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- Top Pa. regulator threatens serious consequences for natural gas industry that ignores safety
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- NRC to consider allowing blended radioactive waste to be disposed of in Utah
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- Colo. Senate passes bill requiring uranium mines, mills to clean up nuclear waste
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- AP source: Obama to announce loan guarantee for 1st nuclear plant in US in nearly 3 decades
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- Utah to hear proposal for second low-level radioactive waste disposal facility in state
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