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Thermal Pollution New Threat to Rivers
Washington AP reports heat pollution from industry and irrigation threatens U.S. rivers. Heat kills fish and disrupts ecosystems, with steam electric and atomic plants as major sources. Projections show atomic power overtaking coal by 1995, while solutions include cooling towers and cooling ponds. Legislation to require preconstruction pollution controls stalled in Congress.
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Washington
United States
Jacob I. Bregman
Bregman
Water Resources Council
Mississippi River
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomics
Edmund
Muskie
Interior
Senate
House
AEC
Glenn T. Seaborg