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• Japan’s tsunami topic of lecture at Whitworth

  April 5, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V4 Physicist Rich Wolfson, a physics professor at Middlebury College in Vermont, will present the 2012 Science and Society Lecture, “Nuclear Energy: An Environmentalist’s Perspective,” on Monday in the Robinson Teaching …

• Face Time: Otter talks about Western Governors’ goals

  June 27, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A5 Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, chairman of the Western Governors Association, will hand over the gavel to the incoming chairwoman – Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire – at the close of this …

• Bonneville Power Administration seeks efficiency gains

    May 5, 2011 in Business on Page A1 HANFORD – The Columbia Generating Station is undergoing its most expensive refueling and maintenance shutdown ever as the owner of the nuclear plant tries to improve its reliability and costs. … 1

• Reactor undergoes refueling, upgrades

    May 4, 2011 in News HANFORD — The Columbia Generating Station here is undergoing its most expensive refueling and maintenance shutdown ever as the owner of the nuclear plant tries to improve its reliability and …

• Caldwell: Nuclear vision needn’t be clouded

  March 20, 2011 in Business on Page E1 The agonizing struggle of the Japanese to avoid further catastrophe at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex necessarily has many rethinking the rethinking about nuclear energy’s future. Many hoped fission would … 2

• Distance from Japan dilutes danger to state

  March 16, 2011 in City on Page A1 It’s possible that radioactive material released as a result of fires, partial meltdowns and explosions reported at Japanese reactors will be detected in Washington, but highly unlikely that levels could …

• Nuclear plans gain foothold

  February 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – More than $8 billion in new federal loan guarantees to build two nuclear reactors in Georgia could be the first step toward a nuclear renaissance in the United … 1

• Nuclear moving up in climate bill

  October 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Will a heaping spoonful of nuclear power help Congress swallow a climate bill? The Obama administration and leading congressional Democrats are wooing wavering Democrats and Republicans to back …

• Company’s background checks at forefront of nuclear security

  August 16, 2009 in Business on Page E1 Nuclear reactors are anything but radioactive for Pinnacle Investigations. Each time one shuts down for maintenance, as they must every 18 months, the Spokane Valley company conducts background checks on …