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DARPA Responded by Launching Its Biggest and Most Ambitious Robot R&D Program Yet
Jan 3, 2014"Where are the robots?" That was what many people were asking when events at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant spiraled out of control in March 2011. With deadly levels of radiation collecting inside the damaged reactors, attempting to ...
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Power Engineering Magazine Has Awarded Bechtel and FPL The 2013 Nuclear Project
Dec 12, 2013Power Engineering magazine has awarded Bechtel and Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) the 2013 Nuclear Project of the Year Award. The companies won for the extended power uprates at the St. Lucie and Turkey Point nuclear plants, located ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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AIM Award Was Won by RFID Deployed at Us Nuclear Facility
Apr 26, 2013AIM, the industry association and worldwide authority on bar code, RFID, RTLS and mobile computing, has selected Argonne National Laboratory to receive the 2013 Active RFID Award. This marks the inaugural year for the award, established by ...
Tags: RFID, Nuclear Facility, Textile
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Researchers Have Found and Analyzed a Version of The Stuxnet Cybersabotage Malware
Mar 1, 2013Researchers from security firm Symantec have found and analyzed a version of the Stuxnet cybersabotage malware that predates previously discovered versions by at least two years and used a different method of disrupting uranium enrichment ...
Tags: Symantec, Stuxnet cybersabotage malware, disrupting uranium enrichment
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Obama Can Order Pre-Emptive Strikes on Any Country to Launch a Major Digital Attack
Feb 18, 2013A secret review of American policies governing the use of cyberweapons has concluded that President Barack Obama has the broad power to order pre-emptive strikes on any country preparing to launch a major digital attack against the U.S. ...
Tags: cyberweapons, broad power, digital attack
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A Power Station in The South of Iran Has Been Hit by a Cyberattack
Jan 5, 2013A power station in the south of Iran has been hit by a cyberattack, an Iranian news agency reported Tuesday, citing a local civil defense official. But now agency and official are in dispute over whether he really made the remarks. The ...
Tags: Iran, cyberattack, ISNA, virus
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The Point Lepreau Generating Station Returned to Commercial Operations Today
Nov 28, 2012November 23, 2012 - The Point Lepreau Generating Station returned to commercial operations today, marking what is projected to be the beginning of 25 to 30 years of providing power for New Brunswickers and export customers. “Point ...
Tags: NB Power, commercial operations
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US Multinational Energy Firm Chevron Has Revealed That It Was Hit by The Stuxnet Virus
Nov 9, 2012US multinational energy firm Chevron has revealed that it was hit by the Stuxnet virus,widely believed to have been launched by the US and Israel to spy on and disrupt Iran's nuclear facilities. Stuxnet was designed to target only the ...
Tags: Stuxnet, Chevron's systems, US multinational energy firm, Stuxnet virus
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Top 10 List of The "Can't-Live-Without-It" Garden Tool
Aug 7, 2012Do you have a favorite garden tool? Something that you keep within arm’s reach every time you go into the garden? What do you use to make digging, pruning, growing or harvesting better for the back or more soothing for the soul? The ...
Tags: Learning Center, Garden Tool
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Siemens Has Issued a Fix for The Software Vulnerabilities in Its PLCs That Were Exploited
Jul 25, 2012German engineering firm Siemens has issued a fix for the software vulnerabilities in its programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that were exploited by Stuxnet. The computer worm was discovered in 2010 when it caused malfunctions at ...
Tags: Siemens, software, programmable logic controllers, PLCs, Stuxnet