UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon believes any dialogue between the United States and North Korea should focus on the goal of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, a U.N. spokesman said Monday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration won't welcome the election of a relative moderate as Iran's next president with any new nuclear offer. A State Department spokeswoman says it's up to Tehran to compromise.
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Monday defended the administration's $34 billion green energy loan program and pointedly rejected the notion that it should be taken out of the Energy Department.
"I have not, to be honest, thought of spinning that out," Moniz said at a conference when asked if he backed moving the loan guarantee program to a separate organization.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is examining a buildup in carbon dioxide at the Beaver Valley nuclear plant that forced workers to evacuate Friday, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.
Buoyed by the election of the moderate Hassan Rohani as president, the U.S. and Europe are launching a new push for nuclear negotiations with Iran, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Some NRC staff are looking to void an Atomic Safety Licensing Board ruling that called for a public hearing before nuclear plants are allowed to restart, KPBS reports.
GUJAR KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A woman named Rehana Yasmin struggles to keep her sick 2-year-old granddaughter cool in a sweltering hospital where working air conditioners are rare and electric fans are idle for much of the day.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will open public comment on the issue of foreign ownership of nuclear plants next week, Southern Maryland Newspapers Online reports.
The House Appropriations Committee unveiled a budget plan that would cut Energy Department spending on renewable energy by $873 million, Politico reports.
Air-quality officials from 48 states requested to have a role in Environmental Protection Agency settlements with environmental organizations, Oil & Gas Journal reports.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is examining a buildup in carbon dioxide at the Beaver Valley nuclear plant that forced workers to evacuate Friday, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.
It took electric-car maker Fisker Automotive nine months to publicly acknowledge the Energy Department cut off its loan guarnatee in 2011, Reuters reports.
Energy Department Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Christopher Smith warned House lawmakers he is limited in what he can discuss at Tuesday's hearing on natural gas exports, The Hill reports.
