The Department of Energy is now backing a new $452 million plan to start installing smaller modular nuclear reactors throughout the US as a safer alternative to massive nuclear plants.

According to a report, Paul Genoa of the Senior Director of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) stated, ”You don’t have to build a 1,000- or 1,500-megawatt power plant and hope that demand catches up,” …. “You can build chunks of power to more closely meet your demand curve.”

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Reuters) - Hitachi Ltd (6501.T), Japan's largest industrial electronics maker, is close to buying British nuclear new-build project Horizon in a deal expected to be worth more than 50 billion yen ($628.46 million),…

The following lists the nuclear reactors and utilities in Sandy’s potential path.

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Top nuclear experts say it will take years to invent a new generation of robots able to withstand the radiation capable of cleaning up Fukushima.

Containing Fukushima Is Beyond Current Technology

World-renowned physicist Michio Kaku said recently:

"It will take years to invent a new generation of robots able to withstand the radiation."

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A Russian nuclear submarine of project 971 ("Jaws", in NATO classification), armed with long-range cruise missiles, sailed for a long time without being detected in the waters along the U.S. coastline, the Gulf of Mexico, informs the Washington Free Beacon, citing an unnamed U.S. official. The submarie has the capability of sinking U.S. nuclear submarines or aircraft carriers.  "The Akula was built for one reason and one reason only:…