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(Reuters) – The risk to public health from a severe nuclear power plant accident in the United States is "very small" because reactor operators should have time to prevent core damage and reduce the release of radioactive materials, U.S. nuclear regulators said in a study on Wednesday. The study comes almost a year after...
(Reuters) – Hokuriku Electric Power Co submitted the results of first-stage stress tests on the No.2 reactor at its Shika nuclear plant on Wednesday, part of an initial step in rebuilding public trust in atomic energy. No reactors taken offline for routine maintenance have been restarted since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami triggered...
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