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Indian Point Nuclear Plant Shut Down... Again

Posted 09.28.2009 | New York


BUCHANAN, N.Y. (AP) -- A nuclear power plant in the New York City suburbs is offline again because of a leak in an oil pipe. It's the fourth unplan...

Yet Another $50 Billion for Rust-Bucket Nukes?

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

It's painfully clear that history's most expensive failed technology is not going away without a long, hard fight.

Feds Ignore Jet Crashes at Operating Reactors

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics


Harvey Wasserman

As you read this, jets hitting any of the nuclear reactors operating in the U.S. right now could kill untold thousands of us and render entire regions of our nation permanently uninhabitable.

Jet Crashes into Nuke Reactors to be Addressed Tomorrow but not Today

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics


Harvey Wasserman

As you read this, jets hitting the nuclear reactors licensed to operate right now could kill untold thousands of us and render entire regions of our nation permanently uninhabitable.

A $50 Billion Nuke Power Bomb is Dropping Toward Obama's Stimulus Package

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

The desperate, dangerous nuclear power industry has dropped a $50 billion stealth bomb meant to irradiate the Obama Stimulus Package.

Video of Sleeping Guards Shakes Nuclear Industry

Washington Post | Steven Mufson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Kerry Beal was taken aback when he discovered last March that many of his fellow security guards at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant in Pennsylvan...

Power Producer Is First Applicant For Nuclear Reactor In Nearly 30 Years

AP | DAN CATERINICCHIA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Power producer NRG Energy Inc. is expected on Tuesday to submit the first application for a new nuclear reactor in the U.S. in nearly 30 years. NRG's...