Word: unite
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this day, Galatis wanted to know about a routine refueling operation at the Millstone Unit 1 nuclear plant in Waterford, Connecticut. Every 18 months the reactor is shut down so the fuel rods that make up its core can be replaced; the old rods, radioactive and 250 degrees F hot, are moved into a 40-ft.-deep body of water called the spent-fuel pool, where they are placed in racks alongside thousands of other, older rods. Because the Federal Government has never created a storage site for high-level radioactive waste, fuel pools in nuclear plants across the country...
...complete review of every system at Millstone 1, with the results "submitted under oath," to prove that every part of the plant is safe--the global examination Galatis asked for two years ago. The results, Russell wrote, "will be used to decide whether or not the license of Millstone Unit 1 should be suspended, modified or revoked...
...industry also says regulations threaten to drive some plants out of business, but it argues that many NRC rules boost costs without enhancing safety. "The regulatory system hasn't kept pace with advances in technology," says Steve Unglesbee, a spokesman for the Nuclear Energy Institute, the industry's p.r. unit. "Industrywide, our safety record is improving. But NRC creates so many layers of regulation that every plant is virtually assured of being in noncompliance with something...
...Green Cup concept itself is not flawed. Pitting each living unit against the others in an attempt to conserve electricity and promote recycling is a great idea and entirely workable. If students knew more about it, the competition might have a measurable effect...
...substation, which has been in the planning stages for several months, will be staffed 24 hours a day by one officer charged with monitoring the computerized keycard system, which indicates when a door has been opened without proper access. It will also be home to a security guard unit, according to Harvard Police Chief Francis D. "Bud" Riley...