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Mar 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tom Henry The Blade, Toledo, Ohio - With more questions arising out of the latest situation at Davis-Besse, federal regulators announced late yesterday they have dispatched a special inspection team to the Ottawa County nuclear plant. More...
NRC to hold public meeting on March 23 to discuss efforts to improve performance of Ginna Nuclear Plant
Mar 18, 2010 -- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS/ContentWorks - Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, March 23 regarding the agency's annual assessment of safety performance for the Ginna nuclear power plant during 2009. More...
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Mar 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Bob Audette Brattleboro Reformer, Vt. - Engineers are working on a plan to extract up to 300,000 gallons of tritium contaminated groundwater from under the site of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. More...
NRC to discuss 2009 performance assessment for Palo Verde Nuclear Station
Mar 18, 2010 -- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS/ContentWorks - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet in Tonopah, Ariz., on March 30, with representatives of Arizona Public Service Co., to discuss the agency's assessment of safety performance during 2009 at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. More...
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