Efforts under way to end state ban on new nuclear power plants (The Pantagraph)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:01:46 GMT
SPRINGFIELD -- An effort to lift a more than 20-year ban onbuilding new nuclear power plants in Illinois got a boost in theGeneral Assembly Monday.
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Illinois Senate OKs bill to allow new nuclear power plants (Chicago Tribune)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:18:38 GMT
SPRINGFIELD -- With little debate, the Senate voted today to drop the ban on building nuclear power plants in Illinois. The measure was sent to the House on a bipartisan 40-1 vote, with two lawmakers voting present. Read more in Clout Street on chicagotribune.com .
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Ill. Senate approves bill to allow new nuclear power plants (Chicago Tribune)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:56:45 GMT
SPRINGFIELD--With little debate, the Senate voted today to drop the ban on building nuclear power plants in Illinois. The measure was sent to the House on a bipartisan 40-1 vote, with two lawmakers voting present.
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Senate votes to lift ban on building new nuclear plants (Chicago Sun-Times)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:45:42 GMT
SPRINGFIELD—The Illinois Senate voted Monday to undo a 23-year-old ban on the construction of new nuclear plants in a move one anti-nuclear activist predicted could turn Illinois into a "radioactive waste repository."Sen. Mike Jacobs (D-East Moline) said the legislation, which passed 40-1 and now moves to the House, is necessary to position the state for billions of federal dollars from ...
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Al Qaeda-linked New Jersey man Sharif Mobley, arrested in Yemen, worked in nuclear power plants (New York Daily News)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:57:00 GMT
A New Jersey man charged in Yemen as an Al Qaeda member worked at nuclear power plants in the U.S., officials said Thursday.
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Bill would open door for new nuke plants (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:35:03 GMT
SPRINGFIELD | An effort to lift a more than 20-year ban onbuilding new nuclear power plants in Illinois received a boost inthe General Assembly Monday.
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EB to have a hand in development of future U.S. nuclear power plants (The Day)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:20:55 GMT
Electric Boat is part of a team that will propose a design for the next generation of U.S. nuclear power plants. Building new nuclear reactors that can provide a source of clean energy is a key element in President Barack Obama 's climate-change strategy.
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Report: Yemen terror suspect had worked for US nuclear power plants (EARTHtimes.org)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:19:34 GMT
Washington - A man arrested in Yemen for alleged ties to the al-Qaeda terrorism network is a former employee of a nuclear power plant in the United States, reported the New York Times in its Saturday edition. Sharif Mobley, 26, who was arrested earli...
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Hung parliament a threat to new nuke plants-exec (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:19:00 GMT
Multi-billion pound investment in the energy sector, particularly in nuclear plants, could be under threat in the event of a hung parliament, an executive from a utility planning to build them said on Tuesday.
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Cooling Towers for NY Power Plants? (Environmental News Network)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:08:50 GMT
New York environmental regulators this week released a plan to protect aquatic life in the state's rivers that could cost power generators billions to upgrade their facilities. The plan, which still needs final approval, would affect most of the state's six nuclear power plants and several facilities powered by fossil fuels that use water for cooling. The state Department of Environmental ...
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