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• UI student will create Columbia treaty model

  May 12, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 A University of Idaho student has received a U.S. Department of Energy research fellowship to develop a computer model related to the Columbia River Treaty. Mark Cecchini-Beaver’s computer model will …

• Hydropower keeps Idaho emissions low

  January 11, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 Idaho residents have relatively small carbon footprints because most of their electricity comes from hydropower, a new study says. Idaho’s rivers generate 80 percent of the electricity used in the …

• Raul Labrador stresses cost-cutting, energy in economic plan

  May 18, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Republican congressional candidate Raul Labrador on Tuesday unveiled a plan for economic prosperity that leans heavily on the state developing a more robust nuclear power industry and exporting this … 5

• New Hanford radiation cleanup deadlines proposed

  April 22, 2010 in City The Department of Energy and its regulators have agreed to new legally binding environmental cleanup deadlines for radioactive waste that has been temporarily buried at central Hanford since 1970.

• Hanford waste stranded by Yucca Mountain decision

  March 29, 2010 in City The tanks are still there, 177 in all, packed with 53 million gallons of radioactive waste. One million gallons have leached into the desert soil. 14

• Hanford’s risks are large

  February 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 Even after billions of dollars are spent cleaning up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, radioactive waste could threaten the Columbia River for thousands of years to come. A government analysis shows …

• In brief: Energy Department to discuss Hanford

  February 23, 2010 in City on Page A6 The cleanup of underground storage tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation will be the topic of a public meeting from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. tonight at the Red Lion …