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After 2 months, Missouri nuclear plant remains shut down
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. â Ameren s nuclear power plant in central Missouri is not operating two months after an unplanned shutdown because a significant component had to be replaced, a spokesman for the utility said.
The Callaway Energy Center plant was shutdown Feb. 18 because of a generator problem, Ameren Missouri said.
Barry Cox, site vice president for Ameren Missouri, said the new component needs to be manufactured, installed and tested before the plant can be brought back online safely.
The plant had three unplanned shutdowns - also known as scrams - during the last three quarters of 2020. The scrams, combined with fewer normal hours of critical operation during the year, will result in more oversight from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The Jefferson City News-Tribune reported [newstribune.com].
Five people arrested in vandalism at Black Missouri church
February 2, 2021 GMT
TEBBETTS, Mo. (AP) Five suspects have been charged with burglary and property damage after an historically Black church in central Missouri was vandalized, Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism said.
The Oakley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tebbetts was damaged on Jan. 23. The church, which was founded by Black residents in 1878, has been rarely used for years.
Chism said the investigation so far has not uncovered evidence of a hate crime but the inquiry is continuing. He noted two abandoned homes in the same area also were vandalized Jan. 23, The Jefferson City News-Tribune reported.
By - Associated Press - Monday, January 25, 2021
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Officers who shot and killed a man in Jefferson City earlier this month will not face charges, Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson said Monday.
The officers who shot James Reising, 59, on Jan. 3 at a shopping center were acting to defend themselves and others, Thompson said.
Officers who responded to the Wildwood Crossings Shopping Center found Reising “extremely agitated” and holding a knife, Thompson said.
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