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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. 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. IsoRay product treating eye cancer Oncologists have found a new use for IsoRay's medical radioisotope Cesium-131. 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. Reactor shutdown causing medical isotope shortage 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. 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. 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. Hanford topics voiced SEATTLE - Strenuous objections to importing more nuclear waste to Hanford and extending cleanup deadlines were voiced at a mostly civil State of the Site meeting Tuesday night. AdvanceMed Hanford names site official Dr. Brian Fawcett has been hired as the site occupational medical director for AdvanceMed Hanford, which provides occupational health services for workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation. Nuclear watchdog group names new director The Snake River Alliance, a prominent nuclear watchdog group, has named Andrea Shipley as its new executive director. State, feds pause negotiations over Hanford cleanup YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - State and federal officials entered formal negotiations in May over long-stalled projects to clean up the Hanford nuclear reservation. Both sides say they've made progress, even as they've paused to gather public comments about proposed delays to ridding the nation's most contaminated nuclear site of waste. Hanford budget included in continuing resolution Congress has moved to extend a continuing resolution until Dec. 14 that allows Hanford to operate in the absence of a Department of Energy appropriation for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Technology increasing educational opportunities Diversifying economy bodes well for Tri-Cities The Tri-Cities is being discovered as it moves away from a Hanford-based economy. Board says DOE reports too complex The Department of Energy and its contractors need to sharpen their writing skills, says the Hanford Advisory Board. Clinton, Obama urge Senate to shut door on nuclear waste site WASHINGTON — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday declared themselves flatly opposed to building a nuclear waste repository in Nevada, a clear indication that the 2008 presidential election could end a 25-year effort to build the controversial dump. Panel calls to end GNEP The Department of Energy is moving too fast on research and development for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, a program that might bring major new processing facilities to Hanford, said a National Academy of Science report released Monday. Thousands of bats living underground at Hanford Hanford researchers twice have tried to count the bats that have made a home in an underground concrete structure near the Columbia River. Cantwell seeks hearing with DOE on PNNL A Washington senator has called for a federal hearing on the relationship of the Department of Energy and its national labs, including Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland. Science writers learn about east side Eastern Washington's wines, diverse landscapes and the intellectual horsepower associated with Washington's universities and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory wowed some of the nation's science journalists this week. |
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