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Size Isn't Everything, Baby: The New, Small "Green" Nuclear Reactor

John Brian Shannon | Posted 05.09.2012 | Canada
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John Brian Shannon

New hope for the nuclear power industry has arrived in the form of a brand-new nuclear power plant design -- known as small scale "modular" nuclear reactor, which is a profoundly better answer to the ultra-costly retrofitting of very old and large nuclear plants -- and long overdue for most of the world's reactors.

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Japan's GDP Falls For Third Straight Quarter

CP | The Associated Press | Posted 10.14.2011 | Canada Business
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TOKYO - Japan's economy contracted for a third straight quarter as consumer spending and factory production continued to suffer in the aftermath of th...

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As Germany Turns From Nuclear, It Goes Digging Down Under

CP | Posted 08.01.2011 | Canada Business
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- CANBERRA, Australia - Germany signed a resource co-operation deal on Wednesday with Australia, the world's largest coal exporter...

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Germany Pulls Plug On 17 Nuclear Stations By 2022

CP | Posted 07.30.2011 | Canada Business
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(CP) -- BERLIN - Gremany's governing coalition said Monday it will shut down all the country's nuclear power plants by 2022. The decision, prompted by...

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