Smokestack implosion at defunct Detroit trash incinerator ends decades of stink
By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — In a boom, a low rumble and a vibrating crash, the looming smokestack of a shuttered trash…
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Smokestack implosion to bring decades of Detroit trash incinerator stink to an end
By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — The looming smokestack of a shuttered trash incinerator whose stench sickened and angered…
Over half of the contaminated water leaked at nuclear plant recovered, Xcel says
MONTICELLO, Minn. (AP) — More than half of a radioactive isotope that leaked from a pipe at a Minnesota nuclear plant has been recovered, while crews are making “substantial…
Minnesota nuclear plant shuts down for leak; residents worry
By TRISHA AHMED and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press
MONTICELLO, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota utility began shutting down a nuclear power plant near…
Radioactive water leaks at Minn. nuclear plant for 2nd time
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MONTICELLO, Minn. (AP) — Water containing a radioactive material has leaked for a second time from a nuclear plant near Minneapolis and the plant…
Regulators: Nuclear plant leak didn’t require public notice
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and AMANCAI BIRABEN - Associated Press
Minnesota regulators knew four months ago that radioactive waste had leaked from a nuclear…
Regulators monitor tritium leak at Minnesota nuclear plant
By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press
ST.. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota regulators said Thursday they're monitoring the cleanup of a leak of 400,000…
UN expert says Japan should do more for Fukushima evacuees
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — A United Nations human rights expert urged Japan's government on Friday to provide evacuees from the…
Nuclear threats are increasing – here’s how the US should prepare for a nuclear…
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Cham Dallas, University of Georgia(THE CONVERSATION) Because…
Live updates |Congress approves $40B aid package to Ukraine
By The Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the United States for the $40 billion aid package, which got…