Nuclear Power & Radiation

"U.S. Weighs Cutting Off Iran’s Gasoline Imports if Nuclear Talks Are Rejected"

"The Obama administration is talking with allies and Congress about the possibility of imposing an extreme economic sanction against Iran if it fails to respond to President Obama’s offer to negotiate on its nuclear program: cutting off the country’s imports of gasoline and other refined oil products."

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Source: NYTimes, 08/03/2009

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Sole U.S.-Owned Reactor-Fuel Enrichment Plant Denied Loan

"The federal government will not lend $2 billion to USEC, the sole American-owned uranium enrichment company, the Energy Department said on Tuesday."

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National (U.S.)

Source: NYTimes, 07/29/2009

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"Uranium Contamination Haunts Navajo Country"

Homes are "contaminated with potentially dangerous levels of uranium from the days of the cold war, when hundreds of uranium mines dotted the vast tribal land known as the Navajo Nation."

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX)

Source: NYTimes, 07/28/2009

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Navajos Mark Uranium Spill 30 Years Later

"Thirty years ago today, an earthen tailings dam near the United Nuclear Corp. Church Rock Uranium mine collapsed, spilling ninety million gallons of liquid radioactive waste and eleven hundred tons of solid mill wastes into the Rio Puerco. The spill contaminated water, land and air at least 50 miles downstream on Navajo Nation land in New Mexico and Arizona."

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX)

Source: New Mexico Independent, 07/17/2009

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"Russians Plan Floating Nuclear Plants"

A Russian company is building the world's first floating nuclear plant.

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Europe

Source: NYTimes, 07/10/2009

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"Reactor Design Puts Safety of Nuclear Plants Into Question"

"Canadian nuclear safety regulators say they have underestimated the seriousness of a design feature at the country's electricity-producing reactors that would cause them to experience dangerous power pulses during a major accident."

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Canada

Source: Globe & Mail, 07/01/2009

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"Permit Delay Worries Uranium Hopefuls"

"Several proposed uranium mining projects in Wyoming and across the West will be delayed due the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's recent decision requiring a more thorough site-specific analysis for each project."

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National (U.S.)

Source: Casper Star-Tribune, 06/22/2009

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"Radioactive Revival in New Mexico"

Navajo people are fighting the return of uranium mining they say threatens to despoil their lands and health.

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX)

Source: Nation, 06/18/2009

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"Funds To Shut Nuclear Plants Fall Short"

"The companies that own almost half the nation's nuclear reactors are not setting aside enough money to dismantle them, and many may sit idle for decades and pose safety and security risks as a result, an Associated Press investigation has found."

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National (U.S.)

Source: AP, 06/17/2009