PPL puts Berwick nuclear power plant on low-level alert for Freon leak
PPL official says there is no threat to the public PPL Corp. put its nuclear power plant near Berwick on alert Tuesday morning after a refrigerant gas leak was discovered in an air-conditioning unit in one of the two reactors.
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Fusion research at Iter: unlocking the power of the sun
The world’s leading powers have finally agreed to finance a joint nuclear fusion project. Harry de Quetteville reports .
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Is Thorium the Nuclear Fuel of the Future?
PHOTO CREDIT: Nuclear Power Corporation of India The Kalpakkam fast breeder reactor, near Tamil Nadu, India, is well on its way to completion by 2012. Once complete, it will usher in the second phase of India’s three-stage program to achieving thorium-based energy independence by 2025.
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