Barnwell Council Approves Inducement Bond for Uranium Plant
Barnwell County Council moves to back 6 million in industrial bonds for a Nuclear Metals Inc plant to process depleted uranium, while vowing to inspect the Massachusetts operations first. Protesters fear contamination near the site, and residents near the new location continue objections.
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Barnwell
Barnwell County Council
Massachusetts
Dustry
Savannah River
Allied General
Nuclear Metals Inc
Concord
Mass
Edgar Brown
Barnwell County
Bob Grimes
Grimes
T.E. Richardson
NRC orders tests on older reactor vessels nationwide
Federal officials require 44 plant operators to test their pressurized water reactor vessels for cracking risk due to brittleness from radiation. The NRC review covers cooling control systems and mitigation steps at Maine Yankee and unit 1 of Three Mile Island, with no shutdowns anticipated in the next year.
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Augusta
Maine
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Thomas Murley
NRC
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Washington
Wiscasset
Murley
Three Mile Island
Harrisburg
Pas
Marley
California
Florida
Maine Yankee
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Rancho Seco
Crystal River
Babcock & Wilcox
Demetrios Basdekasince
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Subcommittee On
Interior and Insular Affairs
Basdekas
Peter Bradford
Nuclear plants on NRC list raise safety concerns
A list highlights 14 older reactors under NRC scrutiny for potential pressurized thermal shock risks. Plants named include Fort Calhoun Nebraska H B Robinson South Hartsville San Onofre Maine Yankee Palisades Yankee Rowe Oconee Zion Arkansas Indian Point Three Mile Island Rancho Seco Surry Gravel Neck and Crystal River with units specified.
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Augusta
Maine
The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Fort Calhoun Station
Fort Calhoun
Neb
H.B Robinson S.E
Hartsville
S.C
San Onofre Nuclear
San Clemente
Calif
Yankee
Wiscasset
Palisades
South Haven
Mich
Yankee Rowe
Rowe
Mass
Oconee
Seneca, S.C
Zion
Ill
Arkansas
Russelville
Ark
Indian Point
N.Y
Three Mile Island
Goldsboro
Rancho Seco
Clay Station
Surry
Gravel Neck
Crystal River
Red Level
Fla
Journey ends for reactor vessel to Phipps Bend plant
An eight week trans state voyage completes for a 1,033 ton reactor vessel and equipment for TVA at Phipps Bend in Surgoinsville Tennessee. The vessel arrived at 3 30 pm EDT Tuesday and will not be used before the mid 1990s. TVA spent about 10 million to move the two vessels from Memphis to Knoxville then 46 miles by land and 46 by water to the site.
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Surgoinsville, Tenn
Tennesseee Valley Authority
Phipps Bend
Memphis
East Tennessee
TVA
Gil Francis
VSL Corp
Los Gatos
Calif
Knoxville
Kingsport
VSL
General Electric Co
Chicago Bridge and Iron Co
Tennessee River
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Barnwell Council
Oks Uranium Processing Plant
Richardson
Well County
Gordon
Leeve
Oorr
Kalmia Plaza
Sears
Kenmore
Whiskey Road
Aiken, S.C
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