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General orders extra review of nuke crew failings

The general who commands the nation's nuclear forces said Thursday he has ordered further review of failings discovered among Air Force officers who operate nuclear missiles. But he told Congress he was not alarmed by their shortcomings.

By Associated Press , May 09, 2013

Nuclear plant cited by feds

Prairie Island nuclear plant has been cited by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a violation involving the repair of a gas radiation monitor, the federal agency reported Wednesday. The violation has been assigned a white finding, indicating low to moderate safety significance.

March 28, 2013

Georgia details nuclear investigations

BATUMI, Georgia (AP) — On the gritty side of this casino resort town near the Turkish border, three men in a hotel suite gathered in secret to talk about a deal for radioactive material.

By Associated Press , December 10, 2012

Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants

Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that fewer people be evacuated right away.

By Jeff Donn, AP National Writer , May 16, 2012

Iranian state TV: Istanbul to host nuclear talks

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian state television station reported Sunday that international negotiations about the country's disputed nuclear program will take place in Istanbul, indicating that disagreements over the venue that had threatened to derail the talks may be resolved.

April 08, 2012

Boldest nuclear cutters recently? It's been GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration's consideration of severe cuts in nuclear weapons generated a flurry of GOP criticism — "reckless lunacy" in the words of Arizona Rep. Trent Franks. But the historical record shows that in the two decades since the Cold War ended, Republicans have been the boldest cutters of the nuclear arsenal.

February 18, 2012

Feds slap CA utility for San Onofre ammonia leak

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An ammonia leak that caused an emergency alert at the San Onofre nuclear plant in November was caused by employees who failed to recognize degraded equipment and fix it, federal regulators said Friday.

February 10, 2012

NRC: Heavy wear on new tubes at Cal nuke plant

Federal regulators say unusual wear has been found on dozens of virtually new tubes that carry radioactive water at Southern California's San Onofre Unit 2 nuclear plant.

February 02, 2012

Minnesota nuclear plant alert not serious

Minnesota nuclear plant alert not serious Minnesota’s most serious nuclear power plant emergency apparently posed no threat to the public and, in the end, was not all that serious.

By By Don Davis , Forum Communications Co. , January 06, 2012

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Obama administration readies more Iran sanctions over nuclear issues

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is readying a range of unilateral sanctions against Iran, as well as additional measures with international partners, should the Islamic republic fail to answer fresh questions about its nuclear ambitions posed by a report released Tuesday by a United Nations watchdog.

November 08, 2011

New signs of Syria-Pakistan nuclear connection

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.N. investigators have identified a previously unknown complex in Syria that bolsters suspicions that the Syrian government worked with A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, to acquire technology that could make nuclear arms.

By The Associated Press , November 01, 2011

Japan officials ignored own radiation forecasts

Japan’s system to forecast radiation threats was working from the moment its nuclear crisis began. As officials planned a venting operation certain to release radioactivity into the air, the system predicted Karino Elementary School would be directly in the path of the plume emerging from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant. But the prediction helped no one. Nobody acted on it.

By By Eric Talmadge, The Associated Press , August 10, 2011

Government to pay Xcel millions to settle lawsuit

Xcel Energy says it has reached a $100 million settlement with the federal government over costs the company incurred because the Department of Energy failed to remove used nuclear fuel by a 1998 deadline.

July 09, 2011

Investigation: Tritium leaks found at many nuclear sites

Investigation: Tritium leaks found at many nuclear sites BRACEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows.

By Jeff Donn, The Associated Press , June 21, 2011

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Investigation: U.S. nuclear regulators weaken safety rules

Investigation: U.S. nuclear regulators weaken safety rules Federal regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to keep the nation’s aging reactors operating within safety standards by repeatedly weakening those standards, or simply failing to enforce them, an investigation by The Associated Press has found.

By By Jeff Donn, The Associated Press , June 21, 2011

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