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Upton, NRC to visit Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Monday
VAN BUREN COUNTY -- Michigan Congressman Fred Upton, R- St. Joseph, along with a commissioner from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will head to southwest Michigan today, to get a first-hand look at the troubled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Van...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Fred Upton, Nuclear Power, Entergy Corporation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Upton urges Palisades to stay closed for now
Stay offline until a permanent fix is found. That's the advice Michigan Congressman Fred Upton has for a troubled southwest Michigan nuclear power plant. Last weekend, a leak at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant In Van Buren County sent radioactive...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Manufacturing and Engineering, Nuclear Power, Entergy Corporation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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3 men get prison in failed Ohio bridge bomb plot
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Three men were sentenced Tuesday to years in prison after admitting to taking part in an unsuccessful plot to bomb a highway bridge in Ohio with what turned out to be a dud device provided by a government informant. The father...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Punishment, Justice System, Prisons, Politics
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Chance to learn more about SW Mich. nuclear plant safety
VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. – Federal regulators are giving you a chance to learn more about safety at a southwest Michigan nuclear power plant. According to the online news site, MLive.com, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will host a webinar this...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Nuclear Power, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Politics, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Jury deliberating in Muslim soldier's trial
WACO, Texas (AP) — A federal jury has started deliberating in the trial of a Muslim soldier accused of planning to bomb a Texas restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops. Army Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo faces up to life in prison if convicted of...Tags: Trials, Manufacturing and Engineering, Emergency Incidents, Lawyers, Prosecution
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Talk of drones patrolling US skies spawns anxiety
WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms. The worries began mostly on the political...Tags: Austin Scott, Manufacturing and Engineering, Air Transportation Industry, Bob McDonnell, Military Equipment
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Questions swirl around $6 billion nuclear lab
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — At Los Alamos National Laboratory, officials are moving forward with final design and initial construction plans for a new $6 billion nuclear lab. But questions continue to swirl about exactly what kind of nuclear and plutonium...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Japan, Kennedy Krieger Institute
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GOP hopefuls challenge Obama on Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential hopefuls are focusing on Iran as a weak spot in President Barack Obama's foreign policy record, and they're reviving many of the arguments that neoconservative proponents of armed intervention against Tehran...Tags: Tehran (Iran), Newt Gingrich, Manufacturing and Engineering, Russia, Saddam Hussein
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Russia sends Syria advanced anti-ship missiles: U.S. officials
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has sent Syria advanced anti-ship missiles, U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, bolstering Syrian defenses despite pleas from Washington and elsewhere to stop supplying President Bashar al-Assad's forces. One of the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Manufacturing and Engineering, Weaponry, Bashar Assad, Russia
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Idaho man pleads not guilty in alleged Uzbekistan terror plot
BOISE, Idaho — An Uzbekistan national living in Boise said little during his first court appearance Friday on federal charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist...
Tags: Police Arrests, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Video Supplies and Services, Religion and Belief, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Special Report: U.S. cyberwar strategy stokes fear of blowback
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even as the U.S. government confronts rival powers over widespread Internet espionage, it has become the biggest buyer in a burgeoning gray market where hackers and security firms sell tools for breaking into computers. The...Tags: China, Economy, Business and Finance, Manufacturing and Engineering, Google Inc., Theft
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