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Company: Wetland pipes may come out
The Huntington Beach City Council unanimously approved a property owner's plan to remove three oil tanks from the city's southeastern area at Monday's meeting, concluding a lengthy process that was drawn out by two appeals last year. Plains All...Tags: Nuclear Power, Wetlands, Southern California Edison Company
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Plans being drawn up for another summer without San Onofre
The organization responsible for overseeing California's power grid is developing plans to meet next summer's electricity needs in Southern California if the San Onofre nuclear plant remains offline, according to the Los Angeles Times. The plant's outage...Tags: Science and Technology, Nuclear Power, Standards, Southern California Edison Company
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Natural Perspectives: How to bring that power to the people
I would make a bad Amish person because I like electricity. So does Vic. We like it so much that we want to make sure that we keep receiving it, but we wonder where electrical power is going to come from in the future. As the population grows and we...Tags: Environmental Issues, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Middletown, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Plant Openings
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Palisades could remain closed at least another month after radioactive leak
COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant has been shut down for a couple of weeks after dozens of gallon of radioactive water leaked from the plant into Lake Michigan. Last Monday, southwest Michigan Congressman toured the...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Accidents
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Letters show rift over San Onofre nuclear repairs
In a flurry of letters late last year, Southern California Edison and the manufacturer that designed the steam generators at the now-dark San Onofre nuclear power plant appeared to be at odds over a long-term plan to repair the troubled facility. In the...
Tags: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, Science and Technology, Nuclear Power, Physiology, Southern California Edison Company
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Edison, Mitsubishi hit roadblock on San Onofre's future
A flurry of letters that went back and forth between Southern California Edison and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries late last year reveal the serious hurdles that stand in the way of the San Onofre nuclear power plant's long-term future. The plant had...
Tags: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, Science and Technology, Nuclear Power, Physiology, Southern California Edison Company
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How many more chances for Palisades?
Those of us within the 50-mile safety zone of Palisades Nuclear Plant on Lake Michigan near Covert appreciate Fred Upton's powerful voice calling for a permanent fix to most recent problems that shut down the plant. Upton, a Republican who represents...Tags: Entergy Corporation, Nuclear Power, Lake Michigan
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'Unplanned shutdowns' at Turkey Point nuclear plant lead to more oversight
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday it is increasing oversight of the Turkey Point Unit 3 nuclear power plant after three "unplanned shutdowns." But the commission said that the Florida Power & Light Co. plant near Homestead is "operating...Tags: Turkey (animal), Nuclear Power, Turkey, FPL Group
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Out of the Blue: Speak up against San Onofre
Amid a spate of promising economic news, home values are climbing. Now for the bad news. For the first time in human history, the concentration of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is nearing the milestone level of 400 parts per million....Tags: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, Genetic Engineering, Politics, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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Robert M. Douglass, Calvert Cliffs' chief engineer
Robert M. Douglass, former chief engineer of Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.'s Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant, died Monday of cancer at his home in Port Republic, Calvert County. He was 88. The son of an electrical engineer and a homemaker, Robert...
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DEP recovers missing nuclear gauge
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection found its missing nuclear gauge. The device — a Road Reader Nuclear Density Gauge, to be exact — fell off of a truck in West Virginia on May 3. The department uses the gauge in road...
Tags: Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), Franklin County (Virginia), Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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Great Scott! DEP looking for missing nuclear gauge
Capitol IdeasYo! If your neighbor is building a time machine out of a DeLorean, you may want to call the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and West Virginia state officials. Your neighbor could be building the...
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