Iran's sole nuclear power plant undergoes emergency shutdown
Iran's sole nuclear power plant has undergone an unexplained temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on Sunday.
Jun 21, 2021
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China blames minor fuel rod damage for nuclear plant issues
A handful of damaged fuel rods is behind a build-up of radioactive gases at a nuclear power station in southern China, authorities said Wednesday, describing the problem as "common" with no need for concern.
Jun 16, 2021
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China nuclear plant works to fix issue, ops 'within safety parameters' (Update)
Operators of a nuclear power plant in southern China are fixing a "performance issue" at the facility, but the gas emissions carried out to do that are within acceptable limits, its French part-owner said Monday following ...
Jun 14, 2021
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Toyota targets carbon-neutral plants by 2035
Toyota, the world's biggest automaker, said Friday it aims to make its production carbon-neutral by 2035, replacing the previous target date of 2050.
Jun 11, 2021
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Bill Gates company to build reactor at Wyoming coal plant
A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several years, business and government officials said Wednesday.
Jun 2, 2021
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The missing component of energy models: People
A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers led by Turner Cotterman, an engineering and public policy (EPP) Ph.D. student, has shown that sustainably decarbonizing our energy system by 2050 will require us to change ...
May 26, 2021
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Small, modular reactors competitive in Washington's clean energy future
As the Clean Energy Transformation Act drives Washington state toward carbon-free electricity, a new energy landscape is taking shape. Alongside renewable energy sources, a new report finds small modular reactors are poised ...
May 26, 2021
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California's next climate challenge: Replacing its last nuclear power plant
The twin reactors along California's Central Coast were nearing completion, and tens of thousands of people had gathered to protest. It was 1979, just months after a partial nuclear meltdown at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island, ...
May 19, 2021
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35 years since nuclear disaster, Chernobyl warns, inspires
The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world's worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for ...
Apr 26, 2021
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Understanding the plan to release treated Fukushima water
Japan's decision to release more than one million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea has stirred fierce controversy.
Apr 13, 2021
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