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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 already a push to pass legislation that could see Illinois customers paying more. © Chris Walker/Chicago...

QRC student wins Barbados schol Monday 15 March 2021 Queen's 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 Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE). Ilijah Corbin received the Barbados exhibition, the equivalent o...

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 that the existing damage to their primary containment chambers was worsened by Saturday’s magnitu...

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 at two of the three reactors, adding to concerns…

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 had melted and fell to the bottom of the reactors following the March 2011 tsunami and earthquake. The...