The companies remain saddled with cumbersome contracts with the UAW that make work rules and plant procedures a constant challenge.
Southern California Edison wants to change the plant's federal operating rules to permit the Unit 2 reactor to run at no more than 70 percent power, which company engineers and consultants believe will limit unusual tube wear.
But he said odours had emanated from the plant a few weeks ago but were 'very mild indeed' and the plant was operating strictly to Environment Agengy rules.
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New rules imposed by the NRC require plant operators to install or improve venting systems to limit core damage in a serious accident and set up sophisticated equipment to monitor water levels in pools of spent nuclear fuel.
We described how relaxation of depreciation rules in the early 1990s led growers to plant excess acreage in Australian vineyards, producing a 40% hike in production and a massive grape glut.
Russia now wants new inspection rules in place before delivering nuclear fuel to the power plant it is building at Bushehr, on the Persian Gulf.
This will force between 32 and 68 of the dirtiest and oldest coal plants in the country to close over the next three years as the rules go into effect, according to an AP survey of power plant operators conducted late last year.
New licensing rules will approve reactor designs for construction anywhere, rather than requiring approval for each individual plant.
According to WTO rules, countries must either accept the WTO's stringent patent-protection regime for plant and animal products or set up their own systems for protection.
Johnson told them to start using the new rules, even though they haven't been finalized, when they're deciding if a plant violates the law.
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