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Perry nuclear power plant restarted, nearing 100 percent power via Cleveland

Posted on 2014/11/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NORTH PERRY, Ohio — The  Perry nuclear power plant has been restarted and should be at nearly full power this weekend. […] Perry shut itself down a week ago after a digital control system mistakenly slowed down pumps that supply the … Continue reading →

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USEC’s Tsunami: Uranium Company Washes Out via Eco Watch

Posted on 2013/09/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The news does get worse for USEC. In contrast to Iran, which announced its centrifuge venture at the same time as USEC and has now opened a second cascade of over 3,000 third-generation machines, no USEC centrifuge has produced … Continue reading →

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Radioactive goldfish found in Ohio nuclear plant via Russia Today

Posted on 2013/05/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Two radioactive goldfish were found swimming in a juice pitcher of nuclear reactor water in an underground steam tunnel at an Ohio power plant. Investigators are baffled as to how the radioactive fish remained unnoticed in the ‘secure’ facility. Investigators … Continue reading →

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Worker at Perry Nuclear Power Plant dies after ‘medical incident’　via Enformable Nuclear News

Posted on 2013/03/27 by norma field

According to FirstEnergy, the utility which operates the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Lake County Ohio, a medical incident occurred inside of the plant in a contaminated area while supporting work for an upcoming refueling outage, subsequently leading to the … Continue reading →

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Gas-well waste full of radium via The Columbus Dispatch

Posted on 2012/09/05 by norma field

Millions of barrels of wastewater trucked into Ohio from shale-gas wells in Pennsylvania might be highly radioactive, according to a government study. Radium in one sample of Marcellus shale wastewater, also called brine, that Pennsylvania officials collected in 2009 was … Continue reading →

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Ohio nuke plant radiation prompts more oversight via Bloomberg Businessweek

Posted on 2011/08/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By JOHN SEEWER TOLEDO, Ohio Nuclear regulators plan to significantly increase inspections at a reactor near Cleveland where four contractors were exposed to radiation last spring. The plant along Lake Erie violated several safety regulations and failed to provide sufficient … Continue reading →

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Council throws support toward USEC loan guarantee via Chillicothe Gazette

Posted on 2011/08/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

CHILLICOTHE — Chillicothe City Council members gave their support to USEC Inc.’s American Centrifuge project at their regular meeting Monday night.Council members passed a unanimous resolution asking for President Barack Obama and the U.S. Department of Energy to agree to … Continue reading →

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