Accidents and Safety

• Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last? - Companies like Kairos Power are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured.
• What Went Wrong Before Hong Kong’s Inferno - Records show how government departments played down residents’ warnings about corrupt practices and substandard materials that fueled the deadly blaze.
• Pennsylvania Nursing Home Explosion Kills at Least 2 - Two explosions at the Bristol Health and Rehab Center in Bristol Township resulted in a large fire and partial collapse of the building, officials said. It was not clear how many were injured.
• China Delays Plans for Mass Production of Self-Driving Cars After Accident - After years of planning for cars that would let drivers take their hands off the wheel and eyes off the road, China’s regulators have become more cautious.