Rule could shrink disposal rules for low level waste
Industry lobby plans to petition the NRC to classify some nuclear plant waste as below regulatory concern, potentially allowing about 30 percent of current low level waste to go to landfills. Environmental and community groups warn any radioactivity poses cancer risk and oppose deregulation as unsafe.
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Baieon
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington
Cateory
Perernund
Nevada
South Carolina
Wilnais
Commonwealth Edison
Deborah Vestal
Nuclear Management and Resources Council
NRC
Fom Price
Nuclear Council
Council
Lynn Firebent
Vestal
Edisin
Commission
Looters hamper efforts to probe plane crash
In Honduras hundreds looted the crash site of a TAN-SAHSA Boeing 727-200 killing 131. Investigators said ground scars and crash details were lost as looters sifted through luggage and clothes. Fifteen Americans aboard survived, three of them hospitalized in the United States.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Barry Trotter
National Transportation Safety Board
Trotter
San Jose
Costa Rica
Managua
Nicaragua
U.S
Terry Kneebone
United States
Iarmere
Carlos Aguilar
Honduran
Armed Forces
Sie
Aguilar
Bruerice
Nature’s fluke blamed for Oakland highway collapse
Engineers in Oakland link Interstate 880 Nimitz Freeway ruin to a natural resonance with the ground quake. Independent panel heads by Dr. Ian Buckle to probe. expert Piotr Mancarz aids study as rescue work continues and concrete and steel wreckage is documented.
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Oakland
Calif
Reseuié
Nimitz
George Deukmejian
Ian G. Buckle
National Center For Earthquake Engineering Research
Piotr D. Mancarz
Tno
Palo Alto
California
Mancarz
Stanford University
The
New York Tames
Moncary
Cypress Street
32Nd Streets
Delayed 1880 Operations Struggle With Bridge Traffic
Traffic planners warned of a crisis as 3 million weekday commuters faced disruption after a major quake. Fourteen ferries aided the bridge crisis while extra subway trains and ferries could carry 45,000 more riders. Freeways like 1-880 and Embarcadero were closed, forcing reliance on buses and emergency routes. A survivor, Helm, 57, endured 84 hours with kidney damage from dehydration but regained some function.
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Page
Joel Markowitz
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Carpaols
MTC
Rod Diridon
Bay Bridge
Embarcadero
Helm
Theim
Moynihan urges gas tax hike to fund highway repairs
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan proposed raising gasoline taxes to pay for repairing United States highways and bridges. He urged President Bush to abandon tax pledge while Congress considers relief for earthquake victims and flood damage, estimating billions needed for post disaster road work.
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Moynihan
Washington
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
New York
Bush
California
NBC
Han
America
Senate
Committee On Environment and Public Works
Quake affects Bay Area real estate and photo demand
In San Jose and Los Gatos a three bedroom colonial home lists for 529 500 but buyers hesitate as streets remain damaged after the temblor. Real estate agents report mixed activity with some escrow sales holding while others pause. Residents flood photo shops with earthquake damage images as spirits dip and recovery continues.
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San Jose
Calif
Los Gatos
Arca
Judy Cosgrove
San Francisco Bay Area
Sun
Jay
Cosgrove
Heal Estate
Santa Clara County
Boulder Creek
Coastside
Santa Cruz County
Bonnie Vyas
Meridian Avenue
Er Insurance Ny
Vyas
Camden Avenue
Armad
Evary
Paula Stone
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David Kraft
Anti-Nuclear Nuclear Energy Information Service
Evanston, Ill
Ick
Diane D'Arrigo
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Oakland Highway
San Francisco
Marina District
Cials
Boston Globe
Han Gaid
Moyni
Knight-Ridder News Service
Earthquake Pictures
Swamp Express
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