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Claiborne supervisors support 2nd nuclear reactor at Grand Gulf
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Claiborne supervisors support 2nd nuclear reactor at Grand Gulf
Swedish nuclear supplier Studsvik to cease own reactor operations
Swedish Minister Calls For More Info On Mobile Radiation
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Claiborne supervisors support 2nd nuclear reactor at Grand Gulf
PORT GIBSON, Miss. (AP) - The Claiborne County Board of Supervisors
unanimously endorsed a plan Monday to pursue the construction of a
second nuclear reactor at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station.
Supervisor Charles Shorts said a second reactor would add jobs and
pump needed revenue into Claiborne County's economy.
The supervisors endorsed a six-point resolution that included
comments on nuclear power in general and the plants affect on county
tax revenues. Among other things, the document said the $8 million in
property taxes paid by Grand Gulf Nuclear Station is the reason
Claiborne County residents enjoy some of the lowest auto license tags
and homeowner property taxes in the state.
An Entergy Nuclear senior manager of business development, Ken
Hughey, thanked the board for its support.
"This sends a very, very strong message," he said of the resolution.
Interviewed after the meeting, supervisors said the decision to have
the resolution drafted and passed was made by the board as a group
and that the time was simply right to go on record in support of the
possibility.
Entergy has applied for one of two major licenses it would need to
build a second reactor unit at the site, which has one reactor that
has been in operation since 1985.
The application is with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which
is scheduled to hand down a decision in October 2006. The license
application is part of a new, streamlined regulatory-approval process
designed to reduce the risk of escalating costs and delays for
potential builders of nuclear reactors.
If Entergy were to receive the license, it would have a 20-year
option to apply for the second major license.
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Swedish nuclear industry service supplier Studsvik to cease own
reactor operations
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Swedish nuclear industry service supplier
Studsvik AB said Tuesday it will close its reactor operations group
and instead work with Halden reactor in neighboring Norway.
The move means 100 jobs will likely be cut and reduce Studsvik's
annual sales by about 80 million kronor (US$12.5 million, euro9
million), or about 7 percent.
But the company said the decision, in part because of a lack of
future work in Sweden, would likely result in a savings of about 20
million kronor (euro2.24 million, US$3 million) annually.
The closing is expected to entail restructuring costs of about 160
million kronor (US$24.1 million, euro18 million), mainly write-down
of asset items to be charged to the 2004 result.
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Swedish Minister Calls For More Info On Mobile Radiation
STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Sweden's minister of the environment, Lena
Sommestad, Monday voiced fears that a lack of information on
radiation from mobile telephones and radio base stations could lead
to unwarranted legislation.
Sommestad said that if concerns among the general public aren't
addressed by the industry and authorities, pressure on politicians
could rise to take action through legislation.
The Swedish Radiation Protection Agency has recently investigated the
need for more information on radiation from mobile telecom equipment.
The conclusion was that no warning texts are necessary, but that
there is still a need to inform better.
"Scientific facts doesn't support the concerns," Sommestad said,
referring to concerns that radition may affect people's health.
She said that Swedes normally accept new technology relatively
easily.
"It's uncommon for the public not to generally accept scientific
results," she said.
At a meeting with industry representatives and various authorities
Sommestad asked for the issue to be taken seriously.
"We have taken the issue seriously for a long time," said Christer
Toernevik, a spokesman for Telefon AB LM Ericsson (ERICY) at the
meeting.
Toernevik said there has been testing of products, research support
on the subject and distribution of information for many years.
However, he said the level of radiation isn't a major factor
influencing consumers' choice of mobile phone.
The minister wants to address the need for information on radiation
from mobile phones in cooperation with other Nordic countries and
eventually also on a European Union level.
Similar fears as in Sweden exist also in several other countries to
varying degrees.
Often fears are concentrated to radiation from mobile phones. "In
Sweden a lot of the discussion has been around radiation from radio
base stations," said Mats Holme, a spokesman for industry
organization MTB Mobiltelebranschen.
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