U.S. nuclear plant safety checks system under fire
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Congress and two states scrutinize the relicensing process after a federal audit found problems with safety documents.
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Top federal safety officials urged the Labor Department in 2006 to adopt critical regulations to prevent deadly dust explosions Â like the one suspected in the deadly blast in a Georgia sugar plant Thursday Â but the government has failed to do so.
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A nuclear plant hit by an earthquake may not be able to reopen for more than a year, Japanese reports say.
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Officials at the nuclear-weapons laboratory, already struggling to calm concerns over security lapses, now have two more breaches to explain.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan -- An earthquake-racked nuclear power plant was ordered closed indefinitely yesterday amid growing anger over revelations that damage was much worse than initially announced and mounting international concern about Japan's nuclear stewardship.
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Experts have identified an array of problems at the Salem nuclear power station, one of the country's largest.
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VIENNA, Austria - A U.S. official expressed alarm Thursday about a possible nuclear-weapons-related test site in Iran and accused the U.N...
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The recent earthquake in Japan and accidents at two German power plants raise questions on the safety of nuclear energy as a cleaner alternative.
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TOKYO - Japanese police on Saturday searched a Kansai Electric Power Co 9503.T nuclear plant for evidence of any negligence that might have led to a deadly accident there last month, public broadcaster NHK said.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan -- The mayor ordered that a nuclear power plant hit by a strong earthquake be shut down today until its safety could be confirmed after a long list of problems -- including radiation leaks, burst pipes, and fires -- came to light.
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A senior scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory says he is one of two employees being fired over an accident this summer in which an intern was injured by a laser.
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Federal regulators' narrow approach to solving one of the United States' biggest post-Sept. 11 fears -- a terrorist flying a plane into a nuclear power plant -- is under attack for adding to public safety concerns.
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Japanese police have searched a Kansai Electric Power Co nuclear plant Saturday for evidence of any negligence that might have led to a deadly accident there last month, a police official said.
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Japan is preparing a set of high-level  alert procedures to follow in the event of a nuclear power  plant accident abroad, out of concern that North Korea may  carry out an underground nuclear test, Kyodo News said on  Saturday, citing government sources.
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A Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist charged Friday that &quot;national security has suffered demonstrably&quot; and the nuclear weapons lab&#39;s reputation has been unjustly maligned because of director George &quot;Pete&quot; Nanos&#39; decision in July to suspend work at
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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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A 1959 nuclear reactor meltdown at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in eastern Ventura County may have caused hundreds of cancers in the surrounding community while chemicals from the site threaten to contaminate local ground and water, according to a report released Thursday.