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Nuclear power is not the answer to global warming

CARROLL TOWNSHIP -- Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station is under increased oversight from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission because of an incident last summer.

Construction on the first phase of a nuclear power plant started in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Friday. The project in Guangpo Township, Fangchengang City, will have six one-million-kilowatt generators once complete.

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b65f65/the_nuclear_power) has announced the addition of the "The Nuclear Power Market Outlook for Developing Countries: Market Overview, Capacity growth, Drivers, Resistors and Future outlook" report to their offering. Nuclear power contributed about 15% to the total world ...

Solar power took a big step toward becoming the alternative energy of choice with this week's news that energy from sunlight might be cheaper than nuclear power. The analysis, which comes from a Duke University report entitled Solar and Nuclear Costs: The Historic Crossover, claims that, "Electricity from new solar installations is now cheaper than electricity from proposed new nuclear plants ...

President Benigno Aquino III may not touch the nuclear power plant issue at all in his State-of-the-Nation Address today, but he must face it squarely sooner or later in his six-year term.

Gov. Benigno R. Fitial signed into law yesterday a bill that now allows modern, passive modular nuclear power devices or safe nuclear batteries in the Commonwealth.

A new era for nuclear power is taking shape as third-generation reactors, designed to be simpler and safer, inch through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) design certification process. Much of nuclear's revival hinges on the ability of new reactors to outshine those of yore in terms of safety, economics, construction time and life span. [More]

Construction of two more nuclear power generators has started at a nuclear power station in China's northeast. Construction of the two generators at Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Station began Wednesday with an investment of 25 billion yuan (3.7 billion U. S. dollars) in Dalian City, Liaoning Province.

Perry Nuclear Power Plant falls in the top category for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's annual safety inspections, but that does not mean the NRC has no gripes.