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Executive Profile: Leaders share news from companies and careers, and their outlook on the economy
We checked in with executives profiled in the Tribune in the past year to learn their news, their insights about the coming year, and how they're feeling about the economy. Curt Bailey, president, Related Midwest Related has been running on all...
Tags: Financial Aid, Nursing, Labor Markets, Newspaper and Magazine, Economy, Business and Finance
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A long cooling-off period for San Onofre nuclear plant
Southern California Edison built San Onofre's two nuclear reactors in about nine years, but tearing them down will be a technically complex, multibillion-dollar job completed over decades. It is likely that Edison first will mothball the plant, which...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Building Material, Companies and Corporations, U.S. Marine Corps, Barbara Boxer
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Upgraded vent systems ordered for 31 nuclear reactors, including two at Peach Bottom
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that it has ordered a venting upgrade for nearly a third of the reactors in the country, including ones at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station just north of Harford County. Peach Bottom, in Delta, Pa.,...Tags: Exelon Corp., Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Politics, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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FACTBOX-U.S. nuclear units seeking license renewal
ReutersJune 3 (Reuters) - To date, the NRC has approved new licenses for 72 of the nation's 102 operating reactors and rejected none. Nuclear power produces about 20 percent of the electricity used in the United States. The following lists applications the...Tags: Movies, Tennessee Valley Authority, FirstEnergy Corp., Gaming, Entergy Corporation
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Andrew Greeley dead: Priest, author, critic was 85
Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Andrew Greeley, the outspoken Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and sociologist known for his deeply researched academic appraisals and sometimes scathing critiques of his church, died Wednesday night, several years after fracturing...Tags: Sociology, Opinion Research Corporation, Fiction, Barack Obama, University of Arizona
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U.S. senator accuses utility of misleading on San Onofre upgrade
ReutersBy Rory Carroll and Eileen O'Grady SAN FRANCISCO, May 28 (Reuters) - A U.S. senator on Tuesday said that Southern California Edison misled the public and regulators on work at its troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant in order to avoid safety reviews...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Heavy Engineering, Crime, Law and Justice, Barbara Boxer, Edison International
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Letter shows Edison anticipated problems with San Onofre generators
A letter from a Southern California Edison executive shows the company became concerned about the potential for serious design flaws in replacement steam generators at the San Onofre nuclear plant as early as 2004. U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.),...
Tags: Physiology, U.S. Department of Justice, Defense Equipment, Nuclear Power, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited
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San Onofre, R.I.P.
Southern California Edison on Friday made its smartest decision yet about the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant: It announced it was closing the facility once and for all. A year after the plant was taken off-line as a result of several problem-...
Tags: Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Politics, Machine Manufacturing, Nuclear Power
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San Onofre nuclear power plant to be closed permanently
Southern California Edison announced Friday it is permanently shutting down the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant, ending the region's four-decade venture into nuclear energy production. The decision caps a 16-month debate about San Onofre's future...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Heavy Engineering, Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing, Energy Resources
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San Onofre nuclear plant closure tied to finances
The fate of the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant was apparently sealed last month when it became clear that a potential lengthy series of hearings would likely have to be held before the coastal facility could be powered back up. The plant, which...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Politics, Employees, Plant Closings
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San Onofre neighbors no longer felt safe, welcome closure
While activists praised Friday’s announcement that the San Onofre nuclear power plant would be retired, those who live near the coastal facility expressed mixed emotions about the fate of what has become a familiar landmark and a nagging source of...
Tags: Government, Politics, Safety of Citizens, Edison International, Nuclear Power
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