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Illinois lawmakers considering legislation that could hike ComEd bills less than a year after utility admitted multimillion-dollar bribery scheme Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune © E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 29, 2020. It’s only been nine months since Commonwealth Edison admitted to a bribery scheme that padded its profits and helped topple former Speaker Michael Madigan, but there’s alread...

QRC student wins Barbados schol Monday 15 March 2021 Queens Royal College (QRC) open scholarship winner Nico Brewster,right, and Barbados exhibition winner ILijah Corbin, left, at the school in Port of Spain on Sunday. - Angelo Marcelle The Ministry of Education may have only recorded one scholarship recipient for Queen’s Royal College (QRC) but, to the school’s surprise, another student also received a scholarship from his home country of Barbados following last year’s Caribbean Advance...

February 21, 2021 TOKYO (AP) — Cooling water levels have fallen in two reactors at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant since a powerful earthquake hit the area last weekend, indicating possible additional damage, its operator said on Friday. New damage could further complicate the plant’s already difficult decommissioning process, which is expected to take decades. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) spokesman Keisuke Matsuo said the drop in water levels in Unit One and Three reactors indicates...

Newly found Fukushima plant contamination may delay cleanup as thousands still unable to return home https://www.9news.com.au/world/japan-nuclear-explosion-new-fukushima-plant-contamination-fears-leave-thousands-unable-to-return/afae1775-bcbf-472a-98a0-313efc1e7335, By Associated Press Jan 27, 2021 A draft investigation report into the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, adopted by Japanese nuclear regulators on Wednesday, says it has detected dangerously high levels of radioactive contamination...

A draft investigation report into the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, adopted by Japanese nuclear regulators on Wednesday, says it has detected dangerously high levels of radioactive contamination at two of the three reactors, adding to concerns about decommissioning challenges. The interim report said data collected by investigators showed that the sealing plugs sitting atop the Number Two and Number Three reactor containment vessels were as fatally contaminated as nuclear fuel debris that ha...

Mechanism. >> so shes physically center stage on nit two, the marquee night in my view based on who you have up there. im certain her camp is prepared to be the butt of those attacks in a way that joe biden is was clearly the front-runner the last one. she has an opportunity on night two next to joe biden to rise above, to move past the busing issue and look presidential, look extremely dignified. >> i expect a big debate out of her. >> not so much is known about her. she has the opportunity her...

>> life on death row, just what you make of it. it could be a living hell. it could be peace. you know, you can experience the highs and lows no matter where you are. >> unit two is death row. currently we have 92 inmates here at this site. >> we monitor everything by camera to see who is standing there. if you dont recognize them, an officer will go back there and see who it is. >> in the past 45 years, tennessee has only executed one person. but that statistic doesnt give false hope to those l...

Riverbend maximum security prison houses most of tennessees death row inmates. >> life on death row, just what you make of it. it could be a living hell. it could be peace. you know, you can experience the highs and lows no matter where you are. >> unit two is death row. currently we have 92 inmates here at this site. >> we monitor everything by camera to see who is standing there. if you dont recognize them, an officer will go back there and see who it is. >> in the past 45 years, tennessee has...

And the regulators are telling there is in location. and, now, that happened open tuesday evening, in unit three, behind me there are actually three reactors, the first was shut down years ago and used for storage. unit two, and the information has just come out, shut down for maintenance. and one tube on tuesday night, as thin as a dime, the membrane, it burst and what happens, the tubes have cold water run over them, clean, and tubes are heated to steam to create power and the tube burst and t...

Explosion is still a possibility. michio kaku is from the university of new york, and author of physics of the future, how science will shape human destiny and i guess were getting a good taste of this, because its certainly affecting the way were thinking ahead, michio. why do you think an explosion is still possible here at this plant? >> we had two setback, first of all the spent fuel pond is bailing -- boiling, the zir conum cloud interacts with water and israels energy like fireworks, talki...