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Obama's Nuclear MistakeNational Review OnlineIf President Obama hadn't won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his “work for a world without nuclear weapons,” his objection earlier this month to tightening nonproliferation conditions on US civilian nuclear exports wouldn't look so strange.and more » |
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Debate emerges over refunding nuclear waste feeGreenville News“It's the job market, stupid!” is fast becoming the new refrain on Wall Street, which is enjoying...- 8:53 am We're working on the following obituaries for Tuesday morning's paper: Dawn E. Dunn of Greer (Wood Mortuary); Alfred Miles Sutterlin Jr. of ...and more » |
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PNNL hopes job cuts later this month to be less than 100TheNewsTribune.comNational security work, including research paid for by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Nuclear Security Agency, accounts for about half of the lab's work. As national priorities change for their programs, that affects the research ...and more » |
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For at least eight hours Monday, Ontario is once again forecast to produce more electricity than it consumes, and the recurring glut has one top energy executive warning of temporary nuclear power plant shutdowns. BRAKA, United Arab Emirates—The United Arab Emirates, one of the wealthiest nations in the world, is a land of firsts. Dubai, its richest city, has the first indoor ski slope and the first “seven star” luxury hotel. Abu Dhabi, its capital, has the first roller coaster capable of traveling from zero to 60 mph in less than five seconds; now it’s building the first branch of the Louvre Museum ... New sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Iran are intended to ratchet up the pressure on Tehran -- and perhaps take down the temperature of Israel, which is clearly worried about Iran's accelerated pursuit of nuclear weapons. Augusta Technical College will host a five-week Nuclear Workforce Initiative Academy from May 7 to June 7. Temperatures are still too hot -- at 105 degrees -- inside a San Onofre nuclear reactor for inspection crews to begin searching for the source of a radioactive steam leak that shut the plant down. TOKYO (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear experts have endorsed stress tests designed to show that Japanese nuclear plants could withstand a repeat of last year's quake and tsunami, as the government campaigns to restart idled reactors and avoid a summer power crunch. The government, though, still faces an uphill battle to restore public trust in the nation's power utilities after the March 11 disaster ... Nine technicians responsible for monitoring operations at a Louisiana nuclear power plant spent on-duty time surfing the Internet -- visiting websites that included news, sports, fishing and retirement information -- jeopardizing the safety of the plant, federal regulators say. |
