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- How safe are nuclear power plants? https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/how-safe-are-nuclear-power-plants 134 comments
- IAEA says Ukraine nuclear power plants running safely, no 'destruction' at Chernobyl https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/iaea-says-ukraine-power-plants-running-safely-no-destruction-chernobyl-2022-02-24/ 30 comments worldnews
- Russia says its sea-based nuclear power plant is safe. Critics call it a ‘Floating Chernobyl.’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/05/01/russia-says-its-sea-based-nuclear-power-plant-is-safe-critics-call-it-a-floating-chernobyl/?utm_term=.101a8a7a56ae 58 comments politics
- PRC Starts Construction of 3rd Generation Westinghouse Nuclear Power Plant :: World's First, But How Safe Is It? http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/19/content_11217433.htm 5 comments technology
- Ukraine’s nuclear power plants are at ‘unprecedented’ risk as fighting continues. Ukraine has asked for ‘immediate assistance’ to keep its nuclear facilities safe https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/2/22958029/russia-invasion-ukraine-unprecedented-risk-nuclear-power-plants 14 comments environment
- Ukrainian Authorities Say Nuclear Power Plant Is 'Now Guaranteed' Safe After Russian Shelling: Reports https://people.com/politics/ukrainian-authorities-say-nuclear-power-plant-is-now-guaranteed-safe-after-russian-shelling-reports/ 11 comments worldnews
- Half of Germany's nuclear power Plants were shut off tonight, including Gundremming Nuclear Plant which was the least safe (there was a reactor incident in the 80s) and biggest in the whole country. https://www.dw.com/en/germany-closes-half-its-remaining-nuclear-power-plants/a-60302362 48 comments europe
- San Onofre nuclear power plant in California is closing, after an epic 16-month battle over whether the twin reactors could be safely returned to service http://abcnews.go.com/us/wirestory/calif-utility-retire-nuclear-plant-19347186 3 comments technology
- Seawater near an outlet at the Fukushima nuclear power plant had a concentration of radioactive iodine-131 that was 127 times higher than can be safely ingested by a person. This is thought to be due to biological concentration. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/t110322004914.htm 5 comments worldnews
- 'Please drink' treated Fukushima water: China on Wednesday asked Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso to drink treated radioactive water accumulated at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, after he said it is safe to drink it. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210414/p2g/00m/0na/116000c 4736 comments worldnews
- Zelenskyy says 'no one' can 'feel safe' about Russia's nukes after seeing their reckless attacks near Chernobyl and a nuclear power plant https://www.businessinsider.com/zelenskyy-world-cant-feel-safe-russia-nuclear-arsenal-ukraine-attacks-2022-4 13 comments worldnews
- The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that a second back-up power line to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant had been restored, enabling safe reactor cooling https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/3570143-iaea-second-backup-power-line-to-znpp-restored.html 2 comments worldnews
- How Safe Are Nuclear Power Plants?A new history reveals that federal regulators consistently assured Americans that the risks of a massive accident were “vanishingly small”—even when they knew they had insufficient evidence to prove it https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/how-safe-are-nuclear-power-plants 8 comments environment
- 'It will take 300 years before contaminated water is safe to discharge into sea' Nuclear experts from around the world are condemning the Japanese government's possible move to discharge radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/09/371_275749.html 280 comments technology
- New safe, non-pollution power producing system has an output exceeding the entire power of the four former reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant using only 1 liter http://www.financialpost.com/markets/news/blacklight%20power%20announces%20game%20changing%20achievement%20generation%20millions/9384649/story.html 13 comments worldnews