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A construction milestone was reached on 22 December at Russia's Kalinin 4 with the installation of the containment dome. The long-stalled build project should be complete in 2011.

Situation not as dire as predicted, but overall funding level is unchanged Two weeks ago advocates of funding for nuclear energy R&D came unglued when a trade newsletter reported that the budget for this work for 2011 has been slashed to ribbons by OMB. Notices of the death of the nuclear R&D...

Our friends at NEI put together a great animated overview of how securely and safely the United States nuclear plants withstood what was a dramatic year of unprecedented natural events. 2011 included a 5.8 earthquake striking ten miles from a nuclear energy facility, massive flooding surrounding another...