news "briefs"

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

Energy Dept Considers New Technology - (AIKEN) -- The U-S 
Energy Department is considering new technology to process 
spent nuclear fuel rods at the Savannah River Site in Aiken. The 
goal is to make uranium useless for nuclear weapons. The Energy 
Department is taking public input on the matter through February. 
Should the agency okay the idea... it could mean 400 new jobs in 
Aiken.  
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Landfill Faces Hurdles - (COLUMBIA) -- North Carolina's plan to 
build a low-level nuclear waste dump is still facing hurdles. The 
waste site would serve the Southeast Nuclear Compact... which 
South Carolina pulled out of three years ago. Governor-elect Jim 
Hodges is considering whether the state should  
rejoin the compact. 
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Decommissioning Would Include Storage - (HADDAM) -- Two 
companies have submitted bids to store radioactive waste once the 
decommissioning of the Connecticut Yankee nuclear power plant is 
finished. Spent fuel rods would be stored in giant bins outside the 
Haddam plant in a fenced in area. Connecticut Yankee was 
permanently shut down a year ago. Decommissioning would cost 
at least 400-Million dollars and take  
several years. 

Sandy Perle
E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net 
Personal Website: 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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