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The Toshiba-Westinghouse AP1000 reactor remains a symbol of the U.S. nuclear future to supporters and opponents alike

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Nishikawa TOKYO, March 19 (Reuters) - Exhausted engineers scrambled to fix a power cable to two reactors at Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear station on Saturday in a race to prevent deadly radiation from an accident now rated at least as bad as America's Three Mile Island in 1979. [More]

By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES, March 15 (Reuters) - Californians have long had an uneasy relationship with their two nuclear power plants, and the crisis in Japan raises new doubts about how long nuclear power will survive in the earthquake-prone state. The first test of the Golden State's support for nuclear power is coming soon, as the nuclear plants perched on the scenic but fault-laden California coastline since the early 1980s begin the process for 20-year license renewals