Word: nuclear
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Like a giant vessel left ashore by the tide, the Seabrook nuclear power plant sits forlornly on the marshy New Hampshire coastline. The reactor has produced not a single kilowatt of electricity -- nor a penny of income -- since ground was broken for the project in 1976. Result: Seabrook is generating a financial disaster for its principal owner, Public Service of New Hampshire, an otherwise healthy electric utility that has poured $2.1 billion into the plant. Strapped for cash, Public Service last week did something that utilities virtually never do: it defaulted. The company deliberately missed a $37.5 million semiannual interest...
Gamma Rays puts the decay of a nuclear family under its microscope and discovers disturbing mutations. But gripping though the story is, the overall effect of Gamma Rays is marred by a few moments of misguided acting...
...said, "I have to hand it to you. I'm feeling better already about our nation's long-term prospects. It would be a shame if it was laid waste in a nuclear war, though...
...there were a nuclear catastrophe, cars parked in the breakdown lanes of the main routes out of Hampton Beach would slow traffic and could result in blocked roads, DeMarco said...
Seabrook is loaded with nuclear fuel but has been unable to win an operating license because of evacuation planning problems. Massachusetts has refused to submit emergency plans for six communities within the zone...