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NEW YORK
30 April 1998 (Reuters)

After an April 9 incident
in which an employee was exposed to
high level radiation
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
issued a letter documenting Baltimore Gas & Electric's plan to
improve the radiation safety program at its Calvert Cliffs
power plant in Lusby
Maryland. BG&E has agreed to hire an
independent contractor to assess the quality and performance
of ongoing radiological control activities. These findings
will be given to the NRC.


NEW YORK
28 April 1998 (Reuters)

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it fined Boston
Edison Co for multiple safety-related violations at its 670
megawatt (MW) Pilgrim nuclear power station in Plymouth
Mass.
The violations
identified during three NRC inspections
conducted between May 1997 and January 1998
were level 3 and
4 in severity
based on a scale from level 1 to 4 with 1 being
the most severe
NRC said.

HARTFORD
Conn
28 April 1998 (Reuters)

Gov John Rowland will sign Connecticut's electric deregulation
measure into law on Wednesday. After several years of intense
debate
Connecticut's Senate and House of Representatives
passed the bill on April 15. House Bill 5005 promises a
10-percent reduction in electric bills beginning in the year
2000. Customers will also be able to select their power
provider at that time.
Several Connecticut lawmakers and citizens' groups opposed
the electricity deregulation bill because they felt it was an
undeserved bailout for Northeast.

WASHINGTON
28 April 1998 (Reuters)

Senate Energy Committee Chairman Frank Murkowski said if the
Clinton administration wants to pass legislation it must get
involved in the debate on electricity restructuring. He has
complained that Energy Secretary Federico Pena's decision to
leave the administration in June will make it difficult to
resolve a number of issues. He repeated that his committee
would hold hearings on the administration's plan once it
submits formal legislative language.

HARTFORD
Conn.
28 April 1998 (Reuters)

Northeast Utilities said it is reviewing its accounting with
the Securities and Exchange Commission for costs associated
with outages at the Millstone nuclear power plant.
Additionally the utility holding company said it anticipated a
June restart for the plant's Millstone 3 unit and a restart
later in the year for Millstone 2. No restart work is being
undertaken at Millstone 1. All three units of the Waterford

Conn.
plant have been off line for more than two years
because of safety concerns.

PARIS
28 April 1998 (AP)

According to a study released Saturday the peaks of the Alps
still contain radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear
disaster. Everyone who frequent the mountainous heights could
be at risk and should be warned
the report said. The
Paris-based Center for Research and Independent Information on
Radioactivity based its conclusions on tests conducted in 1996
and 1997 in the French
Italian
Swiss and Austrian Alps.


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