Nuclear Power

Rosatom offers emerging nations nuclear package: paper

PARIS - Russia's state-owned nuclear company Rosatom is offering a special package deal to build and operate nuclear power stations abroad in a bid to win business from developing countries, a company official was quoted on Monday as saying.

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NRC raising oversight of Pennsylvania Three Mile Island reactor

- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on Tuesday it will increase oversight of Exelon Corp's 805-megawatt Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, to ensure that safety equipment is protected from flooding.

Environment, 30 Apr 2013

Slow is scary if France quits nuclear : state institute

TOURNEMIRE, France - A long slow retreat from nuclear power in France or indecision over policy could be very risky as skilled staff retire and young people reject careers with an uncertain future, the state-funded atomic safety research institute said.

Science, Environment, France, 23 Apr 2013

Egypt says Russia to help revive nuclear program

CAIRO - Russia will help Egypt develop its nuclear power program, Trade and Industry Minister Hatem Saleh said on Monday, signaling that the Islamist-led state will press ahead with its quest for atomic energy.

World, Russia, Egypt, 22 Apr 2013

Fuel-rod cooling halted by rats at crippled Japan nuclear plant

TOKYO - Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant halted cooling of a spent fuel pool at the site on Monday to remove two dead rats, the third time cooling equipment has gone offline in five weeks because of rodents.

Environment, Japan 22 Apr 2013

First terror drill at U.S. nuclear plant a success: officials

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - The first simulated test of a terrorist attack on a nuclear power plant was a success, federal officials said on Friday of the event that was coincidentally scheduled a day after the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday.

U.S., 19 Apr 2013

New York OKs transmission upgrades to replace Indian Point

- New York utility regulators approved the construction of three power transmission lines needed to keep the state's electric system reliable in case the giant Indian Point nuclear power plant shuts at the end of 2015.

U.S., 18 Apr 2013

Gulf countries meet over Iran nuclear radiation fears

DUBAI/KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia - National emergency officials in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries met on Sunday in Saudi Arabia to discuss the risk of radiation spreading over the Gulf if Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant is damaged by another earthquake.

World, Saudi Arabia, 14 Apr 2013

Leaks spur Japan's crippled nuclear plant to expand storage

TOKYO - Tokyo Electric Power, the utility that operates the Japanese nuclear plant devastated two years ago by an earthquake and tsunami, is scrambling to build more tanks to safely store radioactive water after leaks were found at makeshift pits.

World, Environment, Japan, Natural Disasters, 11 Apr 2013

Maine "hermit" arrested, accused of hundreds of food thefts

BOSTON - A Maine man who walked into the woods shortly after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident and lived as a hermit for almost three decades, supporting himself by stealing from nearby camps, was arrested last week, police said on Tuesday.

U.S., Oddly Enough, 10 Apr 2013

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