nuclear plant

Japan's cleanup lags from tsunami, nuke accident

73 days ago

Meanwhile, workers complain of docked pay, unpaid hazard allowances - which should be 10,000 yen, or $110, a day - and of inadequate safety equipment and training for handling the hazardous waste...

Taiwanese protest against nuclear power plant

74 days ago

Tens of thousands of Taiwanese have protested to demand that the government scrap a $10 billion nuclear power plant that is nearly complete and slated to begin operating in two years.

Utility: New nuclear plant in Ga. over budget

82 days ago

Southern Co. said Thursday it will exceed its original budget to build a first-of-its-kind nuclear plant, a troubling development for an industry long plagued by cost overruns.

Taiwan may hold referendum on nuclear plant

85 days ago

Taiwan's premier says the government will support holding a public referendum to resolve the prolonged controversy over the fate of the island's $10 billion nuclear power plant.

Mass. nuclear plant shuts down during snowstorm

102 days ago

The NRC says the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth experienced an automatic shutdown at around 9:15 p.m. Friday after losing off-site power.

Japan's TEPCO gears up for US shale gas imports

104 days ago

Japan is keen to cut costs for fuel imports that have surged after most of its nuclear plants were taken offline following the March 2011 accident at Fukushima Dai-Ichi.

Duke Energy to close troubled Fla. nuclear plant

105 days ago

The nuclear plant operated by Duke Energy subsidiary Progress Energy Florida has been shut down since 2009, when its concrete containment building cracked during a maintenance and upgrade project.

Centrica ends plan to build UK nuclear plants

107 days ago

Centrica PLC, the owner of British Gas, is pulling out of plans to build four new nuclear power reactors in Britain, citing uncertainty over the overall cost of the project.

Bulgaria government to let nuclear plant plan drop

112 days ago

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov says his party will stand by its decision not to build a new nuclear power plant after turnout in a voter referendum backing it was too low to be valid.

Fight over Vt. nuclear plant oversight in NY court

128 days ago

A federal appeals panel in New York is poised to hear arguments Monday over whether Vermont's only nuclear power plant can continue to operate without approval from state regulators.

Contractors to run Tenn., Texas nuclear plants

133 days ago

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Report: Women at Iran nuclear plant violate code

147 days ago

An Iranian lawmaker is saying Russian women working in the country's sole nuclear power plant do not observe the strict Islamic dress code, though they are paid extra to comply.

Training under way for new nuclear plant operators

153 days ago

A new wave of power plant operators is being trained to run first-of-their-kind nuclear plants in Georgia and South Carolina.

'Fracking' surfaces in new film 'Promised Land'

154 days ago

In March 1979, the screen thriller The China Syndrome, starring Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas, portrayed corporate skulduggery at a California nuclear plant just as a malfunction at the Three...

Unexpected shutdown reported at Pa. nuclear plant

156 days ago

An energy company says it's trying to figure out why a central Pennsylvania nuclear power plant reactor shut down unexpectedly.