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The Tri-City Industrial Development Council has joined Fluor Hanford in asking to intervene in the federal lawsuit attempting to overturn the Hanford cleanup initiative passed in the November election. Goldsbury stuck it out for region's public power Longtime PUD commissioners in Washington have witnessed ample turmoil over the past four decades, but few more than Kennewick's John Goldsbury. Galena council approves nuclear plant ANCHORAGE (AP) - Galena city officials have approved plans to build a 10-megawatt nuclear power plant there as a test case in providing cheap power to rural communities. PNNL offers directory of area tech businesses Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has released The Technology Business Directory, a searchable online database of more than 260 Tri-City-based high-technology businesses. The directory describes each business’s products and services and gives contact information for each firm, and includes companies in Benton City, Burbank, Kennewick, Pasco, Prosser, Richland and West Richland. The directory is at www.pnl.gov/edo/tbd/tbd.aspx. For more information, send an e-mail to gracie.downard@pnl.gov or call 375-2803. Book recognizes everyday radiation "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is to be understood." - Marie Curie Hanford community rallies around ill co-worker Forrest Day has been on disability leave since April for a disease that causes bone marrow failure and required a stem cell transplant. HEHF close-out process drags on; Nonprofit hopes to use net earnings for charitable purposes around Tri-Cities The Department of Energy and the Hanford Environmental Health Foundation have not been able to agree what is owed to Hanford's former occupational medicine contractor, although it's been six months since the contract ended. U.S. unable to confirm Russia's compliance with weapons treaty WASHINGTON - After President Bush signed a 2002 nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia, the U.S. intelligence community concluded that it would be unable to verify reliably whether the Kremlin was abiding by the pact. Nuclear agency: U.S. eavesdropping of chief's phone calls would be 'invasion of privacy' VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The United States is invading the privacy of the U.N. nuclear chief if it is eavesdropping on his phone calls, a nuclear agency official said Monday after media reports that Washington was collecting information to support its call for the chief's ouster. 250 downwinders added to suit; Just over 2,000 now suing early Hanford contractors over radiation releases The number of people suing over illnesses they believe were caused by radiation releases from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation increased to a little over 2,000 this week. Battelle gets extension of Oak Ridge contract The University of Tennessee and Battelle will operate the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee for five more years, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced Monday. State Department opposes new term for U.N. nuclear inspector ElBaradei WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration wants to oust the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency after his second term ends next summer. Hanford initiative backers see win YAKIMA - Washington and the federal government are battling in court over an initiative limiting nuclear waste disposal that was overwhelmingly approved by Washington voters last month. Bush chooses Treasury official for Energy chief Sen. Cantwell expresses concerns surrounding Bodman's knowledge of Hanford cleanup work WASHINGTON - In naming Deputy Treasury Secretary Samuel Bodman to head the Department of Energy on Friday, President Bush selected a man who knows generally about the Hanford reservation but who is unfamiliar with the department's massive nationwide nuclear cleanup program. National labs should do more, small businesses say; Labs could increase contracts, backers say ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Rudy Gonzalez sold his house in Virginia, moved back home to the Southwest and set up the office for his new construction company in a downtown apartment. Nevada agrees EPA should lead cleanup of polluted mine RENO, Nev. (AP) - Citing growing concerns about health and safety, state regulators asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to assume lead oversight over cleaning up radioactive and other toxic waste at a huge abandoned copper mine in northern Nevada. Supporters seek to become party to Hanford initiative challenge Supporters of the Hanford cleanup initiative passed by voters in November filed a motion Wednesday asking to become a party to the legal challenge. Reach restoration wraps up A tiny sticklike plant quivered under the icy gusts scouring the east-facing slope of Rattlesnake Mountain - a puny 6-inch sage looking quite small in the vast surroundings. More federal money needed for energy security, panel concludes WASHINGTON (AP) - Future energy security will require billions of dollars in government investment in clean coal technology, a new generation of nuclear power plants and promotion of renewable energy and conservation, according to a bipartisan panel of energy experts. Officials put most of I-297 on hold Washington state and federal officials have agreed that the Hanford cleanup initiative voters passed in November will not be enforced until at least spring. Bipartisan Commission Issues Strategy to Address Long-Term U.S. Energy Challenges 1/8STK 3/8 1/8IN 3/8 OIL 1/8SU 3/8 POL TO NATIONAL AND ENERGY EDITORS: Detailed Recommendations on Oil Security, Climate Change, Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy, and Other Key Topics the Result of 2 Years of Research and Consultation Consensus Plan; Group to Spend 2005 Advocating Package More federal money needed for energy security, panel concludes WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan panel of energy experts said Wednesday that regulation of climate changing pollution and improved automobile fuel efficiency must be an essential elements of the nation's energy agenda - a view that clashes with the White House and many members of Congress. Panel: Yucca transportation plan flawed WASHINGTON - The Energy Department lacks a "detailed strategic plan" for transporting nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain, a congressionally appointed Yucca watchdog group said. Richland man named to PNNL job in Sequim Don Bradley of Richland has been chosen to lead the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Coastal Security Institute in Sequim. Judge grants stay of Hanford initiative YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - A federal judge has prevented a state initiative - dealing with cleanup at the Hanford nuclear site - from taking effect. |
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