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As Price of Nuclear Energy Drops, a Wisconsin Plant Is Shut
2013-05-09 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Kewaunee nuclear power plant in Wisconsin shut down for the last time on Tuesday, but it is preparing to break new ground for the American nuclear industry. Dominion closed its Kewaunee plant on Tuesday because it was no longer profitable. It may go to sleep, Snow White-style, for 50 years, to be awakened when its radioactivity has subsided. Or it may be dismantled in the next decade or so. In either case, the responsibility and the expense, probably near $1 billion, will be borne for the...
Nuclear plant spills radiation into Lake Michigan
2013-05-08 22:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Last summer, a leaky tank led to the shutdown of the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan. So plant owner Entergy patched up the leak, fired back up the reactor, and hoped for the best. Unfortunately, the best did not materialize. The tank began leaking again. But no worries, thought the Einsteins at Entergy, it was only leaking a gallon a day. That was OK, they figured, because the NRC had allowed it to leak up to 38 gallons a day. As of Friday, they were still doing that whole "hoping...
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China Approves GM's $1.3B Plant
2013-05-08 19:53:05| Automakers - Topix.net
China has approved U.S. automaker General Motors' plan to build a $1.3 billion plant in Shanghai, the official media said.
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RockTenn closing Milwaukee plant, cutting 69 jobs
2013-05-08 05:36:58| Paper - Topix.net
RockTenn Co. will shutter its Milwaukee container facility in July, leaving 69 people without jobs, according to a company letter to the state of Wisconsin received Wednesday.
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Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Shuts Down
2013-05-08 03:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Kewaunee nuclear power plant in Wisconsin shut down for the last time on Tuesday, but it is preparing to break new ground for the American nuclear industry. It may go to sleep, Snow White-style, for 50 years, to be awakened when its radioactivity has subsided. Or it may be dismantled in the next decade or so. In either case, the responsibility and the expense, probably near $1 billion, will be borne for the first time by a for-profit company, not a regulated utility. The Kewaunee plant, which...
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