Word: alarms
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...residents of Chicago and its outlying areas, the recent news that three of energy powerhouse Exelon's nuclear plants in Illinois have, on several occasions, leaked the radioactive material tritium has been scary enough. Then there was this past weekend's false alarm at another of Exelon's plants, which, while not related, set off the nation's first "site-area emergency" at a U.S. nuclear facility in 15 years. The fact that upon further review, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that the incidents were much ado about nothing with "no release of radioactivity... no danger to the public...
...Weller, whose district covers three of Exelon's plants, and other critics first sounded the alarm following three leaks in the past month, including one from aged pipe that was due to be replaced in June. But more worrisome, they said, was the fact that the company and federal officials only recently disclosed publicly that, in fact, there had been eight leaks and spills going back 10 years. Most occurred in pipes that are supposed to safely dispose of waste but on some occasions leaked tritium into the ground water. One spill, in 1998 at the company's Braidwood generating...
...short new CUE evaluation form this Friday and discussed the possibility of moving both the CUE Guide and the Courses of Instruction catalog online in the near future. Members of the committee also expressed support for an Undergraduate Council (UC) effort to improve the Quad Library and expressed alarm at the high prices of coursepacks, which they said might be avoidable...
...that went 2-25 overall and 0-14 in the Ivies—to pose as Princeton players for the duration of the season.At the first practice in the fall, Princeton coach Joe Scott doesn’t really recognize anyone, but it doesn’t alarm him, since he never truly recognized anyone but Andre Logan, Will Venable, and Judson Wallace off last year’s team anyway. So, he proceeds unfazed, even though Luke Owings, Noah Savage, and Scott Greenman seem to be playing a cruel prank on him by only answering to Matt, Jeremiah...
...prefrosh when I first heard Belle and Sebastian. After my long first night on campus, I woke to the opening strains of their breakout album “If You’re Feeling Sinister,” coming from my host’s CD-player alarm clock. As rain ran down the windows of the Lionel common room, I fell in love. It turns out I wasn’t alone. “If You’re Feeling Sinister” and several subsequent albums won the Scottish septet a legion of fans with catchy, precocious...