Nuclear Power Generation

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Russia Putin

AP News 18 hours ago

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second left, visits the Volgodonsk nuclear power plant in Volgodonsk, some 1,000 km (600 miles) south of Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Speaking at Thursday's meeting with nuclear officials in Volgodonsk, Putin said that Iran's first, ...

Iran nuclear power plant online in summer: Putin

AFP Global Edition 20 hours ago

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Iran's first nuclear power plant, which Russia is building, should come online this summer, Russian news agencies reported. "The launch of the first unit of Iran's nuclear power station should be implemented already this summer," ...

NY water plan could cost power generators billions

Reuters Environmental Online Report 2 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York environmental regulators this week released a plan to protect aquatic life in the state's rivers that could cost power generators billions to upgrade their facilities. The plan, which still needs final approval, would affect most of ...

S.Korea, Turkey sign deal on nuclear power plant

AFP Global Edition 8 days ago

The state power companies of South Korea and Turkey signed a preliminary deal here Wednesday aimed at building a nuclear power plant in northern Turkey. Under the deal, the companies will carry out preliminary work and "if a common ground with mutually ...

Israel wants to build nuclear power plants

AP News 10 days ago

Minister: Israel wants to build nuclear plants to secure energy supplies, fight global warming Israel's infrastructure minister says his country wants to build nuclear power plants in cooperation with its Arab neighbors. Uzi Landau says all nuclear plants built in Israel will ...

In Vermont, unease over aging, leaky nuke plant

AP News 16 days ago

Voters use privilege from colonial days to seek closure of leaky Vermont nuclear plant In their annual town meeting on Tuesday, folks in this Vermont ski town voted on a town budget, debated the need for a new roof on the fire ...

Entergy Corp. runs into hurdles with spinoff plan

AP News 20 days ago

Entergy Corp. plan to spin off its wholesale nuclear power plants runs into roadblocks Power provider Entergy Corp.'s proposal to spin off its wholesale nuclear power plants into a separate company has run into snags long past the time it had hoped ...

Costs, plant age obstacles to nuclear renaissance

AP News 21 days ago

Nuclear renaissance hits bumps as worries persist over costs, environment, aging plants The renaissance of nuclear power in the U.S. appears inevitable. It just may not happen as smoothly as the Obama administration and others hope. The Vermont Senate's vote Wednesday to ...

Vermont Senate wants Entergy reactor shut in 2012

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 22 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Vermont Senate on Wednesday voted to close an Entergy Corp nuclear power plant in 2012, citing discovery last month of a leak releasing radioactive tritium into the groundwater. If the Vermont Senate's 26-4 vote stands, the power ...

Mississippi regulators OK nuclear plant upgrade

AP News 23 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Mississippi regulators approve increased output from Entergy's Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant</div><div><p>State utility regulators have approved a plan by Entergy Mississippi to increase the output from its Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant in Port Gibson.</p><p>Approval by the Mississippi ...

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