The Nine Mile One and Two nuclear plants. Image courtesy of and copyright Constellation Energy.
Oswego Daily News

Nine Mile Point Unit 2 Returns to Full Power

Operators returned Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 2 to full power this morning (May 7), following a planned refueling outage that started on April 11. While the unit was offline, skilled technicians replaced nearly one-third of the reactor’s fuel and performed thousands of inspections and maintenance activities.

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Oswego Daily News

Council Poised To Reconsider Herbicide Vote

Last month, the council voted 5-1-1 to move $12,000 from the Contingency Fund to the 440 Contracted Services Garage Fund for weed control at Wright’s Landing, City Hall, East Linear Park, DPW Garage, east and west side fire stations, Legends Fields and all city parks. Following a public outcry, the vote is being reconsidered.

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Oswego Daily News

Benefits of Keeping Upstate Nuclear Plants open Surpass Costs

The New York State Public Service Commission held a technical conference in Albany Wednesday (May 4) on the costs of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed Clean Energy Standard (CES), which reinforced that the benefits of keeping upstate nuclear energy plants open far outweigh the costs of implementing the nuclear tier of the CES.

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Oswego Daily News

Julian Ross Memorial Shamrock Kids Run and 5K set May 14

Children in grades K – 6 and runners of all ages are invited to run in the inaugural Julian Ross Memorial Shamrock Run on May 14. Start and finish are at the Kingsford Park Elementary School. All proceeds from the event will go the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. The race is being held on what would have been Julian’s eleventh birthday.

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