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

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

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Quake concern delays nuclear plant extension

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

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Event underscores delay by NRC in revising understated seismic risks to nuclear plants

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Industry watchdogs concerned about power supplies - to reactors, not just homes

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