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Army Corps: Nuke cleanup now $350M up from $44M
2015-01-05 21:17:09| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend at least $350 million more over 10 years to dig up and haul away nuclear waste from a dump site about 35 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The Army Corps halted the cleanup - originally estimated to cost $44.5 million - after crews discovered unanticipated amounts of "complex" materials, like uranium and plutonium, at the Parks Township site in 2011.
Diablo Canyon at issue as panel gauges nuke safety
2014-12-03 08:35:10| Energy - Topix.net
With several faults nearby, federal regulators... . FILE - This Nov. 3, 2008 file photo shows aboveground casks designed to store radioactive waste from a nuclear reactor at Pacific Gas and Electric's Diablo Canyon Power Plant in Avila Beach, Calif.
Diablo Canyon at issue as panel gauges nuke safety
2014-12-03 08:35:09| Energy - Topix.net
This Nov. 3, 2008, file photo, shows one of Pacific Gas and Electric's Diablo Canyon Power Plant's nuclear reactors in Avila Beach on California's central coast. With several faults nearby, federal regulators need to reassess seismic standards at California's last operating nuclear power plant and determine if earthquake risks are properly accounted for in its structural strength, a former Calif., state senator says.
Deal divides billions in closed nuke plant's...
2014-11-20 22:58:30| Energy - Topix.net
In this June 30, 2011, file photo beach-goers walk on the sand near the San Onofre nuclear power plant in San Clemente, Calif. Consumers will get refunds and credits of about $1.4 billion, but also pay about $3.3 billion, under a settlement approved Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, on costs stemming from the premature closure of the San Onofre nuclear power plant.
Groups want ombud to probe nuke dump secrecy
2014-09-19 04:10:46| Energy - Topix.net
Groups fighting a proposed nuclear waste storage site on the shores of Lake Huron called on Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne on Thursday to establish penalties for municipalities who break the law by holding secret meetings. In addition, the groups - Save our Saugeen Shores and the Southampton Residents Association - called on Ontario's ombudsman to review the circumstances that led to a report critical of Bruce County council for meeting nuclear waste representatives without telling anyone or documenting the discussions.
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