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News for January 14, 2009
Radioactive Waste
- Ex-boss can't block EnergySolutions (Salt Lake Tribune)
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11446126
A state panel decided Tuesday the former president of a radioactive-waste disposal site does not have legal standing to block a renewal of the site's license. - Salt waste plant can be finished (Augusta Chronicle)
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/01/14/met_507595.shtml
Of the 36 million gallons of radioactive Cold War nuclear waste in SRS tanks, 33 million gallons are liquid and salt cake suitable to enter the facility.
Hanford
- Murray proposes billions in federal funds for nuclear site cleanup (Mid Columbia Tri City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/444186.html
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., is proposing that $6 billion to $7 billion be included in a national economic recovery package for cleanup work at Hanford and other Department of Energy nuclear sites. - Chu supports efforts to speed waste cleanup (Mid Columbia Tri City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/444180.html
The tanks, which are at least 30 years beyond their design life, hold 53 million gallons of radioactive and chemical waste, she said.
TENORM
- Tenn. presses TVA for details of ash spill cleanup (MSN Money)
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&date=20090114&id=9475938
Mercury and radioactive cesium from World War II nuclear-bomb building work at Oak Ridge are in Watts Bar's sediments and officials decided in the 1990s it was better to leave the deposits undisturbed.
Nuclear Energy/Nuclear Power
- Nuke energy-policy push picks up (Wilkes Barre Times-Leader)
http://www.timesleader.com/news/Nuke_energy-policy_push_picks_up_01-14-2009.html
An important question it didn’t address, though, is what’s to be done with the radioactive spent fuel. Walsh said the waste created from a reactor running for 50 years could be packed in a two-car garage. - Russia committed to build Bushehr nuclear plant: Iran (Zee News)
http://www.zeenews.com/world/2009-01-14/498719news.html
Iran is confident that Russia will fulfil its commitment of building its first nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran's envoy to Russia has said. - German E.ON, RWE team up to build UK nuclear plants (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSLE03244820090114
E.ON and RWE own and operate nuclear power plants in Germany but have been looking abroad to build and operate new ones because Germany plans to close its reactors by 2021. - First fuel particles made in South Africa (World Nuclear News)
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=24310
Next comes dense pyrolytic carbon, silicon carbide and more pyrolytic carbon to provide an impenetrable barrier to highly radioactive products of nuclear ...
Nuclear Weapons
- SKorean nuclear team to inspect NKorean fuel rods (Auburn Citizen)
http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2009/01/14/ap/regional/asia/d95mrobg0.txt
Washington and Seoul deny they are hiding nuclear weapons in South Korea. Analysts said the statement, carried by state-run North Korean media. - Seoul team to make rare nuclear visit to North Korea (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/13/AR2009011300221.html?sub=AR
The trip will be the first high-level South Korean government delegation to visit Pyongyang since President Lee Myung-bak took office in February 2008 and is one of a handful of nuclear teams from the South ever to visit the North.
Science
- A new class of radiation detection materials (Nanowerk LLC)
http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=8878.php
Scintillators are very versatile and can be used for detecting almost all types of radiation in a wide range of energy from several electron volts (eV) to to tens of billion of electron volts (GeV).
Cosmic Radiation
- Background Radiation: Glow in the Dark (Scientific American)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=background-radiation-glows-in-space
The famous cosmic microwave background radiation, considered to be the definitive proof of the big bang, fills the sky. Now astronomers say they have found a second, younger background. It is thought to be the first look at a previously unseen period of the universe—between the release of the microwave background and the formation of the earliest known galaxies, about a billion years later.
News for January 13, 2009
Radioactive Waste
- Tests show groundwater near nuclear plant safe, DHEC says (The State)
http://www.thestate.com/breaking/story/648855.html
"Tests show no radioactive materials in the groundwater coming from the plant," said Chris Staton, director of the agency's Division of Waste Assessment and Emergency Response. - Nuclear power station owners permitted leaks (The Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/nuclear-power-station-owners-allowed-leaks-1230047.html
Nuclear power station operators unlawfully allowed radioactive waste to seep from a decontamination unit for 14 years, Chelmsford Crown Court has heard. - Putin approves financing program for Rosatom until 2015 (Portalino)
http://www.portalino.it/nuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=34565
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approved on Tuesday a program worth 2.084 trillion rubles ($83 billion) to finance the state nuclear corporation Rosatom between 2009 and 2015. - Nuclear bill causes reaction (Salt Lake Tribune)
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11438114
Utah has never had a commercial nuclear facility of its own, but the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a waste storage site on the Skull Valley Goshute Indian Reservation before the Interior Department derailed the proposal more than two years ago.
Hanford
- High-risk Hanford burial ground cleaned up (Mid Columbia Tri City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/443012.html
The burial ground, which is near the banks of the Columbia River, was used to dispose of waste from making fuel for Hanford's reactors and for researching projects at the nuclear reservation, which produced plutonium for the nation's nuclear weapons program.
Safety and Security
- US Imposes Sanctions on Khan and Affiliates (Global Security Newswire)
http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20090113_6445.php
The United States has issued sanctions targeting Abdul Qadeer Khan as well as 12 other people and three private firms believed to have participated in a nuclear smuggling ring once led by the former top Pakistani nuclear scientist, the State Department announced yesterday.
Health
- Report urges radiation model update (Brattleboro Reformer)
http://www.reformer.com/ci_11433337?source=most_emailed
In the report, Makhijani recommended that radiation exposure always be estimated by using calculation doses for those most at risk -- the young, women and pregnant women. - No health risk for kids from mobile phones: German study (AFP)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hGMm1hhLCAB7RTJHRXKOTvuRvOHw
Radiation from mobile phones has no short-term health impact on children and teenagers, a new German government study showed on Monday.
Nuclear Power
- South Africa develops fuel for nuclear reactors (African Press Agency)
http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=85575
He said the heat a reactor generated could be used for various industrial process applications, and its waste heat to produce water via desalination.
Nuclear Weapons
- Is Gaza a testing ground for experimental weapons? (Center for Research on Globalization)
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=11770
There are also suspicions that Israel may have used uranium-based warheads. A subsequent inquiry by a British newspaper found elevated levels of radiation at two Israeli missile craters. - US Air Force Establishes Provisional Nuclear Command (Global Security Newswire)
http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20090113_3354.php
The US Air Force yesterday began operating the forerunner to a new command that is set to oversee all of the service's nuclear weapons operations. - NKorea says it won't give up nuclear weapons (Napa Valley Register)
http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/01/13/ap/international/d95m9oho0.txt
The North has long accused Washington of stationing nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula for a possible attack on the communist nation.
Science
- Effective Solution To The Lack Of Directionality Of Some Lasers (Science Daily)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113074421.htm
Indeed, the generation of radiation in the frequency range between 1 and 10 THz (also called the THz "gap") with a compact device has proven extremely challenging.
Cosmic Radiation
- Mystery Cosmic Static May Cast Light On Formation Of First Stars (Scientific American)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=cosmic-radio-background
Astronomers measure the total radiation coming from the sky and subtract off the radiation generated by the instrument itself, by our own planet and civilization, and by known celestial bodies.
Other
- Senate panel considers Chu for energy secretary (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28637233/
Obama's selection of Chu, 60, to head the Energy Department is expected to get favorable reviews from committee members, although some may question the scientist's limited background in nuclear issues since the department maintains the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile.
News for January 12, 2009
Radioactive Waste
- Nuclear reactor unplugged (Slovak Spectator)
http://www.spectator.sk/articles/view/34049/3/nuclear_reactor_unplugged.html
In the midst of an intense debate over energy security in Europe, Slovakia has unplugged the second block of one of its nuclear power plants from the electricity grid and started its decommissioning, an obligation the country assumed when joining the European Union back in 2004. - Matheson poised to reintroduce foreign waste ban (Salt Lake Tribune)
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11423604
“Utah is not the place for the world's radioactive junk," said Matheson. "We have increasing domestic demand for low-level radioactive waste disposal and shrinking space. - Barn fire led to waste discovery, investigation (MLive.com)
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/01/barn_fire_led_to_waste_discove.html
About 25 barrels had low-level radioactive materials, and others contained pig fetuses and materials typically found in laboratories.
Hanford
- Report: Tear down Hanford buildings (Mid Columbia Tri City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/441102.html
The equipment remained there in crates until it was removed in 2007 and disposed of as radiological waste. The 212-R building also was used to store crates of contaminated equipment.
Nuclear Power
- Bulgaria may restart shut nuclear unit: PM (Focus News)
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n166861
Stanishev referred to two 440-megawatt Soviet-era units at Bulgaria's only nuclear power plant, Kozloduy. Sofia closed down the two reactors at the end of 2006 as a condition to becoming a European Union member. - Restart of Nuclear Power Plant Bohunice Second Reactor not certain (Radio Slovakia International)
http://www.rozhlas.sk/inetportal/rsi/core.php?page=showSprava&id=13152&lang=2
The operation of the second block of the V1 nuclear power plant in Jaslovske Bohunice does not necessarily have to be resumed.
Nuclear Weapons
- Designation of AQ Khan and Associates for Nuclear Proliferation Activities (US Department of State)
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/01/113774.htm
With the assistance of Khan’s network, countries could leapfrog the slow, incremental stages of other nuclear weapons development programs. - Tehran seeks new approach with new US administration (RIA Novosti)
http://en.rian.ru/world/20090112/119442135.html
The US and a number of other western nations suspect Iran of developing atomic weapons within its civilian nuclear energy program.
Space and Cosmic Radiation
- Japan to launch multi-satellite mission (Buffalo News)
http://www.buffalonews.com/260/story/546923.html
The piggyback satellites have missions that vary from measuring gamma radiation to monitoring lightning. The total project cost is estimated at 34.6 billion.
News for January 9, 2009
Radioactive Waste
- EPA fines Livermore Lab (Pleasanton Weekly)
http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=1134
The laboratory, which is operated by the University of California for the Department of Energy, is contaminated with solvents, radioactive waste. - NRC OKs Pilgrim's shut-down programs (Trading Markets)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2115321/
Pilgrim personnel have unloaded about 100 tons of waste from the spent fuel pool and placed it in dry casks, which were moved to a temporary storage pad, outside the plant, as was also done this year at Yankee. - North Essex: Bradwell nuclear waste leak claim (BrainTree and Witham Times)
http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/news/countywide/4024439.North_Essex__Bradwell_nuclear_waste_leak_claim/
The owners of the former power station face a total of 11 charges brought under the 1993 Radioactive Substances Act of unlawfully allowing waste to leak from a decontamination unit. - Boxer: EPA should regulate coal-fired power plant waste (The State)
http://www.thestate.com/nationalpolitics/story/644528.html
Federal regulations are needed to make sure that ash from coal-fired power plants is stored safely, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said on Thursday as the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on the spill of 1 billion gallons of toxic sludge in East Tennessee.
Yucca Mountain
- Officials warn budget cuts might delay Yucca license review (Las Vegas Review – Journal)
http://www.lvrj.com/news/breaking_news/37246929.html
The license review to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain is on schedule so far but federal officials warned today that further budget cuts could kick it off track.
Safety and Security
- Poland to Place Radiation Scanners at Borders (Global Security Newswire)
http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20090108_7779.php
Poland has agreed to accept US help in deploying radiation detectors at "strategic points of entry" as part of a international effort to prevent nuclear terrorism.
Nuclear Power
- Another leak discovered at Vermont Yankee plant (Vermont Public Radio)
http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/83541/
But radiation is radiation. There's no safe level and at some point in time there's going to be the leak that broke the camel's back. - Heads need to roll at TVA: CEO blasted for lack of answers at ash disaster hearing (Facing South)
http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/01/heads-need-to-roll-at-tva-ceo-blasted-for-lack-of-answers-at-ash-disaster-hearing.html
At yesterday's Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the spill of more than 1 billion gallons of coal ash from a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant in Eastern Tennessee, CEO Tom Kilgore faced hard questions -- and criticism for his lack of responses.
Nuclear Weapons
- Obama Is Urged to Open High-Tech Exports (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/science/09controls.html?ref=technology
“We have failed to distinguish between technology which really does pose a fundamental threat, such as things having to do with nuclear weapons. - Hamas claims missile hit Israeli army base (United Press International)
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/09/Hamas_claims_missile_hit_Israeli_army_base/UPI-75621231503631/
Israel also reportedly stores nuclear weapons in and around the base, Press TV in Iran said. Regarding its military campaign, the Cabinet issued a statement saying Israel had a right to defend its citizens, so the military would continue its operation in Gaza to complete its mission, which is to bring about a change in the security situation in south Israel in accordance with plans that had been approved prior to the launching of the offensive.
Space and Cosmic Radiation
- Galileo would be proud: Astronomers hit a telescopic jackpot (McClatchy Washington Bureau)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/59304.html
This is the first of 50 giant antennas that will be placed in Chile's 16500 foot-high Atacama desert to study radiation from the far corners of the universe.
News for January 8, 2009
Radioactive Waste
- White House Voices Concern On North Korea and Uranium (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/07/AR2009010703530.html
The White House yesterday raised anew the possibility that North Korea has an active program to enrich uranium, an issue the administration had played down in recent years as it sought to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear programs. - Radioactive Leak Found At Yankee Plant (Boston Channel.com)
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/18436214/detail.html
Entergy nuclear officials said the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant was undergoing a repair Wednesday after a broken valve was leaking radioactive water inside the nuclear plant.
Yucca Mountain
- Officials warn budget cuts might delay Yucca license review (Las Vegas Review)
http://www.lvrj.com/news/breaking_news/37246929.html
The license review to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain is on schedule so far but federal officials warned today that further budget cuts could kick it off track.
Cleanup
- US EPA says cleanup must resume at nuclear weapons research site (U.S. EPA.gov)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/05e93563668b2e2985257537006ea644?OpenDocument
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has notified the Department of Energy that they must immediately resume cleanup activities at its Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., or face escalating penalties.
Safety and Security
- Poland to Place Radiation Scanners at Borders (Global Security Newswire)
http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20090108_7779.php
Poland has agreed to accept U.S. help in deploying radiation detectors at "strategic points of entry" as part of a international effort to prevent nuclear terrorism.
Risk Assessment
- Report Faults U.S. Measure of Cancer Risk (NYT)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/us/08nuke.html?scp=2&sq=nuclear&st=cse
Federal agencies in charge of radiation protection are struggling to revise their standards to take into account the differences in susceptibility to radiation-induced cancer among men, women and children, and, according to a report released Wednesday, are lagging in that task.
Health
- Risks of natural killer radon are ignored, warns study (Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/risks-of-natural-killer-radon-are-ignored-warns-study-1230041.html
In the UK, radon levels are highest in houses on Dartmoor in Devon and in Cornwall, which are built on granite, and in parts of Wales and Scotland. The gas seeps into buildings through cracks and holes in the foundations. - Radiologists see overuse of patient scans; specialists see turf battle (Austin American-Statesman)
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/08/0108radiology.html
They say this is a conflict of interest that is driving up health care costs and exposing some patients to unnecessary radiation.
Nuclear Power
- Gas row may trigger new look at German nuclear (guardian.co.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8215448
Germany must reassess its nuclear phase out plan as this week's Russian gas supply crisis has highlighted the need for a fresh look at all its energy options, analysts say.
Nuclear Weapons
- APNewsBreak: Report slams Pentagon nuke oversight (SFC)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/07/national/w144907S52.DTL&hw=nuclear&sn=001&sc=1000
A Pentagon advisory group plans to release a report Thursday criticizing the Defense Department for lack of focus on its nuclear mission and recommending more oversight, a senior defense official said, after a series of embarrassing incidents that called into question the Air Force's ability to keep track of its nuclear weapons and related materials.
Space/Cosmic Radiation
- Theory Ties Radio Signal to Universe’s First Stars (NYT)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/science/space/08star.html?scp=5&sq=radiation&st=cse
The first stars ever to grace the cosmos with light were brutish monsters, so the story believed by most astronomers goes, lumbering clouds of hydrogen and helium hundreds of times more massive than the Sun.
Other
- Keen for a Revival, the Nuclear Industry Eyes the Stimulus Package (U.S. News & World Report)
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/stimulus/2009/01/07/keen-for-a-revival-the-nuclear-industry-eyes-the-stimulus-package.html
With President-elect Barack Obama signaling that energy issues should be at the core of any economic stimulus package, the resurgent U.S. nuclear industry—like so many others—is pushing to make sure it's well represented.
News for January 7, 2009
Radioactive Waste
- Kuwait waste in Idaho is one of Time's "underreported news stories (IdahoStatesman.com)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/119/story/623786.html
Back in May, about 6,700 tons of radioactive waste was shipped from a U.S. military base in Kuwait to a US Ecology waste storage facility west of Grand View in Owyhee County.
- NJ to get $43 million for Superfund site cleanup (Newsday)
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--superfundsitesett0106jan06,0,6652683.story
A settlement Tuesday resolves lawsuits filed by the state Department of Environmental Protection and the federal EPA.
Safety and Security
- NRC proposes $65K over napping nuke plant guards (SFC)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/06/national/a124124S03.DTL&hw=nuclear&sn=002&sc=556
Federal regulators are proposing a $65,000 fine against the operator of a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant where security guards routinely napped on the job. - TVA-NRC Reach Agreement After Nuclear Security Employee Falsifies (WTVC)
http://www.newschannel9.com/news/nrc_974579___article.html/tva_agreement.html
TVA has reached an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after it was discovered that a contract security officer at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant deliberately falsified documents, causing TVA to be in violation NRC regulations - Reducing Radon Ensures Safety (WCAV)
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/37199249.html
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Virginia is among a handful of states with areas that have elevated levels of radon. The EPA estimates that one in 15 homes will have elevated levels of radon. Experts say because we spend a lot of time inside during the winter months, now is the best time to have your home tested.
Risk Assessment
- Radiation Authority Recommends Restrictions on Childrens' Use of (YLE News)
http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2009/01/radiation_authority_recommends_restrictions_on_childrens_use_of_mobiles_466353.html
The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority(STUK) has recommended restricting the use of mobile phones by children. They say the radiation from phones could pose a health risk but details of all affects remain unclear.
Health
- Mortality and Cancer Risks for Radiation Workers (eGov monitor)
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/22842
The risk of developing cancer among radiation workers increases with the dose of ionising radiation they are exposed to, according to a study by the Health Protection Agency published today in the British Journal of Cancer *.
Nuclear Power
- Supporters outnumber protesters at hearing on Texas nuclear reactors (Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/010709dnbusnuclearplant.4560ddd4.html
If the turnout for Tuesday's public meeting on expansion of the nuclear plant is any sign, protesters might not pose much of a threat to Energy Future Holdings' plans to build two new reactors. - US joins rush to supply nuclear equipment to India (Times Online)
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/utilities/article5466597.ece
The United States will enter the fray against France and Russia this week in the scramble to supply nuclear power equipment worth an estimated $150 billion to India.
Other
- FBI ranks cyber attacks third most dangerous behind nuclear war (TG Daily)
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/40861/108/
Yesterday, the FBI announced it considers cyber attacks to be the third greatest threat to the security of the United States. The only two preceding it are nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
News for January 6, 2009
Radioactive Waste
- Nuclear owners accused over leaks (BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7813543.stm
Operators of a nuclear power station in Essex have been accused of allowing radioactive waste to seep into the ground for 14 years. - Nuclear Regulatory Commission Deploys New Tracking System (Greeneville Sun)
http://www.greenevillesun.com/story/300463
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has deployed its National Source Tracking System (NSTS), a centralized national registry to provide "cradle-to-grave" accounting of certain high-risk radioactive materials used in industry, medicine and research.
Yucca Mountain
- Reid discloses plans for crippling cuts to Yucca Mountain project (Las Vegas Review)
http://www.lvrj.com/news/breaking_news/37111399.html
A few weeks after Sen. Harry Reid declared that the Yucca Mountain project was going to “bleed real hard” in the coming year, he said Monday the already reduced budget for the controversial nuclear waste plan will be cut “significantly” for the remainder of 2009, and that a 2010 White House spending request will contain “little if anything at all.” - Yucca budget facing big cuts over 2009-10, Reid says (Las Vegas Review)
http://www.lvrj.com/news/37134299.html
The bleeding might soon begin.
Safety and Security
- Agency Calls for Action to Reduce Radiation From Imaging Devices (FDA news)
http://fdanews.com/newsletter/article?issueId=12273&articleId=113392
The makers of medical imaging devices and radiation safety organizations need to cooperate more to ensure patients are not exposed to unnecessary levels of ionizing radiation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says.
Health
- Somerset Medical Center introduces new radiation treatment (Scarlet Scuttlebutt)
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20090105/HEALTH/901050345/-1/newsfront
The Somerville center is the first in New Jersey to offer RapidArc radiotherapy technology with the Novalis Tx linear accelerator, providing the fastest, most accurate radiation treatment for cancer.
Nuclear Power
- Progress Energy To Buy And Build Nuclear Reactors (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28505070/
Progress Energy Florida said this morning it has signed a contract to purchase and build two new nuclear reactors on a 5,100-acre site in Levy County. - Bulgaria to reactivate closed nuclear reactor amid gas supply (Xinhua)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/06/content_10614781.htm
Bulgaria has to start immediate preparations to reactivate the Unit 3 reactor of the Kozloduy nuclear plant following the abrupt stoppage in Russian gas supplies, Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said Tuesday.
