March 14, 2011, The following points were made today by nuclear experts on the implications for the U.S. of the rapidly evolving Japanese reactor crisis:1. The U.S. makes widespread use of the same aging reactors that are in crisis in Japan. Five of the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi 1 site are General Electric [...]
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Dominion Virginia Power (NYSE: D) Unchanged on Potential Nuclear Expansion
March 1, 2011, RICHMOND, (Coal Geology) – Dominion Virginia Power, a subsidiary of Dominion (NYSE: D), is not changing its position on a potential new nuclear unit at North Anna Power Station despite a decision by the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative to withdraw from the project. Thomas F. Farrell II, Dominion chairman, president and chief [...]
Nuclear power gets a surprising makeover, but is the U.S. ready to put it back in play?
March 1, 2011, DALLAS, (Coal Geology) – Tomorrow night’s “Dan Rather Reports” presents a surprising look at nuclear power and how new developments in the field have created cleaner, more efficient reactors that could create a virtual “nuclear renaissance.” But, the price tag for building these new reactors may be more than the U.S. Department [...]
The Threats of a Nuclear Iran Revealed February 8 in Film ‘Iranium’
February 7, 2011, NEW YORK, (Coal Geology)- Iranium, a documentary film exposing the dangers posed to America and the international community by a nuclear Iran, will premiere February 8 in a nationwide screening event at AMC Theaters in select cities, and at community centers across the United States. The film will be available for free [...]
India tests nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni I missile
India Sunday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni I missile that can strike a target 700 km away, an official said.
