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Nine Mile 3 Plans Put On Hold Because It Doesn’t Make Feds’ Cut For Loan Guarantees

December 8, 2009 Contributor

<p>The Nine Mile Point nuclear station, with Nine Mile 1 on the left and Nine Mile 2 and its signature cooling tower on the right. Photo Ã‚Â© Constellation Energy Group, Inc. 2008</p>

UniStar Nuclear, the company that wants to build four new nuclear plants, sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ask the agency to suspend its review of UniStar’s application for Nine Mile 3.

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Quarterly Siren Tests Scheduled for Nov. 2 – 6 in Oswego County

October 26, 2009 Contributor

The Oswego County Emergency Management Office announces that the system of emergency notification sirens surrounding the three nuclear power plants at Nine Mile Point will be tested during the week of Nov. 2 through 6. Each of the 37 individual sirens will be tested between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. between Monday, Nov. 2, and Thursday, Nov. 5.

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Oswego County Conducts ‘Successful’ Federal Exercise Of Nuclear Plan

September 29, 2009 Contributor

A federally-evaluated exercise of Oswego CountyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Ã¢â‚¬Å“was very successful,Ã¢â‚¬Â said Rebecca Thomson of Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IIÃ¢â‚¬Ëœs Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program. Thomson announced the preliminary findings of the evaluation during a public meeting Sept. 25 at the Oswego County Joint Information Center.

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FEMA and NRC to Conduct Public Briefing Sept. 25

September 22, 2009 Contributor

Representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct a public briefing at the Joint Information Center, next to the Oswego County Airport on County Route 176 northeast of Fulton, at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, 2009.

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Renzi Calls Opponent’s Nuclear Flip A ‘Flop’

October 8, 2008 Contributor

State Senate candidate Dave Renzi today met with workers and toured an Oswego County nuclear plant that his opponent once wanted to close, and said his opponent’s spectacular flip-flop on nuclear power should raise voters’ doubts about his commitment to the future of jobs, clean energy and the region’s economy.

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Constellation Energy and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Confirm Merger Process on Track

October 2, 2008 Contributor

Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company today announced that the merger between the two parties is proceeding as outlined in the merger agreement entered into on September 19, 2008. Constellation operates the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in Scriba.

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Constellation EnergyÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Collects Food For Local Pantry

September 23, 2008 Contributor

Constellation Energy announced that employees at the companyÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station recently completed a food drive to benefit Oswego County residents.

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Owner Of Nine Mile Point Nuclear Plants To Sell

September 19, 2008 Contributor

With its stock price plunging, Constellation Energy agreed Thursday to sell itself to an energy company owned by one of the world’s greatest investors, Warren Buffett.Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â UPDATE: Assemblyman Will Barclay weighs in.

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McHugh Applauds Relicensing of FitzPatrick Nuclear Energy Plant

September 9, 2008 Contributor

Congressman John M. McHugh (R-Pierrepont Manor) applauded the Nuclear Regulatory CommissionÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s decision today to renew the operating license of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant for an additional 20 years.Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â Congressman McHugh is a strong proponent of nuclear energy and has called for additional nuclear facilities in New York and across the country.

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Statement from Assemblyman Will Barclay On FitzPatrick Relicensing

September 9, 2008 Contributor

I am pleased with the decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to renew the operating license for the James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Plant, operated by Entergy Nuclear.

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