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Feds: Calif. nuke plant to remain shut for probe Huffington Post MICHAEL R. BLOOD | March 28, 2012 10:43 AM EST | AP LOS ANGELES — The troubled San Onofre nuclear plant in Southern California will remain shut down until federal regulators can determine why tubes carrying radioactive water in the plant’s massive … See all stories on this topic »

Ukraine’s President in Q&A on Nuclear Safety, IMF, Russian Gas Wall Street Journal (blog) Highly enriched uranium, or HEU, is widely used in nuclear power plants, research facilities and, in a modified form, hospitals. But it’s also dangerous as fuel for a nuclear weapon. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s experience as the site of the world’s worst … See all stories on this topic »

Nuclear security falls short The Japan Times The dangers of nuclear terrorism and improvement of nuclear security discussed at the summit are pressing issues Japan must seriously consider because it has experienced the fiasco at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. See all stories on this topic »

Summit seeks to deter N-terror The Nation, Pakistan The North’s nuclear and missile ambitions were not officially on the agenda, but they were the focus on the sidelines, and for Obama throughout his three-day visit to South Korea, a close US ally. Obama earlier Tuesday focused on the nuclear threat … See all stories on this topic » The Nation, Pakistan

Ukraine Leader Says Trust Building With US Wall Street Journal By EVAN RAMSTAD SEOUL—Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said trust was growing between himself and US President Barack Obama after they met at a multinational nuclear summit, but the US was selective in its praise of an administration whose … See all stories on this topic »

Assessing cybersecurity of the US power grid Risk.net Alexander Osipovich investigates how the industry is responding and assesses the odds of a catastrophic attack On August 19, 2006, operators of the Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in Alabama manually shut down the plant’s unit three reactor after its … See all stories on this topic » Risk.net

Nuclear summits: Just talk, or more? Deccan Chronicle In that address, the US President had highlighted the dangers of nuclear weapons and nuclear materials falling into the wrong hands, and envisioned a world free of the atom bomb. But until such time as that happens, Mr Obama was quite clear in his … See all stories on this topic »

Letter: Nuke plants taint water Republican Eagle The risk of experiencing dangerous, radioactive leaks is only increasing as Minnesota’s power plants become older. Some 75 percent of US nuclear plants have leaked tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen that can cause cancer and genetic defects. See all stories on this topic »

Israel gauges fallout from Iran strike Asia Times Online The expression “fallout” is inappropriate: this would neither be a nuclear explosion nor a nuclear accident. Note also the following: Israel deliberately chose to bomb the Iraqi and Syrian reactors before they were operational as to minimize the risk … See all stories on this topic »

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