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Soaring fuel costs and environmental concerns may help a Richland company market its waste treatment technology globally. Water biggest issue in Idaho nuclear plant discussion PAYETTE The developer of a proposed nuclear plant near Payette faced tough questions about safety, traffic, water and future quality of life in his first public meeting on Thursday. Reach center gets campaign manager Davin Diaz has been hired as campaign manager for the planned Hanford Reach Interpretive Center in Richland. Portland architects to do master plan: Plan to help set direction to become research campus Battelle Memorial Institute has hired TVA Architects of Portland to do a master plan of 110 acres in the heart of the Tri-Cities Research District in north Richland. Bush orders 'significant reduction' in US nuclear weapons stockpile WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has approved "a significant reduction" in the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, cutting it to less than one-quarter its size at the end of the Cold War, the White House said Tuesday. Idaho nuke plant developer will meet with public Idahoans will get their first chance Thursday to learn first-hand about a nuclear power plant proposed in Payette County. Tri-City economy grows fastest in state The economy in the Tri-Cities is the fastest-growing in Washington. University of California agrees to $2.8 million settlement on Los Alamos lab security breach ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The University of California has agreed to pay the federal government $2.8 million over a security breakdown at Los Alamos National Laboratory last year. Democrats give Yucca Mountain waste dump leanest budget in years WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats are forcing the Yucca Mountain nuclear dump in the home state of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to get by on its lowest annual budget in years, likely causing yet more delays in opening the first national repository for radioactive waste. Yucca Mountain chief warns of delay if funding falls short WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Yucca Mountain nuclear dump project said Thursday that if Congress cuts his 2008 budget he might not be able to submit a license application for the repository in June of next year as he's repeatedly promised. IsoRay product treating eye cancer Oncologists have found a new use for IsoRay's medical radioisotope Cesium-131. NRC rejects Nevada's challenge to Yucca Mountain database WASHINGTON (AP) - A Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel Wednesday rejected Nevada's challenge to a government document database required for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump to go forward. Reactor's shutdown limits medical testing: Procedures require nuclear substance Hospitals and clinics in the Inland Northwest and across Washington are limiting nuclear medicine tests to only the most serious cases as a reactor in Canada remains idle, threatening supplies. Investment company backs new Idaho nuclear plant A Salt Lake City investment company has agreed to put up money to start the licensing process for the proposed Owyhee County nuclear power plant. Nuclear plant planners get more money: Utah firm promises $150M A Utah-based investment company has promised $150 million to the developers of a proposed nuclear power plant in Owyhee County. Reactor shutdown causing medical isotope shortage NRC panel hears Nevada challenge to Yucca Mountain database LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel was considering Wednesday whether to again reject an Energy Department database that supports plans for a national nuclear waste dump in Nevada. State fines Energy Department $500,000 for Hanford spill YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Washington state fined the U.S. Department of Energy $500,000 on Tuesday for a radioactive hazardous waste spill at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site. Nevada Indian dubs Yucca Mountain proposal 'environmental racism' Sagebrush gets a boost Roberto Santana single-handedly hefted a 25-pound hoedad above his head before plunging it deep into the sandy soil, then quickly bent down and with his other hand placed a sagebrush seedling into the fresh hole. President plans to slash budget for counterterrorism programs Grant to fund study of industrial center The Port of Benton has received a $50,000 state grant to complete a master plan and feasibility study for the port's 72-acre Richland Industrial Center. Waste site fined for 'mislabeled' barrel from INL: Error costs N.M. facility $110,700 The New Mexico Environment Department levied heavy fines against a federal waste-storage facility this week, in part because the Idaho National Laboratory sent a barrel containing liquid waste to the site thatwasn't supposed to be there. Police say seized radioactive material was suitable for a terrorist 'dirty bomb' BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - Two Hungarians and a Ukrainian arrested in an attempted sale of uranium were peddling material believed to be from the former Soviet Union, and it was enriched enough to be used in a radiological "dirty bomb," police said Thursday. Tax relief bill set for 2008 session A measure to grant tax relief for cleanup at the Hanford nuclear reservation will be back in front of state legislators in the upcoming session. |
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