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San Onofre nuclear power plant to be closed permanently
Southern California Edison announced Friday it is permanently shutting down the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant, ending the region's four-decade venture into nuclear energy production. The decision caps a 16-month debate about San Onofre's future...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Manufacturing and Engineering, Job Layoffs, Southern California Edison Company
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Suffolk investigating apartment building fire
Daily PressA man who lives in Suffolk’s Chorey Park Apartments was taken to the hospital after a fire at the building Friday. Suffolk Fire & Rescue crews arrived to the 800 block of West Constance Road just before 6:30 p.m., according to a news release....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Housing and Urban Planning, Hampton Roads, Manufacturing and Engineering, Interior Policy
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From the archives: Fire ends Columbia School Year (1959)
EDITOR'S NOTE: This archive story was published in the May 1, 1959, edition of the "Aberdeen American-News." It is reprinted today for the first time on AberdeenNews.com. A chimney and a steel girder, standing erect amid rubble, are all that remained...Tags: Fires, Manufacturing and Engineering, Dwayne Johnson, Groton
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South Africans count the cost of global currency shifts
Reuters* Importers jack up prices as rand plunges * Even South African exporters bemoan weak rand * Possible Fed shift affects millions from Brazil to Poland By Stella Mapenzauswa JOHANNESBURG, June 7 (Reuters) - When South Africa's rand tumbled to a four-...Tags: Africa, Zimbabwe, Finance, Emerging Market, South Africa
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Cause of deadly Philly collapse sought; suit filed
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The search for victims of a building collapse that killed six people wound down Thursday, and the first civil lawsuit was filed amid mounting questions about whether the demolition company that was tearing down the structure...
Tags: Building Material, Health and Safety at Work, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Trials
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Yarn Bombing L.A. at Craft & Folk Art Museum
Knitting has many purposes, from functional to fanciful. A sweater for the dog. A tea cozy for the pot. A facade for the Craft and Folk Art Museum. “CAFAM Granny Squared” is a wonderfully weird public art project in which the brick museum...
Tags: Artists, Science and Technology, Manufacturing and Engineering, Arts and Culture, Museums
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UPDATE 4-California's San Onofre nuclear plant to close for good
ReutersBy Scott DiSavino June 7 (Reuters) - The crippled San Onofre nuclear plant will be retired, its operator said on Friday, leaving California scrambling to keep the state's lights and air-conditioners on this summer even as it pursues ambitious plans to...Tags: Edison International, Nuclear Accidents, Global Warming, Conservation, Jerry Brown
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San Onofre nuclear plant closure brings huge costs
Southern California Edison announced Friday that it is permanently shutting down the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant, ending the region’s four-decade venture into nuclear energy production. The closure caps a 16-month debate about San Onofre&...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Southern California Edison Company, Shootings, Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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New swan chicks at Lincoln Park Zoo soon to go wild
Lincoln Park Zoo welcomed six trumpeter swan cygnets this week, but they won't stick around Chicago too long. After about four months growing up with their protective parents, the six endangered chicks will be released into the wild as part of a...
Tags: Lincoln Park Zoo, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Finally, a smart decision on San Onofre
Southern California Edison made its smartest decision in a long time by announcing that it would retire the San Onofre nuclear plant. As evidence has piled up in the nearly year and a half since both Units 2 and 3 went dark, it has pointed more and more...
Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Food and Drug Administration, Manufacturing and Engineering, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
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Canada crude - Heavy and synthetic grades extend gains
Reuters* July WCS last at $14.00/bbl under WTI * July synthetic last at $4.50/bbl above WTI CALGARY, Alberta, June 7 (Reuters) - Canadian crude prices strengthened on Friday, with heavy oil supported by expectations of increased refinery demand and light...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Manufacturing and Engineering, Petroleum Industry, Joliet
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Marathon Galveston Bay refinery reports plant wide shutdown after FCC leak
ReutersJune 7 (Reuters) - Marathon Petroleum Corp on Friday reported a plant wide shutdown after a leak at gasoline making fluidic catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) at its 451,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City, Texas, according to a...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Manufacturing and Engineering
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