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Time.com: Worker Covered up Damage at OH Nuke Plant

Jurors on Tuesday convicted a former nuclear plant engineer of hiding information from government regulators about the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor

Nuclear plant damage covered up, jury says

Jurors on Tuesday convicted a former nuclear plant engineer of hiding information from government regulators about the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor.

Expert: L.A.'s 5.4 quake 'small sample' of one to come

A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook the Los Angeles metropolitan area Tuesday, leaving residents rattled but causing no serious damage or injuries.

Report raises terrorism concerns for nuclear research reactors

The federal agency charged with safeguarding nuclear reactors has underestimated the potential for terrorists to attack small research reactors on college campuses as well as the potential impact of such attacks, congressional investigators said in a report released Tuesday.

Time.com: Drought Endangering Nuclear Power

Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply them

Nuclear plant employee stopped with explosive device

A contract employee at the largest nuclear plant in the nation was stopped at a plant entrance Friday with a "relatively small" explosive device in his truck, officials said.

Sources: Staged cyber attack reveals vulnerability in power grid

Researchers who launched an experimental cyber attack caused a generator to self-destruct, alarming the federal government and electrical industry about what might happen if such an attack were carried out on a larger scale, CNN has learned.

Fortune: Inside NRG's new nuke thinking

Is the United States finally about to embark on a long anticipated nuclear power renaissance? It seemed so yesterday, when Princeton-based NRG Energy filed a license application to build two new nuclear reactors at its existing facility in Bay City, Texas.

CNNMoney: NRG to seek license for nuclear reactor

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

Fortune: The high cost of going nuclear

If the companies that supply nuclear power plants are ready for a revival, the utilities that will operate the plants are champing at the bit.

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