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Lake Keowee level headed down: Anderson Independent-Mail

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:35:57 -0000

Lake Keowee will be lowered on Oct. 20 in order for Duke Energy to perform some preventative maintenance. This is an annual procedure that Duke Energy does in order to maintain its intake pumps.

“As part of the operation of the Oconee Nuclear Plant, we have some intake pumps that bring water from Lake Keowee into the plant as part of what is called the condensing cooling water system of the plant,” said Jason Walls, a spokesman for Duke Energy. “The pumps are used to basically help turn steam back into water after it turns the turbines. For our employees to safely access the areas that need to be maintained we’re going to have to lower Lake Keowee.”

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EPA Won't Regulate Rocket Fuel Toxic in Drinking Water

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:57:20 -0000

Perchlorate, a toxic component of rocket fuel that contaminates drinking water at sites in at least 35 states, will not be regulated at the national level the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided.

The agency announced its preliminary decision not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water late Friday. Instead, the EPA said in a statement that it is "committed to working with states and localities to ensure public health is protected."

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The Trade & Environment Database

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:41:28 -0000

The Trade & Environment Database (TED) is a collection of categorical case studies that began with a focus on solely environmental issues, but did not include the economic consequences of other social policy choices, such as culture, rights, or other issues. TED cases include 28 categories that include both coded and reporting, organized into 6 clusters of information with extensive search and knowledge capabilities. There are around 700 TED cases studies. Please search the TED databases, read more about our research, see about the TED book, participate in Mandala events, and get involved (internships and distance learning).

Click here to see the NEW Geographic Indications and International Trade (GIANT) project

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Officials face anger over radioactive site | thedailyjournal.com | The Daily Journal

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:56:40 -0000

Residents had their first shot in nearly two years Tuesday night to corner regulators about the future of the former Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corp.
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The issue is whether the radioactive residue of the former smelting facility goes away for disposal or becomes a 1,000-year environmental sore in eyesight of the downtown.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is overseeing the facility's decommissioning. It dispatched 12 officials, from groundwater specialists to legal counsel for an unusual meeting at Edgarton Memorial School on Catawba Avenue.

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Millstone makes deal with environmental groups -- Newsday.com

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:25:01 -0000

State officials and environmental groups have reached an agreement with the Millstone nuclear power complex to expedite plans aimed at reducing the facility's effect on Long Island Sound.

Virginia-based Dominion, Millstone's owner, agreed Monday to immediately begin studying technologies and measures that would better protect fish and other sea creatures from Millstone's water-based system for cooling its reactors.

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Conservation groups challenge uranium mining threat to Colorado River - Las Vegas Sun

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:21:06 -0000

Conservation groups are challenging Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne today, saying he is allowing uranium exploration near the Colorado River and Grand Canyon National Park contrary to a congressional resolution passed in June.

Congress on June 25 prohibited uranium mining activity across 1 million acres of public lands in watersheds leading to the Colorado River that surround the Grand Canyon.

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Feds agree to do study on Grand Canyon mining - Salt Lake Tribune

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:09:52 -0000

Environmental groups who sued the U.S. Forest Service to force full environmental reviews of a uranium exploration project near the Grand Canyon say the government has agreed to do the studies.
A federal judge in Phoenix had barred VANE Minerals Group from drilling 39 test holes at seven sites on the Kaibab National Forest in April. U.S. District Judge Mary Murguia's order did not permanently stop the exploration, but she indicated that the environmental groups were likely to prevail after a full hearing.

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Radioactive material found in Kalamazoo Co. drums - NewsFlash - mlive.com

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:02:18 -0000

Cleanup work is continuing near two Kalamazoo-area homes where about 500 barrels of toxic materials have been found.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say radioactive substances are in three of the barrels.

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IRIN Asia | KYRGYZSTAN: Nuclear waste dumps threaten environment | Early Warning Environment Natural Disasters | Feature

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:08:11 -0000

"I carry clean [drinking] water with my truck to the villages upstream almost on a daily basis. I was born here and I remember that in the past the road on this side of the river was closed to traffic. They say that was because of some mines and radioactive waste tailings," Bakyt told IRIN in Kairygach, about 10-15 minutes' drive from Mailuu-Suu.

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The Adobe Press: Nuclear Energy is not Clean

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:49:40 -0000

Nuclear energy is increasingly being called upon as a clean and renewable alternative to fossil fuels. As the threat of global warming becomes clearer, nuclear energy is lauded as a carbon-free, clean energy solution.

This is an absolute myth. When looking at the entire fuel cycle, one quickly realizes the mining, milling, processing and transportation of uranium fuel for reactors are extremely energy intensive and will emit tons of global-warming pollution.

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A much deserved victory - Las Vegas Sun

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:46:31 -0000

Ruling favors government whistleblower who pointed out public health dangers at mine

Earle Dixon was a Bureau of Land Management project supervisor overseeing the cleanup of a radioactive former copper mine in Northern Nevada when he began speaking out about what he perceived as potential public health and safety hazards that were far worse than state and federal agencies were willing to admit. The BLM did not take kindly to Dixon’s opinions and fired him in October 2004.

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U.S. Food and Water Supply Poisoned by Perchlorate

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:37:12 -0000

According to a report by the Organic Consumers Association, a toxic chemical that is a byproduct of rocket fuel is rapidly poisoning the food and water supply in the United States. Known as perchlorate, this chemical has been found in 93% of the nation's milk and lettuce supply in a recent FDA study. It has also been found in the drinking water for at least 22 states at extremely alarming levels. Perhaps the scariest statistic is that perchlorate has been found in the breast milk of 97% of the mothers who were tested.

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Reuters: Lack of power and water cap Namibian uranium output

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:54:44 -0000

A shortage of energy and water will cap future uranium mine expansion in Namibia, but the country hopes to ease the bottlenecks through desalination and a new coal-fired power plant, an industry body said on Wednesday.

The government has issued some 50 exclusive prospecting licenses for more uranium mining firms, but output of uranium is dependent on the availability of water.

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NY state says nuke plant kills too many fish -- Newsday.com

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:05:54 -0000

The huge numbers of fish sucked to their death by the cooling system at the Indian Point nuclear plant prove that the system harms the Hudson River environment, a state official has ruled.

The finding by J. Jared Snyder, assistant commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, is a victory for plant critics who claim that up to 1.2 billion fish and eggs are killed each year as the plant continuously draws in river water for use as a coolant.

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Environmental Skeptics Are Overwhelmingly Politicized, Study Says | Worldwatch Institute

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:11:06 -0000

A review of environmental skepticism literature from the past 30 years has found that the vast majority of skeptics, often identified as independent, are directly linked to politically oriented, conservative think tanks.

The study, published in this month's issue of Environmental Politics, analyzed books written between 1972 and 2005 that deny the authenticity of environmental problems. The researchers found that more than 92 percent of the skeptical authors were in some way affiliated to conservative think tanks - non-profit research and advocacy organizations that promote core conservative ideals.

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Health Officials Say Campus Bay Safe for Current Use, Not Homes. Category: News from The Berkeley Daily Planet - Thursday August 21, 2008

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:46:52 -0000

While state and county health officials said a chemically contaminated site in southeast Richmond poses no dangers to their current users, concerns remain about past users and those to come.

They also acknowledge that their findings don’t include the possible interactions between the more than 100 toxic metals and chemicals found at the site.

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It was Ethel Dotson who discovered that the facility had also been used for uranium-melting experiments, and CAG member Sherry Padgett and others have found that the site also processed another toxic metal, beryllium.

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Health officials to test wells near nuclear plants - South Carolina & Regional - Wire - Myrtle Beach Sun News

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:29:27 -0000

The state's health agency will be testing water from wells near three nuclear reactor sites around South Carolina.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control says its staffers will visit residents Thursday and take samples from wells near Duke Energy Inc.'s nuclear power plants in York and Oconee counties and near the V.C. Summer plant in Fairfield County, which is co-owned by South Carolina Electric and Gas and state-owned utility Santee Cooper.

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The Daily Telegram | COMMENTARY: Lake Superior barrel dumping questions still not answered

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:46:59 -0000

Questions about whether military radioactive waste was dumped by the Army Corps of Engineers into Lake Superior near Duluth were left unanswered by the Minnesota Department of Health’s March 2008 consultation on the waste dumped near Duluth-Superior harbor.

Indeed, the first concluding recommendation is that the dumping records be thoroughly researched. Health Department officials have admitted they have not yet done so.

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Active threat | Down To Earth magazine:Radioactive waste spills over into fields in Jharkhand

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:36:02 -0000

about 4 hectares of agricultural land in Talsa village near Jamshedpur looks jaundiced. The soil has turned light yellow and villagers fear it might have gone barren. On June 17, radioactive waste from a pond of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (ucil) spilled over and deluged the village pond and well.

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State to re-assess perchlorate levels using new data on risks to fetuses | Inland News | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:34:40 -0000

Prodded by environmental groups, California health officials said they will re-evaluate the health effects of a rocket fuel chemical, taking into account research that wasn't completed four years ago when they decided how much is safe in drinking water.

The re-examination could lead to stricter rules for the chemical perchlorate, which has contaminated several Inland drinking water supplies.

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