Shippingport News

Jun 29, 2009 11:59 pm US/Eastern Reporting Ralph Iannotti SHIPPINGPORT 1 of 1 First Energy, which operates a coal-fired power plant along the Ohio River, traps the fly ash and sulfur dioxide in the combustion process and pumps it through an underground pipe into the Little Blue Reservoir.

The Environmental Protection Agency named Shippingport among 26 communities in 10 states where residents are potentially threatened by coal ash storage ponds similar to one that flooded a neighborhood in Tennessee last year.

The Associated Press 42 comments Coal smoke and steam vapor pour out of the Bruce Mansfield Power Plant over a nearby residential... Coal smoke and steam vapor pour out of the Bruce Mansfield Power Plant over a nearby residential area in Shippingport, Pa.

FirstEnergy Corp. said first-quarter profit fell 59 percent on higher costs, including regulatory charges in Ohio.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. FirstEnergy Corp. says a paper clip-sized hole in the steel containment liner of a nuclear reactor in Shippingport, Beaver County, was likely caused by a board embedded in concrete underneath.

The Shippingport atomic power station in Beaver County will receive an historic designation.

Federal authorities say a small hole has been found in the containment liner at a nuclear reactor near Pittsburgh shut down earlier for refueling and routine inspection and maintenance.

The hospital is seen from the perspective of the Janitor, who's out to prove he can make a difference after getting rid of J.D. for the day.

Bonnie Pfister can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7886. Two signs noting Western Pennsylvania's role in nuclear history are among 21 markers to be erected this year, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission said Tuesday.

The birthplace of NFL Films and the hometown of college football coach John Heisman will be given state historical markers.They are among 21 markers announced Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.NFL Films, which has documented the history of the league since 1962, started in Philadelphia.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has recommended that an air quality study be conducted near a local energy company plant.

A Texas businessman who had more than $500,000 in cash seized after a strange security incident at a FirstEnergy nuclear power plant in Beaver County is getting all but $150,000 of it back.

Stephanie Tarzia is facing a list of charges after police said she dragged a Shippingport officer while he held onto her car.

Mar 26, 2009 2:28 pm US/Eastern Police say Stephanie Tarzia is being held in the Beaver County Jail on $50,000 bond after fleeing from an officer.

Mumbai: Larsen & Toubro has signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based Westinghouse Electric Company to build 1,000-megawatt nuclear plants in India.

Harvey Wasserman Obama's stimulus money must NOT be wasted on nuke reactors January 8, 2009 A nuke power bailout must NOT be part of the hundreds of billions of federal dollars about to pour out of Washington ...

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