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NRC approves rule to certify amended AP1000 reactor design; Chu: “an important milestone”

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Westinghouse submitted an application to amend the AP1000 on 27 May 2007. additional waste-water monitor tanks. additional waste-water monitor tanks. Vogtle Electric Generation Plant in Burke, Georgia. NRC’s technical review of the amendment request focused on ensuring the agency’s safety requirements have been met.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The winning project proposals (by award amount) are: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Georgia: $10,800,000. MARTA anticipates that the power produced by these photovoltaic panels will be sold to Georgia Power under their Distributed Generation Contract Program. The largest PV installation in Georgia. Of that, $26.5

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Ford to invest $1.8B in R&D in China

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In addition, for every car produced in China last year, the company sent 86% less waste to landfills compared to 2011, and used 19% less energy. In 2014 alone, Ford’s China manufacturing operations saved 160 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, enough to power more than 187,000 Chinese homes for a year.

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Enzymatic Process Converts Cellulosic Materials and Water into Hydrogen at Low Temperature; Close to Theoretical Yield of H2 From Glucose

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Researchers at Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the University of Georgia have produced hydrogen gas in a spontaneous, “one-pot” process using an enzyme cocktail, cellulosic materials from non-food sources, and water. Hydrogen production from cellodextrin and water by a synthetic enzymatic pathway.

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