Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...closed in 1976, 14 months after Silkwood's death, when Westinghouse, which had been buying its fuel rods, complained of their poor quality and refused to re new its contract. Nevertheless, the entire nuclear power industry, increasingly embroiled in controversy over its handling of radioactive materials, is watching the suit closely. If the judge and jury accept the claims of the company's liability made by the Silkwood lawyers, the case could force the industry to make drastic and costly revisions in its process of producing the highly radioactive metal that is used in breeder reactors...
...fuel crunch and federal demands speed the shift to smaller models...
...grouses Riccardo. Adds a Ford executive: "What he's calling for is the repeal of the law of thermodynamics." For all their misgivings, however, the industry's leaders have lately begun to realize the full dimensions of the problem facing the country. Says Henry Ford II: "The fuel issue is a national problem...
...diesel, widely used in trucks and some European cars, offers 25% better fuel economy than conventional engines. Installing a diesel has about the same results as trimming 1,000 Ibs. from one of GM's largest cars. The company, which began offering the engine as an option on some Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs in 1977, expects to sell 190,000 diesel-powered cars and light trucks this year, or about 4% of all GM autos. Barring further Government interference, the com pany expects to expand production of diesels throughout the coming decade...
...charges $287 extra for it), starts poorly in cold weather and some times causes a car to vibrate. Ford, the No. 2 automaker, regards the diesel as a back-up and hopes to ride into the future on a stratified-charge "proco" (programmed combustion) engine. In it, the fuel is essentially divided into two mix tures of gas and air, one of which is "rich" (high on the gas) and one "lean" (high on air). The two mixtures are burned in sequence in the combustion chamber, and this produces 20% more mileage and few er emissions than conventional engines. However...