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Shoreham has been dogged by mismanagement, construction foul-ups and community opposition, among other obstacles. Last year, as the utility was battling for approval of evacuation plans to be used in the event of a major radiation leak, the plant's diesel generators were found to be defective. Back-up generators are now being installed at a cost of $100 million, while the malfunctioning ones are being repaired and tested...
...Soviets grow up and see the gulf between the Communist dream and reality, some fall back on job and family. Rifi, a red-haired Tatar who services diesel locomotives in Samarkand, declares ebulliently, "Best of all in my life I like my work." Others, however, are inclined to become cynical and apathetic. Tanya, 21, is an attractive Muscovite who works as a waitress. Married and divorced in her teens, she is content to drift through a day-to-day existence...
...politicians and the world." Lance Corporal Charles Johnson, 22, of Louisville, Ky., told how he was looking forward to getting out. "There is no sense being here as sitting ducks," he said. "We are not serving any useful purpose." As he spoke, Army trucks loaded with diesel generators rumbled by. The convoy drove across the runway to the beach, where helicopters hoisted their cargo and ferried it out to ships on the horizon...
...could run the Long Island Lighting Co. (Lilco) even more before it produces any electricity. The utility last year had a continuing battle with Suffolk County officials over the approval of evacuation plans in case of an accident. The emergency procedures were finally approved, but now the plant's diesel generators have been found to be defective and may have to be replaced. The utility's chairman, Charles Pierce, resigned suddenly last week. He gave no reason, but the company's board was reported to be unhappy with his handling of the problems at Shoreham...
...freeze-up has bottom-line consequences. The idle towboats and barges eat up about $5,000 a week in (diesel fuel, insurance fees, crew salaries and supplies. Meanwhile, the barge lines must sublease other boats to carry cargo on existing contracts. What is more, corn and soybean prices have jumped 10? to 15? per bu. in some markets, but the grain companies cannot cash in. Agri Industries, a large Des Moines grain concern, has ten barges of corn and five barges of soybeans worth about $3.85 million stuck in the river. "It's going to be costly, no question...