Upset about contamination from a Westinghouse nuclear fuel plant, Lower Richland residents lambasted the company Monday night for failing to tell them about a recent uranium leak and for ignoring the rural, working-class community the company has operated in for nearly 50 years. Thestate.com Pollution tied to infant deaths and cancer in adults has shown up for decades in the groundwater beneath a nuclear fuel factory less than two miles from Michael Daugherty’s house. Thestate.com Coal, lignite and nuclear plant closures as well as falling generation margins hit RWE's first half 2018 financial performance, Germany's biggest power generator said Tuesday. Spglobal.com A giant statue of a child wearing a radiation suit in the Japanese city of Fukushima has touched off a storm of criticism online as the nuclear-hit area seeks to rebuild its reputation. “Sun Child“, a 6.2-metre (20-foot) figure sporting a yellow protective suit with a digital display on its chest showing “000” – symbolising no nuclear contamination – was installed this month near the city’s train station. Nst.com
