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How targeting Iran's nuclear facilities could impact the environment
The destruction of uranium enrichment sites that support Iran's nuclear program would not likely have severe environmental ...
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Fallout Mapping, Advanced Dispersion Models, and the Unsettling Science of Nuclear Risk Across the United States
Nowhere is truly ‘safe’ from fallout and other consequences like contamination of food and water supplies and prolonged radiation exposure.” These are the words of John Erath, Senior Policy Director ...
China lifts a nearly 2-year ban on seafood from Japan over Fukushima wastewater
China has reopened its market to seafood from Japan after a nearly two-year ban over the discharge of slightly radioactive ...
Ocean model simulations shed light on long-term tritium distribution in released Fukushima water
Operators have pumped water to cool the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) since the ...
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Fukushima: How a Quake Triggered a Nuclear Nightmare
As buildings crumbled and sirens wailed, another silent threat was rising. Fukushima didn’t explode in an instant—it unraveled minute by minute.
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Japan releases Fukushima water into the Pacific—is it dangerous?
On February 21, 2021, a Tokyo Electric Power Company employee measures radiation outside its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, devastated a decade ago by an earthquake. Japan’s planned ...
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Russia warns strike on Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant could cause 'Chernobyl-style catastrophe' | Reuters
The head of Russia's nuclear energy corporation warned on Thursday that an Israeli attack on Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant could lead to a "Chernobyl-style catastrophe".
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British Government to Spend $19 Billion on New Nuclear Plant
The British government said on Tuesday that it would spend as much as 14.2 billion pounds, or about $19 billion, on constructing a nuclear power station, a project that is expected to create ...
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New York governor seeks to build the state's first new nuclear power plant in decades - Newsday
NEW YORK — New York’s governor on Monday proposed the construction of the state’s first new nuclear power plant in decades. Gov. Kathy Hochul directed the state’s power authority to ...
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Situation at Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant is 'normal', Russian official says
Russian nuclear energy chief Alexei Likhachev said on Friday that the situation at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, where hundreds of Russian specialists work, was "normal" and under control.
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New York governor seeks to build the state’s first new nuclear power plant in decades - The Seattle Times
Business Nation New York governor seeks to build the state’s first new nuclear power plant in decades June 23, 2025 at 10:51 am Updated June 23, 2025 at 1:29 pm By PHILIP MARCELO ...
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Israeli airstrikes hit multiple Iran nuclear sites. Here's what we know about them. - CBS News
Iran's only commercial nuclear power plant is in Bushehr on the Persian Gulf, some 465 miles south of Tehran. Construction on the plant began under Iran's Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the mid-1970s.