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Hundreds Seek Compensation in Japan Nuclear Crisis
May 22, 2013 9:21 am | by MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press | News | Comments
Nearly 700 residents from Hippo district in Japan's Miyagi prefecture, just northeast of Fukushima, filed a claim Tuesday with a government arbitration office demanding that they be given the same compensation as residents of Fukushima.
Solar Industry Pushes for More Use in Ga.
May 22, 2013 9:30 am | by RAY HENRY, Associated Press | News | Comments
The solar industry in Georgia is pushing a power monopoly to expand its use of solar energy as...
NRC Will Discuss Safety Assessment of SC Nuclear Plant
May 22, 2013 9:25 am | News | Comments
Federal nuclear regulators are meeting with managers from Westinghouse Electric Co. to talk...
Coast Guard Begins Drill Barge Grounding Inquiry
May 22, 2013 9:23 am | by DAN JOLING, Associated Press | News | Comments
The grounding of a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge off a remote Alaska island began with a...
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Protesters Rally at FirstEnergy Meeting in W.Va.
May 22, 2013 9:40 am | by VICKI SMITH, Associated Press | News | CommentsAt least 200 union workers picketed FirstEnergy Corp.'s annual shareholder meeting in West Virginia on Tuesday, demanding the Ohio-based utility hire enough people to keep the power on without forcing an ever-shrinking labor force to work as many as 1,800 hours of overtime a year.
Ill. House Committee OKs Fracking Regulatory Bill
May 22, 2013 9:36 am | by REGINA GARCIA CANO, Associated Press | News | CommentsA proposal that aims to create thousands of jobs in southern Illinois by kick-starting high-volume oil and gas drilling while regulating the hydraulic fracturing industry cleared the House Executive Committee Tuesday in an 11-0 vote, sending it on to the House floor.
Agitator Seal
May 21, 2013 4:20 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe ChemSeal™, from Chemineer, Inc., is designed specifically for agitator service. ChemSeal is a true agitator seal featuring high runout, reverse rotation and reverse pressure capability.
Self-Contained Aqueous Cleaning System
May 21, 2013 4:13 pm | Product Releases | CommentsWATER/WASTEWATER: MecWash Systems introduces the Duo 400 -- a compact, fully automatic and self-contained aqueous cleaning system that meets the highest “visually clean and dry” cleanliness and inspection standards. Ideal for cell-manufacturing or within a centralized layout, the Duo 400 measures just 60” (W) x 64” (D) x 89” (H) so it occupies a small footprint.
PVC Hose
May 21, 2013 4:04 pm | Product Releases | CommentsWATER/WASTEWATER: New Age Industries, Inc.'s nylobrade braid-reinforced PVC hose is manufactured from a PVC compound free of DEHP and other plasticizers. The compound also meets California Proposition 65 and helps customers meet regulations involving DEHP and other known cancer-causing chemicals.
Food Safety Update: Developing a HACCP Plan
May 21, 2013 12:45 pm | by Krystal Gabert, Editor | Articles | CommentsThe Food Safety Update section of Food Manufacturing is designed to offer our readers insight into the state of food safety concerns across the industry. We received hundreds of responses to April’s survey on developing a HACCP plan.
Patent Awarded for Wastewater Treatment in Oil & Gas Production
May 21, 2013 12:39 pm | Articles | CommentsWATER/WASTEWATER: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a formal Notice of Allowance for a fifth patent to treat industrial wastewaters including those that are produced during the exploration and production of oil and natural gas.
Practical Advice for Virtualizing Your Manufacturing Applications
May 21, 2013 10:48 am | by Frank Hill, Director of Manufacturing Business Development, Stratus Technologies | Articles | CommentsVirtualization, the practice of using a software layer to let one physical computing server run multiple applications on virtual machines, enables manufacturers to maximize their return on hardware investments while conserving precious real estate on the plant floor.
Agri Beef Opens New Biogas Plant
May 21, 2013 10:41 am | Articles | CommentsWATER/WASTEWATER: Agri Beef Co.'s processing facility, Washington Beef, has built a new biogas plant which captures methane from an anaerobic lagoon which is part of the plant's water treatment system. The biogas is used in the company’s steam boilers displacing nearly 20 percent of the facility’s natural gas needs.
Schweitzer Elected Chairman of Stillwater Board
May 21, 2013 8:19 am | by MATT GOURAS & MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press | News | CommentsFormer Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Monday that he is "focused like a laser" on improving the Stillwater Mining Co. after being elected chairman of the board — but he also isn't ruling out a potential U.S. Senate run, saying he's good at "keeping a couple of balls in the air."
Families Sue Whirlpool Over Ohio Cancer Cluster
May 21, 2013 8:10 am | by JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe wait for answers is far from over for parents who for years have lived with the worry of not knowing what's behind the mysterious cancers that have sickened dozens of children in a rural area of northern Ohio. Despite a federal civil lawsuit that points toward a possible cause, the issue is far from settled.
Firm to Appeal Nuclear Plant Whistleblower Case
May 21, 2013 8:07 am | by ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press | News | CommentsAn engineering firm accused of firing a whistleblower for reporting unsafe conditions at an eastern Kansas nuclear power plant plans to appeal the ruling by federal regulators, the firm said Monday.
Alaska Unveils Plan to Assess Gas, Oil in ANWR
May 21, 2013 8:05 am | by BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press | News | CommentsAlaska has unveiled a plan to determine the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's oil and gas potential, as the state looks to reinvigorate the debate over whether to drill on the refuge's coastal plain.
FirstEnergy Defends $1B Power Plant Deal
May 21, 2013 8:03 am | by VICKI SMITH, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe $1.1 billion cost of selling a coal-fired power plant from one FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiary to another is "a reasonable price for protection" against the more expensive option of buying electricity on the spot market to meet demand in West Virginia, a utility executive said Monday.
Coal Operator Plans 7 Mines in Eastern Kentucky
May 21, 2013 8:01 am | by BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press | News | CommentsA longtime coal operator plans to open seven mines in the heart of the eastern Kentucky coalfields in a venture expected to create more than 250 jobs in a hard-pressed region where several thousand mining jobs have disappeared in recent years.
