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Questions for TMI's renewal - PennLive.com

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:57:51 -0000

TMI-Alert Inc. sharply disagrees with the results of a recent poll paid for and released by Exelon on the relicensing of Three Mile Island. At issue are the questions that were not asked. The poll also failed to note that a majority of the folks who actually testified before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission were against extending the license of TMI-1.

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FR: NRC: Beaver Valley GEIS license renewal

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:29:20 -0000

Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 36 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, and Public Meeting for the License Renewal of the Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2

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Area activist suggests checking TMI's emergency plans - Midstate PA Local News, Weather, Sports & Entertainment - PennLive.com

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:56:32 -0000

Before a nuclear plant is allowed to run for an additional 20 years, federal regulators should make sure local emergency plans have kept up with the communities' needs.

That's the basis of an appeal Eric Epstein, a nuclear watchdog and activist from Harrisburg, has filed with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.

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TMI poll irrelevant - The York Daily Record

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:56:55 -0000

Since when is nuclear an "alternative energy source"?

Nuclear power has been around for decades. It's second only to coal for electricity production in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

And yet in its recent public survey, Three Mile Island repeatedly refers to nuclear power as an "alternative energy source."

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TMI poll: 20 more years - The York Daily Record

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:58:27 -0000

A Three Mile Island-commissioned public-opinion poll that favors the continued operation of the plant will not influence a pending federal decision to renew the site's operating license for 20 more years.

"The poll means nothing to (the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)," NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said. "We don't base our decisions on polls that are put out by companies that operate plants."

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Scrap plant identifies utensil as radioactive

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:18:19 -0000

Call it the case of the glowing grater.

When an ordinary household cheese grater set off radiation alarms at a Flint scrap metal recycling facility last month, workers were required to send it for testing -- and it turned out to contain the radioactive isotope Cobalt-60.

The radiation levels weren't high enough to pose a danger, and the grater wasn't actually glowing. But one Nuclear Regulatory Commission official called the incident "reasonably rare."

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NRC mishandled whistle-blower complaint at Peach Bottom, report says - Midstate PA Local News, Weather, Sports & Entertainment - PennLive.com

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:32:09 -0000

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission violated its own rules when it asked the owner of the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station to investigate a 2007 complaint that security guards were sleeping on the job.

That was the conclusion in a report by the NRC's internal Office of Inspector General, which reviewed the agency's handling of security officer Kerry Beal's allegation that members of his security team routinely slept on the job. Among the findings in the report, companies that operate the plants should not be asked to investigate themselves when the allegations concern management.

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NRC evaluates responses to inattentive guards at Exelon nuke unit

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:27:54 -0000

The NRC Office of Inspector General said in a report Tuesday that its Region I staff could have done a better job in responding to allegations that security officers were napping on duty at Exelon's Generation 1,119-MW Peach Bottom station near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Separately, Exelon Generation has now completed all of its commitments related to addressing this "inattentiveness" by security officers, the NRC said Thursday in closing an October 2007 confirmatory action letter.

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Gibbons Team Prevails In Class Action Suit Against Engineer

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:23:01 -0000

Accepting the arguments made by two Gibbons P.C. lawyers, a federal judge has dismissed a class action brought against a Pennsylvania engineering firm hired by the owners of a Reading, PA manufacturing plant to test air quality and beryllium levels at the plant. The lawsuit sought medical monitoring for thousands of local residents exposed to particles the plant emitted.

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TMI license transfer sought - PennLive.com

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:44:52 -0000

AmerGen Energy has asked federal regulators for permission to transfer the operating licenses for Three Mile Island and two other nuclear plants to its parent company, Exelon Corp. If approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Exelon would hold the licenses for 10 plants and AmerGen would be dissolved as a subsidiary, said Ralph DeSantis, a spokesman for AmerGen.

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Parks nuke dump site to be cleaned in one-foot layers - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:04:43 -0000

Although the Army Corps of Engineers is still working out the details for removal of 50,000 tons of radioactive debris from a dump along Route 66, they will do so one foot at a time.

The nuclear burial grounds, technically known as the Shallow Land Disposal Area (SLDA), were established in the late 1950s as a dump for radioactive and toxic chemical waste from the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp., or NUMEC, with facilities in Apollo and Parks.

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NRC meets with public on nuclear reactor process | News | standardspeaker.com - The Standard Speaker

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:47:57 -0000

As PPL Electric Utilities prepares plans to construct its third nuclear power plant near Berwick, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reaching out to the public to explain the permit application process and offer opportunities for public comment on the proposal.

The NRC held the first of many public meetings Tuesday at the Kehr Union Ballroom on the campus of Bloomsburg University. Approximately 50 area residents attended.

In the fourth quarter of 2008, PPL and UniStar Nuclear Energy plan to submit an application to the NRC for a COL, or combined license, to construct and operate an “AREVA U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor” near PPL’s Susquehanna nuclear power plant at Berwick.

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TMI info center moves to Chester County - PennLive.com

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:35:30 -0000

The office that AmerGen Energy will use to give out information about a nuclear emergency at Three Mile Island moves to Chester County next week.

The move means local news organizations will have to send reporters to Coatesville, about 65 miles away, if they want face-to-face access to plant experts. AmerGen will close the center in Susquehanna Township off Interstate 81. The location is the same used by AmerGen's parent company, Exelon Corp., to handle emergencies at its Peach Bottom and Limerick plants.

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Westinghouse sees nuclear power growth

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:53:35 -0000

Westinghouse Electric Co. yesterday assigned senior executive Ricardo G. Perez to develop the Monroeville-based company's strategy for capitalizing on anticipated worldwide growth in the nuclear power industry.

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The Mercury - NRC: Nuclear plant guard hid arrests

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:25:36 -0000

About a year after a security guard at Exelon's Limerick Nuclear Generating Station was fired for sleeping on the job, another was fired for altering his driver's license to hide the fact that he had been charged by police with three separate offenses.

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NRC sets meeting on new nuke | Wilkes-Barre News | The Times Leader

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:33:47 -0000

Agency will explain how it will review PPL’s expected application for a third reactor.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting on Aug. 19 on PPL Corp.’s expected application for a new reactor in Salem Township.

The purpose is to discuss how the NRC will review the application, which will include safety and environmental reviews and a mandatory hearing, NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said in an e-mail. Because it’s been decades since the NRC reviewed new-reactor applications, Sheehan said it’s a good idea to explain to the public how the process works.

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The Trentonian - Tullytown fights to keep radioactive waste out of landfill

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:42:53 -0000

TULLYTOWN, Pa. - Borough leaders want "Trash Mountain" to grow green, not glow green. Thats why they're fighting a plan to bring radioactive sludge to the Tullytown Landfill.

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How much radiation is too much? (phillyBurbs.com) | Courier Times

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:14:53 -0000

The 750 tons of radioactive sludge that Waste Management agreed to accept at its local municipal landfills would expose the public to less radiation annually than watching TV, according to a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission assessment.

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FR Doc:NRC: Eric Epstein; Denial of Petition for Rulemaking

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:17:48 -0000

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Petition for rulemaking: Denial.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking submitted by Eric Epstein (PRM-54-5). The petition requests that the NRC amend its regulations that govern renewal of operating licenses for nuclear power plants. Specifically, the petitioner requests that the NRC conduct a comprehensive review of U.S. nuclear power plant licensees' emergency planning during the license renewal proceedings. The NRC is denying the petition because the petition presents issues that the Commission carefully considered when it first adopted the license renewal rule and denied petitions for rulemaking submitted by Andrew J. Spano, County Executive, Westchester County, New York (PRM-54-02), and Mayor Joseph Scarpelli of Brick Township, New Jersey (PRM-54-03). The Commission's position is that the NRC's emergency planning system is part of a comprehensive regulatory process that is intended to provide continuing assurance that emergency planning for every nuclear plant is adequate. Thus, the Commission has already extensively considered and addressed the types of issues raised in the petition. Also, the petition fails to present any significant new information or arguments that would warrant the requested amendment.

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The Times Herald - Peco predicts double-digit rate hike

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:16:10 -0000

Contrary to earlier projections, Peco customers can expect rate hikes of 19 to 20 percent when artificial price caps on utilities expire over the next few years, a company official revealed Wednesday.
Until now, Peco held the somewhat envious position among Pennsylvania utilities as the only provider expected to raise electricity rates by single digits come January 2011. Those figures were according to estimates released by the state's utility consumer advocate in May.
Other companies such as Allegheny Power and PPL are expected to hike rates by 63 percent and 37 percent - respectively - when the Pennsylvania price caps expire.

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