Nuclear plants to fire Wackenhut guards
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Exelon Corp. plans to announce Friday it will terminate its contract with Wackenhut Corp. for providing security at many of its nuclear power plants, according to a notice the company sent to congressional offices.
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Sweden's top nuclear officials on Friday decided U.N. experts should be invited to inspect the country's atomic power plants after a string of malfunctions raised concerns about safety. The relatively minor incidents have not posed any threat of radioactive leaks. But the frequency of the problems have sparked calls for a review of the safety controls at the power plants, which generate about half of Sweden's electricity.
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Six Navy personnel onboard the nuclear-powered submarine USS Hampton have been punished for forging inspection records for the cooling system of the ship's nuclear reactor, Navy officials said Monday.
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A team of international inspectors will  travel to a North Korean nuclear reactor on Saturday, ahead of  a planned shutdown as part of a nuclear disarmament agreement.
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CHERBOURG, France, Oct 6  - Police threw a heavy escort around a shipment of plutonium from US weapons arsenals as it was offloaded from a ship and taken by military convoy to a nuclear recycling plant in western France on Wednesday despite protests
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A SMALL nuclear test reactor in Norway has been shut down after increased radioactivity was detected in the plant.
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By ROB PAVEY  AUGUSTA, Ga. - Five environmental groups, including Augusta- based Savannah Riverkeeper Inc., asked a federal panel this week for the authority to make official comments involving the proposed expansion of the Vogtle nuclear generating plant.
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Staff outraged by General Motors&#39; plans to slash up to 12,000 jobs in Europe have stopped work at a plant in Bochum, Germany, its works council said on Friday.
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The German authorities plan to restrict rallies by far-right groups intent on undermining official World War II anniversary events this year.
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FUKUI -- Police on Saturday searched a Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) nuclear power plant over a deadly accident in August, as the organization faces accusations of professional negligence resulting in death.
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The Los Alamos National Laboratory has forced out five employees involved in safety and security scandals at the nuclear facility that gave birth to the atomic bomb, officials said on Thursday.
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HANOVER, Germany: Demonstrators in Germany chained themselves to a railway yesterday to stop a shipment of highly radioactive nuclear waste from France, a day after a protester was crushed to death under the ...
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The British government was expected Thursday to approve a new generation of nuclear power stations, infuriating environmentalists who are considering a legal challenge.
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Police have confirmed that two suspects were arrested yesterday for contravening the Nuclear Energy Act. Police spokesperson Sally De Beer said one suspect was arrested in Randburg, Johannesburg and another
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A fire at a German nuclear power plant and the temporary shutdown of another has boosted supporters of plans to close the country's atomic energy program, despite concerns that coal- or gas-fired replacements will produce more greenhouse gases.
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The head of Vattenfall Europe, an arm of Swedish energy giant Vattenfall, resigned Wednesday after a series of incidents, including a fire, at two of the group&#39;s German nuclear power plants.
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Workers at the Opel plant in Bochum, Germany enter their sixth day of &quot;wildcat&quot; strike action in response to planned job cuts by US parent company General Motors (GM).