Nuclear power

...U.S. Navy ships and provides 70 percent of France's electricity needs. Nebraska has two excellent nuclear power plants. Security measures at nuclear facilities are among the most stringent in the world. Terrorists must breach multiple...

In this article: Middle East, Israel, U.S. Navy, Nebraska, France, and Russia

...Mile Island WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal officials are investigating a radiation leak at Three Mile Island, scene of the worst U.S. nuclear power accident, but said on Sunday there was no threat to public health or safety.

In this article: Three Mile Island, Exelon, United States, All rights reserved, Thomson Reuters, NYSE, Nasdaq, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Federal officials are investigating a radiation leak at Three Mile Island, scene of the worst U.S. nuclear power accident, but said on Sunday there was no threat to public health or safety. Investigators were trying to determine the cause...

In this article: Three Mile Island, Exelon, United States, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Harrisburg, and Pennsylvania

My how time flies. US politicians now cite the French energy policy example with excitement; claiming that nation's high reliance on nuclear power is exemplary. (Inference that support for climate and energy legislation is more likely if...

In this article: United States, France, Brioche, Areva, Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, Texas, Waste, and Tax

...said the best solution is to eliminate pollution from nuclear reactors by promoting more renewable forms of energy. "We need to phase out nuclear power and look for safer alternatives such as wind and solar energy," said Mr. Buckthought, who...

In this article: Waste, Sierra Club, Cancer, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Ottawa River, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Climate change, and Sierra Club of Canada

...standards be dialed back to, say, the 1940s? Much of Europe has not had the luxury of our power sources and has gotten along nicely with nuclear power for many years - it seems about time that we join them. Comments are moderated by Las...

In this article: Climate change, Carbon, and Europe

A total of 10 new nuclear power stations will be built that could supply up to 25 per cent of the country's power needs. By By Andrew Porter and Louise Gray Published: 10:00PM GMT 09 Nov 2009 Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change...

In this article: Ed Miliband, Coal, Waste, Climate change, Carbon, Carbon dioxide, Greenpeace, and Britain

...in the availability of any one fuel." Liberal Democrat energy and climate change spokesman Simon Hughes said: "A new generation of nuclear power stations will be a colossal mistake regardless of where they are built. New plants in the...

In this article: Ed Miliband, Carbon, Coal, Climate change, Cumbria, Anglesey, Fossil fuel, and Toxic waste

...nuclear energy is safe as he prepares to unveil a new generation of power stations. Published: 10:09AM GMT 09 Nov 2009 The Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station in Suffolk. Photo: PA Speaking on BBC Breakfast, he said that the economy and...

In this article: Ed Miliband, Coal, Climate change, Anxiety, Greg Clark, Greenpeace, and Cumbria

...are wooing wavering Democrats and Republicans to back a climate bill by dangling federal tax incentives and new loan guarantees for nuclear power plant construction, even though financial analysts warn that huge capital needs and a...

In this article: Natural gas, Areva, Moody's, GOP, Lisa Murkowski, Lindsey O. Graham, United States, and Lamar Alexander