Significance of nuclear plants

Obama administration stands by nuclear power CBS News - 52 minutes ago SAN CLEMENTE, CA - DECEMBER 6: Evening sets on the San Onofre atomic power plant December 6, 2004 in northern San Diego County, south of San Clemente, California. The Obama administration on Tuesday insisted that nuclear power plants in the United ... Angela Merkel switches off seven nuclear power plants The Guardian - 37 minutes ago A nuclear power plant in Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany. Decommissioning of this station, for economical reasons, began in 2003. Photograph: Ingo Wagner/EPA Angela Merkel's U-turn on nuclear energy became even more gear-crunching on Tuesday when she ... BPA's Steve Wright says the region's nuclear plant is safe; outlines an 8.5 ... OregonLive.com - 1 hour ago By Charles Pope, The Oregonian The Associated PressIn this 2003 photo, steam rises from Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station, Washington state's only nuclear power plant , near Richland, Wash. WASHINGTON -- BPA Administrator Steve Wright told ... Fears mounting over US nuclear plants CNN - 2 hours ago By Jim Acosta and Evan Glass, CNN Washington (CNN) -- Just two monthsago, California residents living near acontroversial nuclear power plant grilled nuclear regulators over the reactor's safety at a public hearing. At issue was the 2008 discovery of ...