NRC puts biggest Arizona nuclear power plant on watch
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday announced it has placed the biggest nuclear power plant in the United States, the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona, under a tighter watch because of a safety violation.
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Damage to the reactor head of the Davis-Besse power plant in Ohio ranks among the top five most serious nuclear plant accidents or near-accidents since Three Mile Island, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday.
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Progress Energy said on Friday it notified local law enforcement and nuclear regulators of an incident involving a rail car used to accompany a shipping container carrying spent nuclear fuel on the property of its Harris nuclear facility in North Carolina.
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A strong earthquake damages a nuclear power plant in Japan, reportedly causing a leak of radioactive material.
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The Palo Verde nuclear power plant, the largest in the United States, was sealed off for much of Friday after guards found a pipe bomb in a worker's truck as he tried to enter the facility, officials said.
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Utility Pacific Gas & Electric  Co. said on Tuesday it had not yet found the missing pieces of  a used nuclear fuel rod at its Humboldt Bay Power Plant near  the city of Eureka in northern California.
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CHERBOURG, France  - A heavily guarded convoy of  vehicles believed to be transporting U.S. weapons-grade  plutonium left a plant in northern France on Thursday for a  recycling factory 660 miles southeast.
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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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The magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit on Monday morning is rocking the country's faith in its nuclear power plants
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Hitachi Ltd. (6501.T) said on Friday U.S.  merchant power company NRG Energy Inc.  is set to pick  Hitachi and General Electric Co.  to build nuclear power  facilities for $5.2 billion, in what would be Hitachi's first  major overseas nuclear power project.
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A new generation of nuclear power stations is expected to get the formal go-ahead from the government later.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued its first license for a major commercial nuclear facility in 30 years Friday, allowing an international consortium to build what would be the nation's first private fuel source for commercial nuclear power plants.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - Officials at the world's biggest nuclear power plant said on Tuesday there had been more minor radiation leaks after an earthquake in Japan that killed nine people and forced thousands from their homes.
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Nuclear power, despite controversy over safety, pollution and cost factors, is rapidly gathering steam in a race to guarantee energy as emerging economies compete for fuel and particularly oil.
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By ERICA MELTZER, ARIZONA DAILY STAR  Grijalva may have big say as member of House panel  Southern Arizona's congressional representatives say they will do what they can to stop mining at Rosemont Ranch in the Santa Rita Mountains.
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By Tatiana Prophet, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Jun. 12--VICTORVILLE -- When it comes to a new power plant north of the city, California Energy Commission officials are most concerned with air and water quality.
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TEHRAN, Oct 27  - Iran said Wednesday a heavy water plant will go online within a month near the central city of Arak, despite international pressure for Tehran to suspend such nuclear-related activities.