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Believe it or not, Wal-Mart and Los Alamos National Laboratory have something in common. Jury rejects cancer claim; Jurors rule woman's illness not caused by Hanford emissions A U.S. District Court jury decided that a dying woman's thyroid cancer was not caused by radiation that drifted off the Hanford nuclear reservation when she was a child. U.S. partners agree to end North Korean light-water reactor project NEW YORK (AP) - The United States and its partners in an energy consortium have terminated a project to build two light-water atomic reactors for North Korea as an incentive to convince Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, officials said. Cancer radiation can increase women's risk for hip fractures CHICAGO (AP) - Radiation treatment for pelvic-area cancer can increase women's risks of breaking a hip later on, a study found. Radioactive material leaks onto parking lot A small amount of radioactively contaminated pharmaceutical waste leaked onto the parking lot at a Richland motel from a shipment awaiting treatment, according to the Washington State Department of Health. Bush signs measure cutting Hanford budget President Bush has signed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for 2006, which sets the Hanford budget for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Yucca project continues to lose support WASHINGTON - A key senator who was once a strong advocate of Yucca Mountain offered some of his harshest words yet about the proposed nuclear waste repository. EPA to review Yucca input WASHINGTON - Monday marked the end of an almost four-month comment period on the standards for the Yucca Mountain project. The agency has to create a new standard after a federal appeals court threw out the existing ones last year. Hanford's police dogs to stay in kennels Police dogs at Hanford will no longer return to their handlers' homes after each day's work. Frank Armijo receives award for corporate leadership Frank Armijo, general manager for Lockheed Martin Information Technology in Richland, has received the company's NOVA Award for leadership. Iran got black market documents linked to nuclear warhead design, says IAEA, diplomats VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The U.N. atomic watchdog agency revealed Friday that Iran received black market nuclear designs that diplomats say appear to be blueprints for the core of a nuclear warhead - a finding expected to be used by Washington and its allies in their push to have Tehran referred to the U.N. Security Council. Zimbabwe's president says country will process newly found uranium deposit HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - President Robert Mugabe said Zimbabwe will turn to nuclear power by processing recently discovered uranium deposits to resolve its chronic electricity shortage, state radio said Sunday. Testimony turns emotional in Hanford trial SPOKANE - A woman who is blaming emissions from the Hanford nuclear reservation for the thyroid cancer that is killing her brought many in a federal courtroom to tears as she described her pending death. IAEA: Iran bought documents on enriching uranium from black market, refusing access to site VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Iran received designs from the nuclear black market run by a Pakistani scientist showing how to cast highly radioactive uranium into a form that could be used to build the core of an atomic bomb, diplomats said Friday. Nevada senators blocking Bush nominee for Yucca Mountain chief LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada's senators are blocking confirmation of President Bush's pick to lead nuclear waste disposal efforts at Yucca Mountain. Staffers await decision on Los Alamos Los Alamos National Lab employees are anxiously awaiting the climax of a four-year saga: a decision that will determine who runs the world's most glamorous and controversial nuclear weapons lab and that also could end the University of California's unchallenged six-decade domination of the U.S. weapons program. Federal agency agrees to review compensation for former Hanford workers YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - A federal institute has agreed to review workers' compensation benefits available to former weapons workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation. Ill Hanford workers audit to be reviewed An audit that pointed out problems with data on radiation exposure at the Hanford nuclear reservation will be considered by officials who could help ill workers. Energy inspector general: More suspect Yucca Mountain e-mails WASHINGTON (AP) - There is more evidence of questionable work on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada, an Energy Department inspector general's report said Wednesday. TRIDEC says I-297 could hurt Tri-Cities The Hanford waste initiative would unlawfully interfere with contracts, including those held by major Tri-City employers Battelle and Framatome, according to a new petition in federal court asking that the law be declared invalid. Hanford elk hunt could start next fall Long-closed lands on the Hanford Reach National Monument could be opened for a public hunt next fall if the public approves a draft elk control plan being released today. Time to rewrite Tri-Party agreement, Senator says WASHINGTON - The powerful chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said Tuesday that the 16-year-old agreement covering the cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation needs to be rewritten. Governor threatens lawsuit if Hanford funding sees larger cuts YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Gov. Christine Gregoire has implored the federal government to avoid further spending cuts for a waste treatment plant at the Hanford nuclear reservation, saying Washington state would consider legal action or other options if the budget is cut further. Few cutbacks in PNNL workers; Battelle Memorial Institute is now No. 1 employer in Tri-Cities Historically, the Tri-City economy fluctuates with the vagaries of Hanford contracts. It's an assumed fact of life in the Mid-Columbia that the best jobs and wages are with government contractors on the federal nuclear reservation. Bush pick to head Yucca nuclear waste dump endorses recycling WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's pick to oversee the troubled Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada said the country should move toward recycling - not just burying - spent nuclear fuel. |
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