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U.S. inspector wanted reactor shut on quake fears: report
(Reuters) – A federal nuclear inspector urged U.S. regulators to shut down a California nuclear power plant until tests showed its reactors could withstand shocks from nearby earthquake faults…
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Former inspector calls for state’s last nuclear plant to be closed
A former federal inspector has urged regulators to shut down California’s last remaining nuclear power plant until it can be determined whether the facility can stand up to an earthquake off the…
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Nuke expert wants California plant closed over earthquake worries
An expert at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has asked the agency to shut down California’s only operating nuclear plant while it studies whether the plant is safe from earthquake risks. In…
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Group files petition to idle coastal nuke plant
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An environmental group asked federal regulators Tuesday to idle California’s last operating nuclear plant to review whether its reactors can withstand strong shaking fro…
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Diablo Canyon: Secret document details federal safety inspectors alarm over plants vulnerability to earthquakes
Agency expert says reactors must be shut until proven safe WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an explosive document kept secret for a year, a former federal inspector charges that the Diablo Canyon nuclear power…
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For oil and wind, offshore is promised land and muddled policy
Extending the nation’s oil and gas boom and wind power’s technology to coastal waters makes logical sense. But it highlights the contradiction between President Obama’s ‘all-of…
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Gulf of Mexico lease draws advocacy fire
U.S. addicted to fossil fuels, Friends of the Earth says. Friends of the Earth says it has concerns over latest auction for energy assets in the Gulf of Mexico. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) — The…
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Revolving doors at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Today, Friends of the Earth and 33 of our allies wrote to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission insisting that they postpone two important votes until after Commissioner William Magwood leaves for his ne…
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34 groups urge NRC to postpone key votes in order to avoid “taint” of Magwood conflict of interest
Latest step follows announced August 31 departure of “fatally compromised” Magwood on heels of June and July letters urging him to step down for violations of ethics laws in seeking and landing a…
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Obama administration pushes offshore drilling
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management sold 434,000 acres for oil and gas development in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Leases were awarded to 14 companies for approximatel…