Word: plants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...voting on propositions, Virginians approved a statewide lottery, while Washington, D.C., residents rejected a plan to require deposits on bottles. A Maine proposal to shut down the state's only nuclear power plant was trailing late into the night...
...need for the building has long been clear to everyone associated with Children's. With inpatient buildings 30 to 70 years old, the hospital's physical plant has not kept pace with the rapid changes in pediatric medicine," said David S. Weiner, president of Children...
Dukakis has garnered the support of many New Hampshire voters because of his proximity to the state, his frequent visits and his opposition to the controversial Seabrook nuclear power plant...
...shrugged off next week's local contests. Not so in Maine, where a hotly contested proposal to bar the creation of nuclear waste within the state will be decided next Tuesday. If approved, the measure would lead to the shutdown of Maine Yankee, a 15-year- old nuclear power plant...
Although Down East voters defeated two earlier proposals to close the plant, the antinuke campaign received a boost last year, when the U.S. Department of Energy identified Maine as a possible site of a radioactive waste dump. Now many residents fear that the only way to block the dump is to shut Maine Yankee, which stores its waste on site while sending half of its electricity out of state. Utility companies have shelled out $3 million for ads to save the facility, while antiplant forces have spent $500,000, making it the most expensive political campaign in Maine history...