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Plant repairs done by early summer
COVERT -- Operators of the idled Palisades Nuclear Plant in southwestern Michigan say repairs to a tank that leaked slightly radioactive water into Lake Michigan will take until early summer to complete. New Orleans-based Entergy Corp. idled the plant...Tags: Entergy Corporation, Nuclear Power
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Calvert Cliffs reactor shut down
One of two reactors at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in southern Maryland was shut down again Tuesday, the second unplanned outage in the past two weeks. Plant operators powered down Unit 2 manually around 5:30 a.m. after a pump that feeds water...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Physiology
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PRESSURE COOKER-AIRPORT ARREST Saudi with pressure cooker in baggage seeks bond DETROIT (AP) — A federal defender has requested bond for a Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after federal agents accused him of lying about why he...Tags: Justice System, Science and Technology, Prosecution, Police Arrests, Mortgages
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Entergy: Water tank repairs at Michigan's Palisades nuclear plant will take until early summer
COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Operators of the idled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in southwestern Michigan say repairs to a tank that leaked slightly radioactive water into Lake Michigan will take until early summer to complete. The plant is in...Tags: Entergy Corporation, Nuclear Power
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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...
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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, Nuclear Power, FPL Group, Turkey (animal)
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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: Lake Michigan, Entergy Corporation, Nuclear Power
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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... -
Upton, NRC to visit Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Monday
VAN BUREN COUNTY -- Michigan Congressman Fred Upton, R- St. Joseph, along with a commissioner from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will head to southwest Michigan today, to get a first-hand look at the troubled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Van...
Tags: Entergy Corporation, Nuclear Power, Defense Equipment, Fred Upton, Manufacturing and Engineering
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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: The New York Times, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, Genetic Engineering, Politics, Henry A Waxman
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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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