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Tuesday, April 02, 2013  The U.S. says it would "extremely alarming" if North Korea were to restart its long-shuttered plutonium reactor

Tuesday, April 17, 2012  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Petition Review Board is looking into a petition filed by groups in Central New York.

Monday, March 12, 2012  A statewide alliance is calling on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission  to suspend operations at the James A. Fitzpatrick nuclear reactor in Scriba in Oswego County.

Monday, February 20, 2012  One of the reactors at the Nine Mile Point nuclear plant in Scriba has been shut down.

Thursday, August 11, 2011  Federal regulators say the reactor at a nuclear power plant on New York's Lake Ontario shoreline has been shut down for the second time in less than a week.

Monday, August 08, 2011  Officials at Constellation Energy are investigating a leakage in a containment structure that caused the shutdown of the Nine Mile Point Unit 2 reactor on Lake Ontario over the weekend.

Monday, August 01, 2011  If you hear emergency sirens at Nine Mile Point and James Fitzpatrick nuclear sites this week, don't be alarmed: it's only a test.

Thursday, March 17, 2011  Japan deployed military helicopters, high-pressure water cannons and fire trucks in an increasingly desperate attempt to cool an overheated nuclear complex as U.S. officials warned the situation was deteriorating.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011  Japan ordered emergency workers to withdraw from its stricken nuclear complex Wednesday amid a surge in radiation, temporarily suspending efforts to cool the overheating reactors. Hours later, officials said they were preparing to send the team back in

Tuesday, March 15, 2011  Dangerous levels of radiation leaking from a crippled nuclear plant forced Japan to order 140,000 people to seal themselves indoors Tuesday after an explosion and a fire dramatically escalated the crisis spawned by a deadly tsunami.