Nuclear waste storage debate Shapes Nuclear Power Future
Proponents urge expanding nuclear energy to cut oil imports while addressing radioactive waste. ERC backed by ERDA outlines three steps: solidification, encapsulation, and underground storage in stable formations. AIF asserts data show safe, economical management with no required breakthroughs.
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ERC
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Atomic Industrial Forum
AIF
Nine Prestonwood students win honors at national PTA fair
On the inside nine Prestonwood Elementary students earn honors at the national PTA cultural arts fair. Page 2 highlights a feature about a house husband with the caption She works, he cleans house. Page 3.
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Prestonwood
PTA
Mayor Hartline Shot and Killed in Bonham
Ronald Newton Hartline, 39, the mayor of Renner, was shot in a dispute at Sam MacDonald’s Bonham home using a 12 gauge shotgun. Hartline collapsed after driving from the residence. MacDonald is jailed in Sherman awaiting murder arraignment. Controversy followed Hartline since he took office last April amid Renner’s financial collapse and police disbandment.
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Renner
Ronald Newton Hartline
Bonham
Fannin County
MacDonald
Grayson County
Sherman
Hartline
Can the present generation safely store high level nuclear waste
The article weighs the back end of the fuel cycle and asks if current storage methods can confine highly radioactive waste for hundreds of thousands of years. It cites a 1976 CE D report linking reactor buildup to plutonium production, bomb risks, and storage challenges.
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Research and Policy Committee
Committee For Economic Development
Uncertain path for US nuclear waste policy debate
A Committee for Economic Development report highlights uncertainty over managing radioactive wastes and cites leaks at Hanford in Washington and Maxey Flats in Kentucky. The Glen Rose plant is expected to generate about 2,100 drums annually with long storage needs, while critics warn of environmental and safety risks and the potential for misuse by terrorists.
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U. S
ERC
Com
United States
Nagasaki
Japan
Comanche Peak
Glen Rose
Committee For Economic Development
Hanford
Richland
Wash
Maxey Flats
Kentucky
U. S. Department of Interior
Illinois
Associated Press
Royal Commission
The
London
National Council of Churches
Man
United Press International
Energy Research and Development Administration
UPI
Mason Willrich
Rockefeller Foundation
Stor
Judge to rule on Snap N Pops sale within Richardson
District Court Judge Owen Giles will decide whether Snap N Pops can be sold in Richardson city limits. The case tests if the city fireworks ordinance bans a product that marketers say merely snaps or pops without exploding. The judge will consider ordinance legality and whether the items fit the definition of fireworks.
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Owen Giles
Richardson
Giles
Snap ‘N Pops
M. L. Todd
Louis Nichols
Nichols
Richardson students donate toys for Marines Toys for Toys drive
Richardson Independent School District students collected new toys at 27 schools to support the Marine Reserves Toys for Toys program. The effort, led by the Richardson City Council of PTA's, brought in items last week for pickup by Marines to aid needy children.
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Richardson Independent School
Richardson City
Richardson Independent School District
Hamilton Park
Stults Road
Skyview
Moss Haven
Wallace
Lake Highlands
White Rock
Liberty
Prairie Creek
Mohawk
James Bowie
Terrace
Richardson Heights
Arapaho
Spring Creek
Northwood Hills
J.frank Dobie
Dover
Yale
Dartmouth
Springridge
Jess Harben
Richland
O. Henry
Forestridge
Convalescent home bid tops city council agenda
The city council will review a bid for a convalescent home for out patients from Terrell State Hospital in a residential area. Myrtle Brown and Frank Gerik seek a special permit at 515 and 17 Vernet Streets. The plan commission recommends rejection.
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Terrell State Hospital
City Hall
Myrtle Brown
Frank Gerik
Vernet St
Plan Commission
Brown
L. Maurice Collins
Vantage Proper
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Frank Trombley
News-Texan Bureau
CED Committee
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John Kemendo, Jr
Raldon Corp
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