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Edison may retire both San Onofre nuclear units

05/06/2013 Southern California Edison is considering retiring both of its Pacific c...

NRC monitoring LaSalle nuclear plant after lightning strike

04/18/2013 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced it is monitoring the LaS...

Contractor sued over nuclear power plant shutdown

04/17/2013 Kansas City Power & Light Co. and co-owners of the Wolf Creek nuclea...

IHS acquires management software provider

04/08/2013 IHS Inc. said it has acquired Fekete Associates, a provider of integrate...

Cooling system at Fukushima fails for second time in a month

04/05/2013 Power to the cooling system at the damaged Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear pla...

Vestas to service wind power farm in Canada

03/20/2013 Vestas has secured a five-year service agreement from ENMAX Energy Corp....

SONGS nuclear Unit 2 ready to run at full power, SCE says

03/19/2013 The troubled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s Unit 2 is ready to ...

GE announces new automation control system

02/11/2013 GE announced the availability of a its new C90Plus Automation Control Sy...

Two U.S. power plants fall victim to viruses

01/15/2013 Two unnamed U.S. power plants fell victim to a cyber attack after viruse...

Susquehanna nuclear Unit 2 undergoing special inspection

01/14/2013 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) started a special inspectio...