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San Diego power company urges conservation for summer
ReutersJune 12 (Reuters) - San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) said it has enough power to keep air conditioners humming this summer but urged customers to be prepared to conserve energy with the retirement of the San Onofre nuclear plant in California. "While...Tags: Nuclear Power, Southern California Edison Company, Sempra Energy, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Edison International
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UPDATE 4-California's San Onofre nuclear plant to close for good
ReutersBy Scott DiSavino June 7 (Reuters) - The crippled San Onofre nuclear plant will be retired, its operator said on Friday, leaving California scrambling to keep the state's lights and air-conditioners on this summer even as it pursues ambitious plans to...Tags: Southern California Edison Company, Science and Technology, Duke Energy Corporation, Conservation, Marketing
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No rise in cancer seen from Japan's nuclear disaster-UN experts
Reuters* U.N. scientific committee drafts report on Fukushima * Expects no increase in cancer rates as people left area * Report to be presented to U.N. General Assembly VIENNA, May 31 (Reuters) - Cancer rates are not expected to rise after Japan's...Tags: Science and Technology, Chernobyl Disaster (1986), Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), United Nations, Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine)
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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: Nuclear Power, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Politics, Exelon Corp., Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011)
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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...
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Palisades owners try to ease fears over radioactive leak
COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The owners of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant have some challenges on their hands. First – find out what caused a leak that let nearly 80 gallons of radioactive water into Lake Michigan. The other priority...
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Search for radioactive leak at Palisades nuclear plant
WSBT-TVVAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. – Government regulators and the operators of a nuclear power plant are trying to figure out why several gallons of radioactive water leaked into Lake Michigan over the weekend. The Palisades nuclear power plant remains...Tags: Nuclear Power, Plant Openings, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Lake Michigan
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The Markley TV Club: Final Season of 'West Wing'
My roommate Pat and I recently, for some reason, watched the final season of “The West Wing” together on Netflix, which produced a number of arguments, speculations, and asides that I have compiled in an e-mail exchange for the inaugural...
Tags: Columbia University, Civil Rights, 24 (tv program), CVS Corp., Netflix Inc.
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The danger of relying on nuclear power plants
Norman Meadow's commentary promoting nuclear power over wind energy as a solution to climate change leaves out serious unsolved problems that wind does not present ("Nuclear blows away wind," Feb. 1). Huge piles of highly radioactive waste are sitting...Tags: Nuclear Power, Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy, Food and Drug Administration, Waste
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From disaster comes knowledge
Beverly Findlay-Kaneko has used her memories of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan two years ago to start making a change in her new home of Huntington Beach. Findlay-Kaneko was in Japan when those natural disasters led to three...Tags: Natural Disasters, Apple iPod, Energy Resources, Conservation, Tsunamis
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L.A. Now Live: A homeless woman is set ablaze in Van Nuys
L.A. NOWA homeless woman known to many as Flo remained in critical condition Friday after being doused with a flammable liquid and set ablaze on a bus bench on Van Nuys Boulevard. Times Staff Writers Richard Winton and Ashley Powers will...... -
8 U.S. sailors sue Japanese firm over radiation from nuclear meltdown
L.A. NOWEight sailors from the Coronado-based carrier Ronald Reagan are suing the Tokyo Electric Power Co. for allegedly lying about the danger from radiation caused by the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant, according to Bloomberg News. The ship was...
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