Nuclear jellyfish close power plant
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- AccuWeather.com -- Nuclear facilities have become a target of Mother Nature this year, from the tsunami in Japan to recent flooding in Nebraska and the wildfire threatening Los Alamos Nati...
Small fire breaks out at Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant
A small fire broke out in an elevator at a building at the Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant in Seabrook, N.H. Monday afternoon.
According to Seabrook Emergency Management Director Joseph Titone, the fire...
Japan nuclear site winds direct leaked radiation off shore
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- AccuWeather reports winds at the ill-fated Fukushima nuclear power plant will remain essentially off shore through at least Friday, thereby steering any leaked radioactive matter out to se...
Emergency declared at second nuclear reactor in Japan
The Japanese nuclear safety agency has reported a nuclear emergency at a second reactor in the same complex where an explosion had occurred earlier, the Associated Press is reporting.
The Nuclear and Indust...
Protective winds could aid residents near evacuated Japanese nuclear power plant
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- AccuWeather reports officials have shut down a nuclear power plant in earthquake-ravaged north-central Japan. Winds could help protect nearby residents in the event of a radiation leak.
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Vermont nuclear plant to restart
Vermont Yankee, the nuclear power plant that was shut down on Sunday after a radioactive water leak, will be restarted as early as tomorrow as crews effect repairs.
The leak, discovered Saturday during routi...
