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	81.05.02: Nuclear Energy
		The main difference between coal or oil power plants and nuclear plants is that coal and oil are burned in a furnace producing enough heat to change water into steam.
		A comparison of X-rays’ radiation and that of a nearby resident of a nuclear power plant, is that a dose of radiation from a X-ray averages 20 millirems(thousandths of a rem) while living close to a nuclear plant averages l millirem per year.
		If nuclear power is to be a part of our future, the public, politicians, and the members of the nuclear power plants, must work together to lower the risks of nuclear power as an energy alternative.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1981/5/81.05.02.x.html (4213 words)

	GW Bush's America: Giving Nuclear Power Another Chance
		U.S. nuclear plants have increased their overall output by 25 percent over the past 10 years by reducing accident rates and shutdowns.
		The Bush administration said nuclear power should be one of the cornerstones of the new national energy plan the White House is preparing.
		Control of nuclear plants is passing from traditional utilities to competitive generating companies, creating a risk that corners will be cut to increase profits, critics contend.
	www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines01/0424-03.htm (984 words)

	Millstone Nuclear Power Plant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Millstone Nuclear Power Station units 2 and 3 are located at a former quarry in Waterford, Connecticut.
		Millstone 1 was a General Electric boiling water reactor shut down in November 1995 before being permanently closed in July 1998.
		Millstone 3 is a Westinghouse plant that started operating in 1986, and has a maximum power output of 3411 MWth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Millstone_Nuclear_Power_Plant (293 words)

	Nuclear power
		Eileen McCabe-Olsen and Pete Litster co-authored an op-ed on the drawbacks of nuclear power.
		They demonstrate beyond doubt that nuclear power does not operate 24/7, and that in fact some plants operate at consistently reduced efficiency, such as the 19 outages experienced by Palo Verde since February 2004, at increased cost to their ratepayers.
		An emergency was declared at the LaSalle County nuclear plant.
	www.shundahai.org /nuke_power_plant_issues.htm (1371 words)

	The Suffolk Times \| Atomic angst
		An emergency at the Millstone nuclear power plant in Waterford, Conn., led to a shut-down of the Unit 3 reactor on Sunday.
		Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, which owns the plant located about 12 miles across the Long Island Sound, is seeking to relicense Millstone units 2 and 3 for an additional 20 years after current licenses expire in 2015 and 2025, respectively.
		"Millstone is in the heart of one of the most densely populated places in the U.S., and I think a strong possibility exists that an incident would trigger a mass exodus," said Mr.
	www2.timesreview.com /ST/index/283119096381374.php (811 words)

	NRC: News Release - Region I - 2006-016 - NRC to Discuss 2005 Assessment for Millstone Nuclear Plant at Two Public ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with representatives of Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., on Wednesday, March 29, to discuss the agency’s annual assessment of safety performance at the Millstone nuclear power plant.
		A letter sent from the NRC Region I Office to plant officials addresses the performance of the plant during the period and will serve as the basis for the discussion at the meetings.
		Because all of the inspection findings and performance indicators for the Millstone Units 2 and 3 during 2005 were determined to be "green," the plant will receive a baseline (or routine) level of inspections during the upcoming assessment period.
	www.nrc.gov /reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2006/06-016i.html (552 words)

	04/23/01 -- Nuclear Power May Be Making A Comeback; Energy Crunch Helps Ease Industry's Image as Outcast
		The owners of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on the Connecticut River were about to sell their 27-year-old facility last year when something remarkable happened -- remarkable at least for that long-shunned industry.
		Control of nuclear plants is passing from traditional utilities to competitive generating companies, creating a risk that corners will be cut to boost profits, critics contend.
		Nuclear companies want to receive valuable financial credit for generating power without the discharges of carbon dioxide greenhouse gases and pollutants that come from conventional oil, coal and natural gas plants.
	www.climateark.org /articles/2001/2nd/nupwmay.htm (1723 words)

	WWUH Articles: The Return of Nuclear Power to CT, by Mike DeRosa July/August 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Nuclear power stations are extremely complicated machines that are probably the most dangerous energy plants on earth.
		Nuclear power plants have automatic safeguard systems that have prearranged valve systems that are part of the plant's design and license.
		Don says that after Millstone II comes up from its inactive mode "and they begin to use the systems, they need to line up the valves properly and as we are finding out with Millstone II they are NOT lining up the valves and the systems in accordance with their own procedures.
	wwuh.org /program/articles/julaug99/derosa.htm (1314 words)

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		The NRC on Nov. 8 said that all 103 of the nation's nuclear power plants are ready for the Year 2000 date change, and any problems in computer systems that might result.
		The last plant to register its readiness for the date change was the Joseph M. Farley plant, Unit 2, located in Alabama.
		Millstone, meanwhile, was slated to be shut down, with decommissioning activities announced in 1998.
	www.converge.org.nz /pma/y2kpro.htm (354 words)

	Nuclear Contamination In ConnecticutDangerous practices at the Millstone nuclear power plants
		Prominent nuclear expert John Gofman has stated that before the Nuclear Age, the natural occurrence of tritium in fresh water was 6 to 24 picocuries per liter.
		Millstone l’s high releases in 1975 were largely due to its operation with “leakers”—defective fuel rods.
		Because of its heavy past dependence on defense contracts and nuclear power, there is still a strong denial of possible health consequences from the state’s nuclear contamination, both in the media and the general population.
	zena.secureforum.com /Znet/zmag/articles/steinbergjulaug98.htm (2197 words)

	USATODAY.com - Power wavers across Connecticut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Once the power returns to the region, it will take six to eight hours for the commuter rail lines and subway system to resume track service, their spokesmen said.
		At one point, Canadian officials said the apparent cause was a lightning strike at a power plant on the U.S. side of Niagara Falls.
		Peter Hyde, a spokesman for the Millstone nuclear power plant in Watertown, said the facility was online but had not been asked to generate additional power.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-08-15-conn-power_x.htm (1222 words)

	State Nuclear Industry - Connecticut
		An economic study conducted by NEI* found that the Millstone nuclear power plant in New London County, Connecticut, contributes $585 million to the state's economy and more than $1.1 billion to the U.S. economy, including labor income of $174.5 million.
		Millstone is the largest electric power plant in the State, by far.
		Millstone’s net capacity (2,006 MWe) is more than double that of Connecticut’s second largest electric power plant, Middletown (net capability 836 MW).
	www.eia.doe.gov /cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/states/statesct.html (243 words)

	GAO-03-528T, Nuclear Regulation: Emergency Preparedness Issues at the Indian Point 2 Nuclear Power Plant
		Concerns that nuclear power plants may be targets for terrorists and Indian Point’s close proximity to these large populations have increased public interest in the adequacy of the plant’s security and emergency preparedness--leading some to call for closing the plant.
		In New York and 16 other states--where more than half of the nation’s operating nuclear power plants are located--counties or other local governments are responsible for radiological preparedness, but NRC and FEMA communicated primarily with the states and relied on the states to communicate with local jurisdictions.
		Background: Emergency plans for commercial nuclear power plants are intended to protect public health and safety whenever plant accidents cause radiation to be released to the environment.
	www.gao.gov /htext/d03528t.html (5064 words)

	Mothball Millstone! Connecticut Coalition Against the Millstone Nuclear Power Reactor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A nuclear meltdown at Millstone Unit 3 would cause 23,000 deaths and 38,000 cancers in the short-term aftermath, according to a study commissioned by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 1982, based on 1982 population.
		Most of Britain's nuclear power stations have either ceased to produce electricity, or are nearing the end of their active life.
		A senior worker at the Millstone nuclear power station said he was laid off in retaliation for raising security concerns to managers and federal regulators, an allegation the station owner denies.
	www.mothballmillstone.org /news2006b.html (9783 words)

	Charges Possible in Fuel Rods Case
		The plant, one of three at the Millstone complex southwest of New London, is being decommissioned.
		Plant officials have been conducting their own investigation, and workers are going through paperwork to determine whether the rods were transferred to nuclear storage sites or to General Electric
		With the exception of nuclear plants and military facilities, there is no authorized storage site for high-level radioactive waste in the country.
	www.nci.org /0new/millstone-ap52401.htm (269 words)

	Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, more commonly known as Seabrook Station, is a nuclear power plant located in Seabrook, New Hampshire, approximately 40 mi north of Boston and 10 mi (16 km) south of Portsmouth, NH.
		The construction permit for the plant was granted in 1976 and construction on Unit 1 was completed in 1986.
		Another vocal opponent of the plant was former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, who blocked the opening for several years, due to environmental issues, as well as the fact that an adequate emergency evacuation plan had not been established to his satisfaction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seabrook_Nuclear_Power_Station (489 words)

	Mothball Millstone! Connecticut Coalition Against the Millstone Nuclear Power Reactor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Millstone Unit 3 suffered a Class II Emergency (second worst of four levels) when it automatically shut down on April 17, 2005 because of unknown “anomalies” involving valve failures in the steam generation system.
		The Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone is conducting a health survey in New London County to help assess the impacts to human health of the toxic chemical and radiological wastes released by the Millstone Nuclear Power Station to the air and water.
		Let’s not forget that Millstone is a terrorist’s dream target as well and that there is no place to store the high-level waste generated there for the thousands to years it will remain deadly.
	www.mothballmillstone.org /index3.html (1635 words)

	Nuclear plant hunting for missing devices: Search is on for 2 radiation detectors containing uranium
		PLYMOUTH - Workers at the Pilgrim nuclear power plant are combing through records and checking the plant’s spent-fuel pool as they look for two missing radiation detectors that contain tiny amounts of highly radioactive uranium.
		The notification was required under the stricter spent-fuel accounting guidelines put into effect after spent fuel rods were lost at the Millstone nuclear power plant in Connecticut in June 2002.
		Millstone’s owner spent millions of dollars conducting unsuccessful cross-country searches for the spent fuel, Sheehan said.
	ledger.southofboston.com /articles/2006/05/25/news/news03.txt (599 words)

	Millstone Nuclear Power Plants
		This complex of three nuclear power plants, Millstone reactor numbers 1, 2, and 3, constitute New England's largest electrical generating facility, when they operate.
		Millstone1, built during 1966 and 1970, shut down in 1995 and is slated to be decommissioned.
		The other reactors, which went on line in 1975 and 1986, have been sitting idle since 1996, due to safety concerns raised by workers at the plant, which led to the largest civil penalty ever assessed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, $2.1 million, against the former operator, Northeast Utilities.
	ludb.clui.org /ex/i/CT3131 (97 words)

	Environment News Service: AmeriScan: April 18, 2001 - Nuclear Power Plant Missing Two Fuel Rods
		Nuclear power plants use slender metal rods filled with enriched uranium pellets to generate heat in the reactor, which creates steam used to produce power.
		The missing rods at Millstone 1 are about a half-inch in diameter and 158 inches long.
		Staff from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission will meet with Dominion Nuclear Connecticut representatives on Monday to discuss the status of an investigation into, and search for, two spent nuclear fuel rods reported missing from the spent fuel pool at the Millstone 1 plant late last year.
	www.state.nv.us /nucwaste/news2001/nn11156.htm (347 words)

	NRC oks restart of Connecticut nuclear power plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The plant, closed two years ago for a variety of safety problems, has been described by critics as the worst nuclear fiasco in the United States since the Three Mile Island plant mishap in Pennsylvania back in 1979.
		If that happens, the revenue requirements of Northeast subsidiary Connecticut Light and Power would be cut by $13.2 million a month, or $158.5 million a year.
		Two other nuclear reactors remain closed at the Millstone plant because of safety problems, but Northeast hopes to get NRC approval later this year to restart the facility's Unit 3.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /radsafe/9806/msg00376.html (445 words)

	Operator Of Millstone Nuclear Plant Replacing Old System - News
		Dominion, the owner of Millstone Power Station, has begun replacing the region's warning system with sophisticated sirens that can carry tones farther and handle live voice messages.
		Dominion spokesman Pete Hyde said the sirens sit on poles throughout the communities surrounding the nuclear power complex, but are also available for use by local and state public safety officials in emergencies.
		All sirens are on battery power and have solar power as a backup to charge the batteries, so in a true emergency, when power is out, they can still function, Kurze said.
	www.nbc30.com /news/10481730/detail.html (373 words)

	The Uranium Institute \| News Briefings \| Nuclear Energy News \| News Briefing 00.05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Of the 439, 207 lived or worked within a 350 m radius of the plant; the rest were workers at the plant and those involved in the rescue mission.
		At 22.07 TWh, nuclear generation was 5% up on the previous year, and nuclear share increased from 27.4% in 1998 to 28.3%.
		Permission was granted separately for an empty nuclear fuel cask, stranded at the Isar nuclear power plant since the ban was imposed, to be returned to the La Hague reprocessing site in France.
	www.world-nuclear.org /nb/nb00/nb0005.htm (1554 words)

	North Anna Power Station
		Exhaustive studies of Lake Anna found plant and marine life there both abundant and healthy, and the lake has become one of Virginia's premier fishing lakes.
		The warm water discharge from the power station may actually be helping certain sensitive species of fish thrive during cold winter temperatures.
		If you would like to learn more about nuclear energy, we invite you to visit the North Anna Nuclear Information Center.
	www.dom.com /about/stations/nuclear/northanna/index.jsp (235 words)

	The Uranium Institute \| News Briefings \| Nuclear Energy News \| News Briefing 00.32 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The plant is to close on 1 September for 12 weeks while the work is done.
		The plant was refurbished in 1997, and has a throughput capacity of about 1400 t/year, although in recent years it has reportedly been achieving throughputs around the 500 t/year mark because of a 'variety of technical issues'.
		Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval, expected in March 2001, is required before the enrichment level can be increased.
	www.world-nuclear.org /nb/nb00/nb0032.htm (1460 words)

	Re: NRC oks restart of Connecticut nuclear power plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Our local (NY CD#1) Congressman, Michael Forbes, who with Senator D'Amato has come out against the restart of Brookhaven's HFBR, has mounted a vociferous campaign against the Millstone restart, arguing that there is no evacuation plan for those LI North Fork communities which are within 15 (but beyond 10) miles from Millstone.
		> >The plant, closed two years ago for a variety of safety problems, has been >described by critics as the worst nuclear fiasco in the United States >since the Three Mile Island plant mishap in Pennsylvania back in 1979.
		> >Two other nuclear reactors remain closed at the Millstone plant because of >safety problems, but Northeast hopes to get NRC approval later this year >to restart the facility's Unit 3.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /radsafe/9806/msg00388.html (533 words)

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