Nuclear
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Energy Sector Likely to See Biggest Impact From Earthquake… the things we've been tracking closely is the partial meltdown in the nuclear plant in Japan. Can you talk to us a little bit about what the impact in the energy sector could be? Larson ..... I think we're going to see a very similar impact with the nuclear industry. In that, we're going to see politicians and the public really have some second thoughts about going forward and improving the new nuclear plants around the world. So I think that the most obvious impact is that the so-called nuclear renaissance that was underway, I think is going to be pushed off a number of years, and frankly may never happen at least in our life times if we continue to have events like this. I mean you look at Three Mile Island that happed in 1979 and here we are 30 plus years later and we still haven't had a new nuclear plant built in this country. And if we have a negative event in Japan, again, I think the worldwide impact is going ..... is actually a mild net positive, Exelon is the largest operator in nuclear plants in the United States. If all of a sudden you're not going to have any new nuclear plants in this country for several decades that only entrenches the position of the incumbents like Exelon. So, I think it's actually …
the things we've been tracking closely is the partial meltdown in the nuclear plant in Japan. Can you talk to us a little bit about what the impact in the energy sector could be? LarsonI think we're going to see a very similar impact with the nuclear industry. In that, we're going to see politicians and the public really have some second thoughts about going forward and improving the new nuclear plants around the world. So I think that the most obvious impact is that the so-called nuclear renaissance that was underway, I think is going to be pushed off a number of years, and frankly may never happen at least in our life times if we continue to have events like this. I mean you look at Three Mile Island that happed in 1979 and here we are 30 plus years later and we still haven't had a new nuclear plant built in this country. And if we have a negative event in Japan, again, I think the worldwide impact is goingis actually a mild net positive, Exelon is the largest operator in nuclear plants in the United States. If all of a sudden you're not going to have any new nuclear plants in this country for several decades that only entrenches the position of the incumbents like Exelon. So, I think it's actually
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Czechs turn Soviet nuclear warhead depot into Iron Curtain museum
MISOV, Czech Republic, May 17 (Reuters) - A former secret Soviet nuclear warhead shelter in the Czech Republic is being turned into a museum inviting visitors to learn about the Cold War atomic race.
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U.S. natgas futures edge higher after 3-percent slide
* Front month still well below recent 21-month high * Weather forecasts mixed throughout the nation * Nuclear power plant outages remain above normal * Coming Up: Baker Hughes gas drilling rig data Friday By Eileen Houlihan NEW YORK, May …
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UPDATE 1-Belgian regulator clears GDF to restart nuclear reactors
* A third of Belgium's nuclear capacity closed since last yr
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Belgian regulator to recommend reopening nuclear reactors -paper
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's nuclear safety regulator will recommend reopening two GDF Suez nuclear reactors closed last year over safety concerns, newspaper Le Soir reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the regulator's report.
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UPDATE 1-Groups oppose effort to restart damaged California reactor
HOUSTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Critics of the damaged San Onofre nuclear plant in California urged federal regulators on Thursday to reject an effort by a unit of Edison International to accelerate a review process needed to determine if the reactor is safe to operate this summer.
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Groups oppose effort to restart damaged California reactor
HOUSTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Critics of the damaged San Onofre nuclear plant in California urged federal regulators on Thursday to reject an effort by a unit of Edison International to accelerate a review process needed to determine if the reactor is safe to operate this summer.
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U.S. Senate confirms Ernest Moniz as Energy Secretary
WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz's nomination to lead the Energy Department.
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U.S. natgas futures edge lower ahead of weekly EIA storage data
* Front month still well below recent 21-month high * Weather forecasts mixed throughout the nation * Nuclear power plant outages remain above normal * Coming Up: EIA storage data 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT By Eileen Houlihan NEW YORK …
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Radioactive tritium found in leak at South Carolina nuclear plant
… than 100 gallons of water containing radioactive tritium has leaked from a discharge pipe at the Catawba Nuclear Station near Lake Wylie, South Carolina, and could reach groundwater, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Wednesday.