DOE Says Yucca Mountain Is Safe

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

DOE Says Yucca Mountain Is Safe - (WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- The 
Department of Energy says Yucca Mountain, Nevada, is a good 
spot for a permanent nuclear waste dump. U-S Senator Larry Craig 
of Idaho is trying to get a temporary dump opened at Yucca 
Mountain. The Republican wants the site opened now so that 
waste stored in Idaho can be moved there. Nevada Democrat Harry 
Reid has been fighting that... and he says the report means 
nothing to him. Don't look for a final assessment on Yucca 
Mountain to be released until after the November third election.  

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...Nuclear Plant May Reopen - (DECATUR) -- Illinois Power officials 
now think they may get their Clinton Nuclear Power plant up and 
running as early as January. More than two years after a shut-down 
of the plant, the company is still working to make sure the nuclear 
plant complies with all regulations before they re- start it. I-P 
Chairman Charles Bayless says there are still several tests that 
must be done before an official re- opening date can be set. The 
plant was shut-down after a pump seal  
leak in 1996. 

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ComEd offers nuclear managers buyouts

The packages offer 50 percent of annual base salary plus 2 percent 
for each year with the company, ComEd said. Unicom has about 
17,000 employees.  

``We are continually reviewing our staffing needs, across the 
board,'' Chris Crane, vice president for Boiling Water Reactors, said 
in a news release. ``Further reductions will be considered if 
opportunities are identified that would contribute to sizing site staffs 
to be more effective and efficient, or if it makes good  
business sense.''

Sandy Perle
sandyfl@earthlink.net
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1205

"The object of opening the mind, as of opening 
the mouth, is to close it again on something solid"
              - G. K. Chesterton -
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