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Predator Drone manufacturer thwarted by wooden pallets over toxic pond

By | 08.10.11 | 3:24 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Rather than seek an appropriate technological solution, managers of a decommissioned uranium processing mill near Cañon City want the state to let them stop testing a radioactive holding pond because wooden pallets used to cross the pond are sinking into the toxic mud.

Nuclear Industry Donations Target Moderate Dems

By | 07.24.09 | 11:58 am

Nuclear power is courting some new friends as it pushes for government subsidies in the sweeping climate bill being debated in the Senate.

For the last decade, the biggest players in the nuclear industry lent most of their financial backing to Republican candidates and lawmakers, who have been the strongest More…