Thursday, February 2, 2012

2/2/2012 San Onofre Shutdown Costing Up To $1 Million A Day

Source: KPBS
Date: Thursday, February 2, 2012
By: Maureen CavanaughEd JoycePatty LaneClaire Trageser

Above: Murray Jennex, an associate professor at SDSU's Homeland Security Program and former consultant for San Onofre, speaks with Joanne Faryon on KPBS television's Evening Edition about the San Onofre shutdown.

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station remained off-line for a second day today after it was shut down by a small gas leak that possibly spread to the atmosphere.
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2/2/2012 Radiation Leak Minimal in Byron Shutdown: U.S.

Source: NBC 5 Chicago
Date: Thursday, Feb 2, 2012  |  Updated 2:10 PM CST

Radioactive tritium released was not enought to present a danger

The trace amount of radioactive tritium released in steam to cool a reactor during a shutdown at an Illinois nuclear plant was not enough to present a danger to the public, according to the first estimates by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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2/1/2012 IAEA, Iran to meet again after "good" talks

Source: Reuters
Date: Wed Feb 1, 2012 12:51pm EST

(Reuters) - Senior U.N. nuclear inspectors plan another trip to Iran later this month after holding what both sides described as good talks on the Islamic state's disputed atomic program.
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