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1. Is nuclear power facing a reversal of fortune?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... radioactive leaks, poorly run, financially indebted, locally unpopular, politically shunned and currently not working. $180 Million — Or Best Offer. "Selling an old nuclear plant is like trying to build ...

2. The LED Alternative
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... Point is the constant release of radiation to the environment, which has been going on for years, from leaks, and from venting, which is allowed by the NRC, with the fallout concentrated downwind in the ...

3. Catastrophe
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... Yucca Mountain built over a fault zone. It is assumed the taxpayer will pay for it. Leaks and incidents at nuclear sites are outrageous. Only chemists understand the horrible toxicity of these materials. ...

4. Indian Point Should Be Shut Down
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... facility is too old to continue to operate. The person who mentioned the California gas explosion was right. When a plant finds that there are too many instances of leaks and safety is an issue then it ...

5. Indian Point should be decommissioned
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... are embrittled, leaks are common, mysterious shutdowns happen frequently, always with the refrain that there is "no danger to the public," though radiation release monitoring data is never made available. ...

6. Exelon attempting to cleanup radioactive tritium at Oyster Creek nuclear power plant
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... also committed to move all pipes containing radioactively contaminated water either above ground or into concrete vaults to avoid similar leaks by the end of 2010, and those upgrades are on track to be ...

7. Nuclear Waste
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... pollution to worry about for hundreds and thousands of years. Yes, maybe on most days everything is just hunky dory, but there are ventings and leaks and crackings of aged plants too-long-running. And ...

8. N.J.’s Salem nuclear power plants showing their age
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... containment buildings, corrosion of the buildings' steel liners by decades of leaks from radioactive and acidic water, and "aggressive" groundwater penetration throughout the power complex. In addition, ...

9. N.J. might be the first state in Northeast to run out of water without action by state’s leaders
(Opinion/Commentary)

... aging infrastructure leaks out 25 to 30 percent of its water due to old pipes that are over a century old. New Jersey needs to establish statewide fertilizer and soil compaction regulations and clean up ...

10. Tips to save on utility bills
(Money/Economy)

... around doors and windows. Eliminate air leaks between window air conditioners and windows with foam insulation or weather-stripping. Turn off power sources. TVs, computers and other electronic devices ...

11. Pentagon losing control: Wikileaks and leaking Iraqi funds
(Opinion/Commentary)

EDITORIAL CARTOON BY MIKE SCOTT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Blame Wikileaks if you must about the 92,000 documents they obtained about the war in Afghanistan, but something is really amiss at the Pentagon. ...

12. States gradually tap economic stimulus funds to weatherize homes
(U.S./Nation)

... members of Congress said the $4.7 billion set aside for installing insulation, plugging air leaks and putting in energy-efficient furnaces and air conditioning systems would result in wasteful spending. ...

13. N.J. DEP offering dry cleaners money to reduce harmful chemical air pollutant
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... or businesses. PCE is also one of the more difficult contaminants to deal with if it gets into water through spills or leaks because it sinks to the bottom of water supplies. "This is another step ...

14. N.J. DEP orders wider investigation of radioactive leak at Oyster Creek nuclear plant
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... containing radioactively contaminated water either above ground or into concrete vaults to avoid similar leaks by the end of 2010. Following notification of the 2009 Oyster Creek contamination, NRC performed ...

15. Pressure builds on Obama for handling of BP oil spill crisis
(U.S./Nation)

... one of two leaks. On Capitol Hill, Massachusetts Democratic Representative Ed Markey referred to the underwater video of the leak and criticized BP, asserting that its estimate of leaking oil was far ...

16. Toxic substance hexavalent chromium poses public health risk in Garfield
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... leaks through cracks or seepage through basement walls. The EPA has identified nearly 290 homes – including the 160 – for investigation because of groundwater infiltration. To date, EPA has inspected more ...

17. N.J. DEP chief criticizes Exelon's response to radioactive-water leaks at Oyster Creek nuclear reactor
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Tritium detected at high levels in two aquifers State Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin Tuesday expressed disappointment with Exelon Nuclear's response to a state order requiring the company ...

18. water contamination
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... 14 years,or so. I am ready to purchase bottled water now. Its disgraceful to allow any leaks!!! This is very serious, and that is how I am reacting to it. Politicians can never be trusted. It's all ...

19. Michael Brune: There is no safe way to drill for oil in oceans
(Opinion/Commentary)

... most urgent matter, of course, is to plug the well's leaks and launch a massive cleanup, making sure BP doesn't foist upon taxpayers one dime of the cost of removing the oil or compensating local residents ...

20. N.J. DEP begins new probe of radioactive leak at Oyster Creek nuclear power plant
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... radioactively contaminated water either above ground or into concrete vaults to avoid similar leaks by the end of 2010. Martin said although Exelon has been working with the DEP on the issue, the department ...