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Officials assure residents of a thorough review for proposed nuclear-enrichment plant | StarNewsOnline.com | Star-News | Wilmington, NC
Officials from the federal commission charged with deciding whether a nuclear-enrichment plant is right for New Hanover County assured residents Thursday night that they will conduct a thorough review and consider public opinion.
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Environmentalists praise Gregoire for raising concerns about Areva plant | Tri-City Herald
A collection of environmental groups is asking its supporters to thank Gov. Chris Gregoire "for standing up for our health, safety and our environment by raising concerns over nuclear wastes from a uranium enrichment plant," once proposed for Richland. In May, the French company Areva announced that it would build its $2 billion project in Idaho. A subsequent Herald report found the company, through the Tri-City Development Council, had sought Gregoire's personal involvement in the recruitment effort but instead found what was thought by supporters to be only tepid support - a factor her office was warned would loom large in the company's decision.
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Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Suit Legal Fees top $9 Million - NewsChannel 6 WPSD
The attorney for 80 property owners near the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion plant claims four law firms have been paid $9.4 million to defend the plant's former owners in a suit filed by the property owners over ten years ago. James Owens, attorney for the property owners said, "The amount of money the Federal Government is paying to stall claims of these Property Owners is unconscionable".
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Report: Iran will halt enrichment if West removes sanctions | Jerusalem Post
Iran expressed readiness to freeze its uranium enrichment program in return for lifting the international sanctions imposed on it, Israel's Channel 2 senior analyst Ehud Ya'ari revealed Thursday evening.
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Herald investigates: How Washington lost the $2 billion Areva plant and at least 400 jobs to Idaho - Mid-Columbia News | Tri-City Herald : Mid-Columbia news
OLYMPIA - Gov. Chris Gregoire was repeatedly pressed to support Areva's $2 billion uranium enrichment plant and told her help was critical to luring its 400 high-paying jobs to the Tri-Cities, according to e-mail and other communications obtained by the Herald.
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Canadian firm, GE join on uranium enrichment | CourierPostOnline.com | Courier-Post
HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Canadian uranium producer has joined a GE joint venture that aims to enrich the radioactive metal for nuclear power plants, the companies said Friday.Cameco Corp., a uranium producer based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, will invest $123.8 million to acquire a 24 percent stake in the venture, Global Laser Enrichment, which is 51 percent owned by General Electric Co. and 25 percent owned by Hitachi Ltd.
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Idaho Mountain Express: Questions linger about Idaho uranium plant - June 11, 2008
With the heady news and celebration that AREVA, the French nuclear company, has chosen Idaho for its uranium enrichment plant, I offer the first of many questions that must be answered as the champagne goes flat, the bubbles burst and we come back down to Earth.
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Uranium Enrichment: The Bushes, The Saudis and The Bomb | BaltimoreChronicle.com
Did you hear the alarming story about a country led by draconian Muslim religious extremists acquiring enriched uranium for their nuclear plants -- plants which could be weaponized any time in the future, putting weapons of mass destruction in the hands of Sharia law fanatics who repress women, chop off heads and throttle all dissent? What's more, they were given this weapons-grade material by a rogue nation led by a goonish tyrant who gained power only because he was the wastrel son of the former leader. Break out the regime change machinery right away; this evil must be stopped!
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MyWestTexas.com: Uranium enrichment facility moves closer to reality
Since its groundbreaking in August 2006, Louisiana Energy Services' uranium enrichment facility near Eunice, N.M., has sprung out of the earth and expectations are the $1.5 billion facility will come on line by late 2009. Dana Starr, communications specialist for the National Enrichment Facility, as it is called, gave a presentation to Midland Rotary Club members Thursday at Midland Center. The plant will produce enriched uranium, which is needed to make fuel pellets that will be sent off to make electricity.
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Brazil wants to enrich its own uranium - UPI.com
BRASILIA, Brazil, May 20 (UPI) -- Brazil soon will have enough processed uranium for its own nuclear plants. Alfredo Trajan Filho, president of the Nuclear Industries of Brazil, or INB, predicts that by 2012 the country will have the means to supply its two nuclear power plants, Angra 1 and 2, with enriched uranium.
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UPDATE: Areva chooses Idaho site instead of Richland | Tri-City Herald : Mid-Columbia news
Areva will not be building a $2 billion uranium enrichment facility in Richland, instead picking a site close to the Idaho National Laboratory, Areva announced today. “While we had several attractive sites to choose from, we opted for Idaho Falls, which has strong ties to nuclear energy, and which welcomed Areva and its proposed enrichment facility to become a new member of its community,” said Michael Murphy, president of Areva, in a statement.
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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Selects Wilmington, N.C. as Site for Potential Commercial Uranium Enrichment Facility
WILMINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global Laser Enrichment (GLE), a subsidiary of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has announced it has selected GEH’s Wilmington headquarters site for a potential commercial uranium enrichment facility. The planned GEH plant would result in the creation of hundreds of new technical, operational and support jobs at the site between now and 2012.
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Court to rule on anti-dumping duties on imports | delawareonline | The News Journal
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will rule on a case that could make it harder for U.S. companies to obtain protective tariffs on low-priced foreign goods. The dispute centers on whether uranium that U.S. utilities send to France for enrichment and then import for use in nuclear power plants qualifies as a "good" or "service."
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RIA Novosti - World - Russia proposes Slovakia join intl. uranium enrichment center-2
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State Senate backs tax breaks for Idaho uranium plant | Seattle Times Newspaper
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