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Nuclear meltdown - news and investigations

Quake concern delays nuclear plant extension

By Chris Hamby

March 18, 2011

A California utility, waiting for "safety lessons" arising from the crisis in Japan, has asked to delay a hearing on extending the operation

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News Guide: Nuclear industry facing cost pressures

By The Associated Press

July 10, 2012

Nuclear miscalculation: Why regulators miss power plant threats from quakes and storms

By Susan Q. Stranahan

September 13, 2011

What are the risks of an earthquake beneath a reactor near you?

By Chris Hamby

August 23, 2011

Risk to nuclear plants in hurricane's path may not be what you think

By Corbin Hiar

August 26, 2011

Reactors at heart of Japanese nuclear crisis raised concerns as early as 1972, memos show

By Jim Morris and Aaron Mehta

March 15, 2011

For more than three decades, regulators and industry experts harbored reservations about boiling water reactors. They were seen as vulnerabl

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Could rupture of aging pipeline ignite nuclear plant's control room?

By Susan Q. Stranahan

May 11, 2011

Nuclear miscalculation: Why regulators miss power plant threats from quakes and storms

By Susan Q. Stranahan

September 13, 2011

Report: Generators could fail at U.S. nuclear plants

Risk to nuclear plants in hurricane's path may not be what you think

By Corbin Hiar

August 26, 2011

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