H.F. Lee Coal Ash Spill Puts Duke Energy Under the Spotlight Again Although Duke Energy maintains that “only very minor erosion of material” migrated from an inactive coal ash basin on the H.F. Lee Power Plant site, several environmental advocacy groups are concerned that the spill has dirtied North Carolina’s Neuse River.… Read More
Election Result Throws Restart of World’s Largest Nuclear Plant into Question A surprising win in a Japanese prefectural gubernatorial race by the anti-nuclear, Communist Party–backed candidate Ryuichi Yoneyama—a 49-year-old doctor who has never held public office—makes the restart of the 8-GW Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant a much taller task for owner Tokyo… Read More
Explosion Reported at Oak Grove Power Plant An explosion reported on October 13 at Luminant's coal-fired Oak Grove Power Plant located near Franklin, Texas, was from a blown transformer, the company said. Read More
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