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President Bush, center, tours the control room of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant with Mayo Shattuck, chairman, president, and CEO of Constellation Energy, left, and Eric Nehf, control room operator, right, in Lusby, Md., Wednesday, June 22, 2005. President Bush later spoke about energy and economic security at the facility. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)	President Bush, left, tours the control room of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant with Mike Wallace, President of Constellation Generation, right, and Mayo Shattuck, chairman, president, and CEO of Constellation Energy, center, in Lusby, Md., Wednesday, June 22, 2005. President Bush later spoke about energy and economic security at the facility. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Bush greets supervisor Paul Leturno, right, during a tour of the control room of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby, Md., Wednesday, June 22, 2005. President Bush later spoke about energy and economic security at the facility. With Bush are Mike Wallace, President of Constellation Generation, rear right, and Mayo Shattuck, chairman, president, and CEO of Constellation Energy, rear left. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)	President Bush, second right, tours the turbine room of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant with, from right to left: Mike Wallace, President of Constellation Generation; Mayo Shattuck, chairman, president, and CEO of Constellation Energy; and Energy Secretary Sam Bodman; in Lusby, Md., Wednesday, June 22, 2005. President Bush later spoke about energy and economic security at the facility. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
The remains of a cooling tower from the decommissioned Trojan nuclear power plant is shown after it was imploded near Rainier, Ore., Sunday, May 21, 2006. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Bruce Ely) ** NO MAGS NO SALES ONLINE OUT **	In this photo released by Holtec International, dry cask storage units are seen at the James A. Fitzpatrick nuclear power plant in Scriba, N.Y., in this undated photo. The Vermont Public Service Board approved "dry cask storage," of spent nuclear fuel at Vermont Yankee, lifting the threat that running out of room in its existing spent fuel storage pool would cause the plant to close by 2008.(AP Photo/Holtec International) ** NO SALES **
** FILE ** Engineers test a reactor's control panel at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant control room in Chernobyl, Ukraine, March 20, 1996. On April 26, 1986, chaos prevailed throughout the plant, as one of Chernobyl's four reactors blew up in the world's worst nuclear disaster. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)	An aerial view of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Wednesday, April 26, 2006. On Wednesday, Ukraine marks the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which spread radiation over much of northern Europe. (AP Photo/Mykola Lazorenko, Pool)
Russian President Vladimir Putin toasts, left, with men who were drafted to clean up the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion in Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, April 25, 2006. The world marks the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear tragedy on Wednesday April 26, 2006. (AP Photo/ Mikhail Metzel, pool )	A cemetery of radioactive vehicles is seen near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in this Nov.10, 2000, photo. Some 1,350 Soviet military helicopters, buses, bulldozers, tankers, transporters, fire engines and ambulances were used while fighting against the April 26, 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukrainian children suffering from cancer, listen to music at the children's hospital in Kiev Tuesday, April 18, 2006. Greenpeace said Tuesday in a new report that more than 90,000 people were likely to die of cancers caused by radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, countering a United Nations report that predicted the death toll would be around 4,000. The differing conclusions underline the contentious uncertainty that remains about the health effects of the world's worst nuclear accident as its 20th anniversary approaches. The world will mark the 20th anniversary this month of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent a radioactive cloud across Europe. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)	Ukrainian students try on gas masks as part of a safety drill in a school in Rudniya, just outside the Chernobyl contamination zone, Monday, April 3, 2006. The world will mark the 20th anniversary this month of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent a radioactive cloud across Europe.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A control room of the third unit of the nuclear power plant in Kozloduy, Bulgaria, is seen on this undated photo from June 2003. (AP Photo/Dimitar Deinov)	The generator section of the fifth unit of the nuclear power plant in Kozloduy, Bulkgaria, is seen on this undated photo from June 2003. (AP Photo/Dimitar Deinov)
A view of the Temelin nuclear power plant near South Bohemian city of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Thursday, March 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)	The undated file photo from June 2003 shows a general view of the nuclear power plant in Kozloduy, Bulgaria. (AP Photo/Dimitar Deinov)
Oi Nuclear power plant is seen in this aerial view in Fukui, western Japan, Wednesday, March 22, 2006. Smoke poured out of a waste disposal facility between the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Oi power plant in Fukui this evening, according to local government official Hiroaki Fujiuchi. Firefighters were still battling a fire that broke out at a nuclear power plant facility in western Japan on Wednesday, but no radiation leakage was reported, officials said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT **	Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant in Genkai town in southern Japan , shown in this Jan. 8, 2006 photo, is expected to start using fuel made from weapons-grade plutonium in 2010 after local authorities accepted central government assurances about its safety and offered their approval, officials said Sunday, March 26, 2006. MOX fuel, a mixture of plutonium oxide and uranium oxide, will be introduced in its No. 3 reactor, bottom left. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Yukio Kawashima) ** JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT **
**FILE**A technician checks the control panel at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vt., in this Dec. 1997 file photo. Federal regulators are expected to make a final decision whether to allow the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant to increase its power output by 20 percent. Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission also are set to hold the first public informational meeting on their pending review of the plant's application to renew its license for 20 additional years. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)	** FILE ** Part of Qinshan No. 2 Nuclear Power Plant, China's first self-designed and self-built national commercial nuclear power plant, is seen through a Chinese style decoration in Qinshan, about 125 kilometers (about 90 miles) southwest of Shanghai, China in this photo Friday, June 10, 2005. China has made ensuring stable energy supplies a top priority for economic planning, Ma Songde, vice minister of science and technology said Monday in an address to a conference on energy cooperation with the European Union. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file)

15 March 2005

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Bellefonte Nuclear Plant
This is a photo, date unknown, of the Tennessee Valley Authority's incomplete Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Scottsboro, Ala. TVA and other nuclear vendors have applied for matching funds from the Department of Energy to study how much it would cost to build a next-generation reactor at the station. Construction was halted indefinitely in 1988 because of rising costs and no immediate need for its power. (AP Photo/TVA)
Big Rock Point
The Big Rock Point nuclear plant near Charlevoix, Mich., shown in this undated photo, is the nation's oldest and longest running commercial nuclear plant. The plant was scheduled to shut down May 31, 2000. However, plant owner Consumers Energy has decided to shut the plant down Aug. 30, 1997, for economic reasons. (AP Photo/Petoskey News-Review, G. Randall Goss)
Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant
The Tennessee Valley Authority-run Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant, in Athens, Ala., is seen Tuesday, March 26, 2002. Four electricians at Browns Ferry nuclear power plant who were burned by a high-powered electrical malfunction were listed in satisfactory condition Wednesday at a hospital burn unit in Birmingham. No radioactivity was released in the incident. (AP Photo/The News-Courier, Jeremiah Koenders)
Byron Nuclear Power Plant
Commonwealth Edison's nuclear power plant in Bryon, Ill., looms large Thursday, May 30, 1996, in this picturesque town of about 5,000. The huge property tax base provided by the plant since it moved there in the 1970s has benefited the town, especially the Bryon School District. A state tax board ruled recently that the plant was over assessed from 1989 to 1992 which could mean an end to the prosperity the town has enjoyed. The ruling mat force the taxing bodies that benefited to pay Commonwealth Edison a multi-million dollar refund. Some estimates say the school district alone could owe the utility $30 million. (AP Photo/Michael S. Green)
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant
This is a general view of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Lusby, Md., taken June 21, 1995. In the pristine hills that shelter the Chesapeake Bay, executives at the power plant are quietly mapping out the future of nuclear power.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)	The Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby, Md., shown here Thursday, Friday, Feb. 28, 2002, is within 50 miles of Washington, D.C., and has been under tight security every since Sept. 11th. People who live close to the facility have mixed feelings about the risk it poses and will been given potassium iodide pills to protect them from radiation leaks in the event of a terrorist attack or any other accident should it happen. (AP Photo/ Matt Houston)
Catawba Nuclear Power Station
Power lines carry electricity from the turbine room at the Duke Catawba Nuclear Power Station near York, S.C., Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. The concrete moat under construction at the station south of Charlotte has little to do with the utility's plans to start burning mixed-oxide fuel containing small amounts of weapons-grade plutonium next spring. Designed to prevent everything from passenger cars to military tanks from getting too close to the reactor, the moat is part of a post-Sept 11, 2001, security upgrade under way at the plant. Still, company officials surely wouldn't mind if the barricade also kept away angry environmental groups who claim that mixed-oxide fuel, or MOX, is potentially dangerous and could make the nuclear plant a target for terrorists.(AP Photo/Nell Redmond)	Steam rises from the cooling towers at Duke Catawba Nuclear Power Station near York, S.C., Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. The concrete moat under construction at the station south of Charlotte has little to do with the utility's plans to start burning mixed-oxide fuel containing small amounts of weapons-grade plutonium next spring. Designed to prevent everything from passenger cars to military tanks from getting too close to the reactor, the moat is part of a post-Sept 11, 2001, security upgrade under way at the plant. Still, company officials surely wouldn't mind if the barricade also kept away angry environmental groups who claim that mixed-oxide fuel, or MOX, is potentially dangerous and could make the nuclear plant a target for terrorists. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Duke Catawba Nuclear Power Station's spent fuel pool is seen at the nuclear plant near York, S.C., Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. Used uranium is cooled and stored in the pool. The concrete moat under construction at the station south of Charlotte has little to do with the utility's plans to start burning mixed-oxide fuel containing small amounts of weapons-grade plutonium next spring. Designed to prevent everything from passenger cars to military tanks from getting too close to the reactor, the moat is part of a post-Sept 11, 2001, security upgrade under way at the plant. Still, company officials surely wouldn't mind if the barricade also kept away angry environmental groups who claim that mixed-oxide fuel, or MOX, is potentially dangerous and could make thenuclear plant a target for terrorists. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)	The Duke Catawba Nuclear Power Station's spent fuel pool is seen at the nuclear plant near York, S.C., Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. Used uranium is cooled and stored in the pool. The concrete moat under construction at the station south of Charlotte has little to do with the utility's plans to start burning mixed-oxide fuel containing small amounts of weapons-grade plutonium next spring. Designed to prevent everything from passenger cars to military tanks from getting too close to the reactor, the moat is part of a post-Sept 11, 2001, security upgrade under way at the plant. Still, company officials surely wouldn't mind if the barricade also kept away angry environmental groups who claim that mixed-oxide fuel, or MOX, is potentially dangerous and could makethe nuclear plant a target for terrorists. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Mike Glover, station manager at the Duke Catawba Nuclear Power Station, stands by a large turbine on the turbine floor at the nuclear plant near York, S.C., Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. The concrete moat under construction at the station south of Charlotte has little to do with the utility's plans to start burning mixed-oxide fuel containing small amounts of weapons-grade plutonium next spring. Designed to prevent everything from passenger cars to military tanks from getting too close to the reactor, the moat is part of a post-Sept 11, 2001, security upgrade under way at the plant. Still, company officials surely wouldn't mind if the barricade also kept away angry environmental groups who claim that mixed-oxide fuel, or MOX, is potentially dangerous and could make the nuclear plant a target for terrorists. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)	Mike Glover, station manager at the Duke Catawba Nuclear Power Station, stands above the spent fuel pool at the plant near York, S.C., Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. Used uranium is cooled and stored in the pool. The concrete moat under construction at the station south of Charlotte has little to do with the utility's plans to start burning mixed-oxide fuel containing small amounts of weapons-grade plutonium next spring. Designed to prevent everything from passenger cars to military tanks from getting too close to the reactor, the moat is part of a post-Sept 11, 2001, security upgrade under way at the plant. Still, company officials surely wouldn't mind if the barricade also kept away angry environmental groups who claim that mixed-oxide fuel, or MOX, is potentially dangerous and could make the nuclear plant a target for terrorists. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Clinton Nuclear Power Plant
The Illinois Power Nuclear Power Plant in Clinton, Ill., is shown on Saturday, Nov. 23, 1996. A mechanical failure forced the shutdown of the reactor on Sept. 5, 1996. Since the accident and a refueling of the reactor, the plant has been offline over 80 days, with no plans to bring it back online before the end of the year. (AP Photo/Mark Cowan)	The spent fuel rod pool inside the Clinton Nuclear Power Plant in Clinton, Ill., is shown on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1996. The water in the pool acts as a shield against radiation from the used uranium rods. The reactor was shut down due to an equipment malfunction Sept. 5, 1996. (AP Photo/Mark Cowan)
Charles S. Williamson, security manager Exelon Generation Company, right, talks to a worker next to rows of 55,000-pound concrete blocks, that act as barriers to vehicular attack, Monday, Oct. 25, 2004, at the Clinton Power Station in Clinton, Ill. New post-9/11 federal rules designed to protect nuclear reactors from terrorist assaults have lead to the sprouting of seven 20-foot-high tan-colored guard towers which now ring the station. (AP Photo/Herald & Review, Carlos T. Miranda)	Robert S. Bement, site vice president for Exelon Generation Company, talks to the media Monday, Oct. 25, 2004, at the Clinton Power Station in Clinton, Ill. New post-9/11 federal rules designed to protect nuclear reactors from terrorist assaults have lead to the sprouting of seven 20-foot-high tan-colored guard towers which now ring the station. (AP Photo/Herald & Review, Carlos T. Miranda)
James Pauley, iron worker with Christy-Foltz, works on a watch tower, Monday, Oct. 25, 2004, at the Clinton Power Station in Clinton, Ill. Nuclear power stations across the nation are generating tougher security measures to meet new rules imposed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the agency that controls the civilian nuclear power industry. (AP Photo/Herald & Review, Carlos T. Miranda)
Columbia Generating Station
Steam vents from the Washington Public Power Supply System's No. 2 Reactor, the region's only operating nuclear power plant, on a cool evening Nov. 15, 1996 at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Wash. A committee of energy experts recommended today that the Bonneville Power Administration cut its budget by $159 million a year and consider closing the reactor. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)	Steam rises from Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station, Washington state's only nuclear power plant, near Richland, Wash., on Tuesday, April 8, 2003. This week the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that homes, schools, and child-care centers within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant keep supplies of Potassium iodide pills on hand in the event of accidental radiation release. Potassium iodide can help block harmful radiation from damaging the thyroid which is especially crucial to growing children. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston)
Employees at Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station near Richland, Wash., are required to go through an explosives detector and a x-ray machine Monday, Feb. 11, 2002, before going into critical areas of the nuclear power plant. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston)
Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (decommissioned)
A 300-ton electrical transformer, removed from the Connecticut Yankee nuclear power plant, is towed on the Connecticut River in Haddam Neck, Conn., Friday, Oct. 1, 1999. The transformer is to be shipped on the barge to North Carolina. The power plant, part of which is visible behind the barge, is in the process of being decommissioned. (AP Photo/Bob Child)	This is an undated handout photo of the Connecticut Yankee nuclear power plant in Haddam Neck, Conn. Gov. John G. Rowland said at a news conference in his office at the state Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1997, that dangerous radiation leaked from the plant in 1978 and 1989 after fuel mishaps. (AP Photo/HO)
Cooper Nuclear Power Station
In this photo released by the Nebraska Public Power District, a heavy-haul truck pulls a steam turbine across a bridge on Monday, Dec. 20, 2004, enroute to Cooper Nuclear Power Station in Brownville, Neb. The turbine is one of two that will be installed at Cooper to make the plant safer, officials say. (AP Photo/Nebraska Public Power District)
Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant
Armed with an M-16 rifle, Citrus County Sheriff's Deputy Joseph Casola stands guard outside Florida Power's Crystal River Energy Complex, which includes a nuclear power plant, Wednesday afternoon Oct. 31, 2001 in Crystal River, Fla. Power plants around the coutry are on a heightened sense of security after the FBI announced a possible terrorist attack in the coming days. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station
The Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station on the shore of Lake Erie near Port Clinton, Ohio, is shown in this undated file photo. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has cited FirstEnergy Corp. for providing false information about paint inside the reactor building at its Davis-Besse nuclear plant six years ago. The federal agency determined Davis-Besse officials incorrectly reported in 1998 that the paint was safe and unlikely to come off in the event of an accident, James L. Caldwell, a regional administrator for the commission, said in a letter sent to the company on Friday, May 7, 2004. (AP Photo/FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company)	This undated photo shows corrosion on the reactor lid at the Davis-Besse nuclear plant in Toledo, Ohio. The corroded reactor head of the plant would have been able to withstand more pressure than normal and continue operating safely for several months beyond the time that the plant was shut down, federal regulators said Tuesday, May 4, 2004. (AP Photo/The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Houses stand near the cooling tower of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant in Carroll Township near Oak Harbor, Ohio, March 12, 2002. An acid leak had eaten a 6-inch deep hole in the reactor's steel safety cover. The damage was the most extensive corrosion ever at a U.S. nuclear reactor and led to a nationwide review of all 69 similar plants. Two plants, one in Tennessee and another in Texas, have found leaks and a small amount of corrosion on the reactor heads.Lawmakers say at issue is whether the Nuclear Regulator Commission bowed to pressure from FirstEnergy Corp. and allowed the utility to keep Davis-Besse operating despite concerns about the reactor lid. (AP Photo/Sandusky Register, Tim Fleck)	Workmen swarm around a new reactor head in the refueling pool at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station near Port Clinton, Ohio, in this December 2002, file photo. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission miscalculated the risk to the public of letting the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant continue to run with suspected reactor leaks, according to a report to be released Tuesday, May 18, 2004. (AP Photo/FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company)
Environmental and Chemistry Manager Patrick McCloskey crouches while looking at the clean floor next to the turbine and generator unit at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, Friday, Feb, 27, 2004. The power station has been shut down for two years while the reactor head was replaced due to corrosion damage. It is now up to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to authorize a restart. (AP Photo/Daniel Miller)	Lew Meyers, the head of First Energy's nuclear division, stands in front of the newly replaced reactor head in the containment vessel at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, Friday, Feb, 27, 2004. The power station has been shut down for two years while the reactor head was replaced due to corrosion damage. It is now up to the Nuclear Regulatory Comission to authorize a restart. (AP Photo/Daniel Miller)
Project Manager John O'Neill explains the purpose of the upgraded #1 High Pressure Injection Pump at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, Friday, Feb, 27, 2004. The injection pumps are part of a safety backup coolant system to be used in the event of a cooling accident. The power station has been shut down for two years while the reactor head was replaced due to corrosion. (AP Photo/Daniel Miller)	The newly replaced reactor head sits in the containment vessel at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, Friday, Feb, 27, 2004. The power station has been shut down for two years while the reactor head was replaced due to corrosion damage. It is now up to the Nuclear Regulatory Comission to authorize a restart. (AP Photo/Daniel Miller)
Vince Vassello, left, Ron Purk and Greg Walter, right, man the control room at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, Friday, Feb, 27, 2004. The power station has been shut down for two years while the reactor head was replaced due to corrosion damage. Repairs have been completed and it is now up to the Nuclear Regulatory Comission to authorize a restart. (AP Photo/Daniel Miller)	A painted American flag adorns the dome of the containment vessel at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, Friday, Feb, 27, 2004. The flag was painted at the same time the acre-sized dome was stripped and recoated. The power station has been shut down for two years while the reactor head was replaced due to corrosion damage. (AP Photo/Daniel Miller)
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant located South of Morro Bay, Calif. is shown in a May 1995 photo. Owner Pacific Gas and Electric will have to pay a $14 million fine for environmental reporting problems at the plant. At the lower left of the photo is the water outfall from the power plant into Diablo Cove. The plant pumps 2.5 billion gallons of water for cooling each day. (AP Photo/Telegram-Tribune)	The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is shown April 12, 2001, near San Luis Obispo, Calif. The Sierra Club has sued the Bush administration, alleging the federal government has failed to address security risks at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on the Central California coast. (AP Photo/Phil Klein, File)
Duane Arnold Nuclear Power Plant
Dry cask storage modules are set in place at the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa in this undated handout photo. Workers at Iowa's only nuclear power plant, have begun transferring spent fuel rods from inside the plant to a new, $14 million concrete storage complex. (AP Photo/Duane Arnold Energy Center via the Cedar Rapids Gazette, handout)	** FILE ** A Duane Arnold Energy Center worker walks past a monitor with a view of the nuclear reactor's core at the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo, Iowa, April 7, 2003. The majority owner of Iowa's only nuclear power plant announced Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004, that it plans to sell its stake in the Duane Arnold Energy Center. Iowa Power and Light Co., a subsidiary of Madison, Wis.-based Alliant Energy Corp., owns 70 percent of the plant. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Kevin Wolf, File)
** FILE ** Technical experts conduct an inspection of the nuclear reactor's vessel components on the refueling floor of the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo, Iowa, April 7, 2003. The majority owner of Iowa's only nuclear power plant announced Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004, that it plans to sell its stake in the Duane Arnold Energy Center. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Kevin Wolf, File)	The spent fuel pool at the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, is seen in this 1995 file photo. The Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa's only nuclear plant, was taken out of service on Sunday, May 19, 2002, to repair condenser tubes in the circulating water system. The plant generates 580 megawatts of electricity, enough to serve an estimated 432,000 homes. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Lisa Powell, File)
Fermi II Nuclear Power Plant
Shown is an undated file photo of the Detroit Edison Fermi II Nuclear Power Plant in Frenchtown Township, Mich. President Bush's energy policies have done little to change the minds of Michigan Republicans and Democrats when it comes to drilling for oil and natural gas in the Great Lakes. Public opinion is strongly in favor of protecting the Great Lakes and nuclear power is one of the energy sources that needs to be explored. (AP Photo/The Monroe Evening News, Jeff Brush)
James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant
New York State's James A. Fitzpatrick nuclear power plant in Scriba, N.Y., is seen in this Aug. 13, 1991, file photograph. The New York Power Authority doles out "economic development power" from the Fitzpatrick plant to companies that promise to create jobs in the state. (AP Photo/Michael Okoniewski)
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station
The Grand Gulf Nuclear Station near Port Gibson, Miss., owned by Entergy Nuclear, is shown in 1982. The non-regulated subsidiary of New Orleans-based Entergy Corp., is proceeding with an ambitious plan to buy even more reactors, most of them in the northeastern United States. (AP Photo/File)
Hanford Nuclear Reservation
This is a World War II photo of the historic "B Reactor" at Hanford, Wash., which was the world's first plutonium production reactor. The Hanford nuclear reservation sits along the Colulmbia River. (AP Photo/ho)	The Fast Flux Test Facility on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash., shown here in a February, 1990, Department of Energy file photo, was scheduled for shutdown in April, 1990. Many U.S. nuclear weapons production and storage centers are vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, and floods, government scientists warn. (AP Photo/Files)
** FILE ** The SX Tank Farm at Hanford Nuclear Reservation, near Yakima, Wash., is shown under construction in this 1953 file photo. Scientists have discovered bacteria living in the toxic sediment beneath underground tanks that have leaked radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation, home to some of the most highly contaminated soil in the world. (AP Photo/Courtesy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, File)	Steve Bolt repairs an electrical cord at the "tank farms" on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash., on Tuesday, March 23, 2004. Bolt and more than 800 others who work at the tank farms, where about 53 million gallons of radioactive waste is stored in 177 underground tanks, are given the option of wearing respirators depending on the location and nature of their work. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston)
The now idled nuclear reactor at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation sits on the bank of the Columbia River near Richland, Wash., on Aug. 5, 1997. This area of the river, known as the Hanford Reach, is the last free-flowing stretch of the Columbia River. A national conservation group names the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River in Washington state the most endangered river in North America and urged the Clinton administration to create a 90,000-acre refuge to protect it. (AP Photo/Louie Balukoff)
Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station
The Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station releases steam in this Friday, July 12, 2002, file photo, in Lower Alloways Creek, N.J. The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission is inspecting the plant to determine what caused a steam pipe to rupture inside, forcing operators to shut the reactor down Sunday night. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price, File)
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
High level nuclear materials such as spent fuel assemblies from navy vessels are stored in containers at the bottom of this deep pool prior to processing in this Oct. 1995 file photo at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory located in the desert west of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Later this July, a freighter en route from South Korea will slip through San Francisco's Golden Gate and travel to Idaho on a train carrying three casks containing highly enriched uranium, the key ingredient toa nuclear bomb. (AP Photo/Robert Bower, Post Register)
Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
This is an undated aerial view of Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan, N.Y. New York state is home to six operating nuclear plants, four owned by utilities and two run by the New York Power Authority. They provided nearly a quarter of the electricity generated in New York state in 1996. Power produced by a well-run nuclear plant is cheap, but construction overruns and regulatory costs add to the expense of many reactors. (AP Photo/New York Power Authority)	** FILE **A leak in a steam generator causes steam to rise from the Con Edison Indian Point 2 nuclear power plant in Buchanan, N.Y., in this Feb. 15, 2000 file photo. Emergency planning around the Indian Point nuclear power plants is inadequate to "protect the people from an unacceptable dose of radiation," according to an independent report to Gov. George Pataki. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)
A "fleet" of rubber ducks are tied to a pier in the Hudson River as the Indian point nuclear power plant is seen in the background in Peekskill, NY, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2004. Opponents of the plant launched the fleet of giant rubber ducks into the shallows of the Hudson River to illustrate that the threat of terrorism at the plants makes New Yorkers "sitting ducks." (AP Photo/HO, Riverkeeper)
Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant
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Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
This is the 2X II, one of two major controlled thermonuclear fusion experiments at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, where scientist ware working in an attempt to harness nuclear fusion energy Jan.4,1974 at Livermore,Calif. Scientsits said if successful, the harnessing of nuclear fusion energy finally could bring earth a clean inexhaustable and relatively safe electricity source. (AP Photo)
Limerick Nuclear Generating Station
Clouds spew from a cooling tower at PECO's nuclear generating station in Limerick, Pa., Friday, Oct. 10, 1997. A fire did minor damage to a non-nuclear section of the Limerick nuclear plant during a test of the backup generators, Thursday, Oct. 9, 1997. (AP Photo/George Widman)	Clouds spew from a cooling tower at PECO's nuclear generating station in Limerick, Pa., in this Feb. 14, 1997, file photo. A fire did minor damage to a non-nuclear section of the Limerick nuclear plant during a test of the backup generators, Thursday, Oct. 9, 1997. (AP Photo/George Widman, file)
Steam rises from the cooling towers of PECO's nuclear power plant near Limerick, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 23, 1999. Unicom Corp., parent of Commonwealth Edison Co., says it is merging with PECO Energy Co. of Pennsylvania to create what the companies say will be the nation's largest electric utility.(AP Photo/George Widman)
Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (decommissioned)
Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Wiscassett, Maine, as seen in this October 1994 file photo taken from the air. Improperly vented radioactive gas reached an area of the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant where people were working, Wednesday, October,30, 1996, federal regulators reported. The exposure was a result of a faulty damper in the plant's ventilation system. Gas sampled from the reactor coolant system was accidentally vented into the spent fuel pool area. Bill Olsen, an inspector for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission stationed at the plant, said the gas posed no health threat to the public or the workers. (AP Photo/The Times Record,Gary Bonaccorso,File)	The Maine Yankee nuclear power plant is seen Tuesday, April 14, 1998 in Wiscasset, Maine. Officials from the plant are meeting with federal regulators investigating several posssible violations. The plant was shut down permanently last August after many safety and maintenance problems. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Maine Yankee nuclear power plant, shown in Wisscasset Maine in this October 12, 1994 photo from files, will reportedly be prepared for possible reduced power output, according to Maine Yankee officials. The contingency plan is in the event technicians were wrong about the impact of a $40 million steam generator repair on the plant's efficiency. (AP Photo/The Times Record/Gary Bonaccorso)	Workers arrive for the 6 a.m. shift at Maine Yankee nuclear power plant in Wiscasset, Maine, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1997. Officials from the troubled plant met Tuesday with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Rockville, Md., to outline how they plan to improve conditions at the facility. The session was called to hear the plant's response to last summer's independent safety assessment. The plant has been shut down since Dec. 1996. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Oak Ridge Nuclear Laboratory
An undated artist rendering shows the planned Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Site preparation has begun on the $250 million fortress-like building that will accommodate Y-12's entire stockpile of bomb-grade uranium, now stored in six locations. Critics worry the new design is above ground. Earlier designs had it at least partially buried. Y-12 is the country's main repository of the radioactive material. (AP Photo/Department of Energy)	A security guard checks indentification of a driver entering the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Friday, July 2, 2004. A series of overhead barriers have been installed to stiffen the plant's defenses. Y-12, which makes parts for every warhead and is the main storehouse for bomb-grade uranium, has been criticized for lax security. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
Steve Lynn, a firing range instructor for the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., points to the barrel of a gun mounted in a remote-controlled firing platform Friday, July 2, 2004. Y-12 guards have been training with the system, but Department of Energy officials won't say when they will be deployed. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)	With instructors watching, a security patrol officer receives training on a M249 machine gun at the Central Training Facility of the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant Friday, July 2, 2004 in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The Department of Energy facility has been beefing up security since a critical report in January. At DOE's request, the instructors and officer are not identified. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
This is an aerial view of the Atomic Energy Commission's nuclear research facility at Oak Ridge Tenn. on Nov. 1, 1967. (AP Photo)	This is a 1995 photo of the Department of Energy's former K-25 uranium enrichment site in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The 1,500-acre site is being converted to an industrial park named the East Tennessee Technology Park and cleaned up with the help of business tenants. (AP Photo/Dept. of Energy)
Oconee Nuclear Station
The Oconee Nuclear Station in Seneca, S.C., seen Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005, is one of the oldest nuclear power plants in the United States. Oconee Nuclear was the first of South Carolina four nuclear power plants to receive renewed operating licenses through 2030. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JUNE 21 -- View of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, the nation's largest nuclear power plant spread over 4,050 acres near the town of Wintersburg, 55 miles west of downtown Phoenix on Thursday, June 17, 1999. To some, it's a three-headed concrete dinosaur in the desert headed for ultimate extinction. Others call it a model of efficiency whose time finally has arrived. (AP Photo/Mike Fiala)	Water vapors rise from cooling towers at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station near Wintersburg, Ariz., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999. Paol Verde is located in the Sonoran Desert, far from any lake, ocean or river, but the nation's largest nuclear power plant has tapped a source of cooling water - treated wastewater. To ensure the plant remains bug free, Arizona Public Service, the utility that runs the plant, has spent at least $5 million to make the Palo Verde plant Y2K ready. (AP Photo/Jason Wise)
Armed National Guard troops stand outside the Palo Verde nuclear power plant, Thursday, March 20, 2003, in Wintersburg, Ariz. Terrorists may have targeted the Palo Verde nuclear power plant, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said Thursday, and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has sent National Guard troops to provide additional security at the plant. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Perry Nuclear Power Plant
A new high-speed turbine rotor, top, awaits installation at the Perry nuclear power plant in North Perry, Ohio, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2001. Upgrading the steam turbine during this planned refueling shutdown, will increase the generating plant's output by 1,320 megawatts per hour. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)	Technicians work on re-conditioning one of three low-speed turbine rotors, right, at the Perry nuclear power plant, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2001, in North Perry, Ohio. Arrayed on the shop floor are baffles that fit between the turbine blades. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
The open reactor vessel glows blue, bottom, with the dome, top, removed for fueling at the Perry nuclear power plant in North Perry, Ohio Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2001. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)	** FILE ** The control room at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in North Perry, Ohio, is shown Feb. 28, 2001. Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp, operators of the power plant, notified the Emergency Operations Center in Kirtland, Ohio, that an instrumentation malfunction caused an emergency to be declared at 3:44 am. Tuesday, July 20, 2004. The event was terminated just after 9 am. and the plant returned to normal operating status. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Pilgrim Station Nuclear Power Plant
The Pilgrim Station nuclear power plant in Plymouth, Mass., is seen Thursday, June 17, 2004. The Pilgrim Station nuclear plant in will continue operating even if more than 300 plant workers strike next month during the Democratic National Convention, a plant spokesman said Thursday. But the head of the plant workers' union questions whether the plant can be operated safely without members of the Utility Workers Union of America, which voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday, June 16, 2004, to authorize a strike. (AP Photo/ Robert E. Klein)
Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant
Flood water surrounds one of the three cooling towers at the Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant near Red Wing, Minn., Monday, April 14, 1997, as the rising waters of the Mississippi River near their crest. Water surrounds all three of the cooling towers. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
River Bend Nuclear Power Plant
Jim Julian, center, works on a part of a new turbine being installed at River Bend nuclear power plant April 20, 1999, in St. Francisville, La. Entergy Operations Inc. hopes to cheaply increase its electricity production through a two-phase project at the River Bend nuclear-powered plant. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Bill Feig)
Rocky Flats Nuclear Bomb Facility (closed)
This is a 1991 aerial view of the Rocky Flats nuclear bomb facility, 16 miles northwest of Denver. The main job now at the plant, shut down since 1989, is cleaning up the 14.2 tons of radioactive plutonium that remain.(AP Photo/EG&G RockyFlats)
San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant
Surf rolls up on the beach in front the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Tuesday Nov. 12, 1996 at the San Onofre State Park in Southern California. A 1991 California Coastal Commision report found that the water used to cool the nuclear reators at the station was destroying kelp beds in the ocean adajcent to the plant. A coalition of enviromental groups is trying to get Southern California Edison which runs the station to stick to a deal that would mitigate the damage to the enviroment. Edison isnow disputing the enviromental imapact studies. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)	A steel and concrete tube holding a 668-ton defunct nuclear reactor sits in a secured holding area along the Pacific Ocean at the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003, near San Clemente, Calif. In a few weeks, the cargo will leave Southern California by barge for a voyage around the tip of South America en route to its final resting place in a disposal facility in South Carolina. Critics say Southern California Edison is taking a foolish gamble by sailing the radioactive material through one of the world's most dangerous nautical passages.(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
A steel and concrete tube holding over 600 tons of nuclear waste sits in a secured holding area along the Pacific Ocean at the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003, near San Clemente, Calif. In a few weeks, the spent nuclear reactor will leave Southern California by barge for a journey around the tip of South America en route to its final resting place in a disposal facility in South Carolina. Critics say Southern California Edison is taking a foolish gamble by sailing the reactor through one of the world's most dangerous nautical passages.(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant
Co-founder of the anti-nuclear Clamshell Alliance, Guy Chichester, stands in the south marsh in front of the Seabrook nuclear power plant Wednesday, April 16, 1997. Twenty years ago thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators marched onto the plant site in one of the countries largest anti-nuclear protests where 1,414 people were arrested. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)	This is a Jan. 31, 1997 photo of the Seabrook nuclear power plant in Seabrook, N.H. The parent company of New Hampshire's largest electric company, Northeast Utilities, was given the largest safety fine Wednesday Dec. 10, 1997 that the government has ever imposed. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
The Seabrook Nuclear Power plant in Seabrook, N.H., is shown in a December 1988 photo. Dead seals have been found in the plant's cooling tunnels, located three miles from the plant in the Atlantic Ocean. A new plan to put vertical bars on the intake tunnel has environmentalists pleased but they oppose a requested exemption from the Marine Mammal Protecdtion Act. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)	This is a July 1986 photo, of the "mothballed" Unit 2, left, and the working Unit 1 of the Seabrook nuclear power plant in Seabrook, N.H. Despite President Bush's plans to revive nuclear power Seabrook plant spokesman David Barr said there are no plans to revive Unit 2, which was canceled because of rising costs after it was partially built in 1984. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
This is a Dec. 1988 photo of the Seabrook nuclear power plant in Seabrook, N.H. The plants main owner, Northeast Utilities, is threatening to sue New Hampshire over who pays for remaining Seabrook debts. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
South Texas Project Electric Generating Plant
A truck approaches a security checkpoint along the road into the South Texas Project Electric Generating Plant Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001, near Bay City, Texas. Security measures costing $30,000 additional per week have been in force at Texas' first nuclear power plant since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
St. Lucie County Nuclear Power Plant
Armed guards and a St. Lucie County Sheriff's Deputy man a post at the entrance to the St. Lucie County Nuclear Power Plant on South Hutchinson Island in St. Lucie County, Fla. on Wednesday Oct. 31, 2001. Added security measures which include a 10 nautical mile no fly zone around nuclear power plants will be in effect until at least Nov. 7. (AP Photo/ Rick Silva)
Three Mile Island
Lead bricks aboard U.S. Navy flat bed truck entering plant at Three Mile Island in Middletown, Penn., March 1, 1979. Cooling towers are seen in the background. (AP Photo)	A Pennsylvania State policeman and plant security guards stand outside the closed front gate to the Metropolitan Edison Nuclear Power Plant on Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, Pa. after the plant was shut down following an accident in the plant. Some radiation escaped into the atmosphere Wednesday, March 23, 1979. In background are the plant's cooling towers. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis)
Armed personnel stand in front of the security gate leading to Three Mile Island nuclear power plant Wednesday, April 30, 2003, in Harrisburg, Pa. The Rendell administration has halted daily patrols by the National Guard and state police at Pennsylvania's five nuclear reactors. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)	FILE-Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is pictured in a Jan. 21, 1996, photo from files. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, rejected an appeal by 42 people who filed lawsuits over the Three Mile Island nuclear accident near Harrisburg, Pa, 18 years ago. (AP Photo/Tim Shaffer, files)
ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 21--The turbines for the Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Facility are still in use Wednesday, March 3, 1999, in Middletown, Pa. On March 28, 1979, one-third to one-half of the uranium-filled core of Unit 2's reactor experienced a melt down and created the first and only general emergency declared at a U.S. nuclear plant. On March 28, 1999 will be the 20th anniversary of the nation's only nuclear accident. (AP Photos/Paul Vathis)	A Pennsylvania State Police officer patrols the front entrance of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pa., on July 4, 2002. Police were assisting the Pennsylvania Army National Guard posted at the plant. Security at power plants has been increased since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Kalim A. Bhatti)
Pennsylvania State Police cars are parked at the front gate of Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002, to assist National Guardsmen and private security in protecting the plant. This is the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis)	Military personnel guard the front gate to the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant Thursday Feb. 13, 2003, in Middletown, Pa. The FBI and the National Infrastructure Protection Center issued a bulletin Wednesday to companies involved in such industries as telecommunications, energy, and banking and finance, as well as operators of water systems and electric utilities, law enforcement agencies and emergency services. Officials believe al-Qaida could target these entities with chemical, biological or radiological attacks. (AP Photo/Brad C Bower)
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant (decommissioned)
Employees at the Trojan nuclear power plant in Rainier, Ore. were expected to complete the loading of the idle facility's 1,020-ton reactor vessel onto a trailer and cradle assembly Wednesday, May 26, 1999. The vessel, the cylindrical object underneath the crane in the center of the photo, was wheeled out of the containment building on the Bigge large rail system Tuesday and was to be lowered onto the cradle and transporter Wednesday. Plans call for it to sit there for a couple of months while workers prepare it for a 270-mile barge trip upriver for burial at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The 17-by-42-foot cylinder once held nuclear fuel rods, which were removed five years ago. It now contains stainless steel components that held the rods in place.The radioactive vessel is filled with 200 tons of concrete and sheathed in steel, said a Portland General Electric spokesman. (AP Photo, The Daily News, Roger Werth)	Workers watch as the reactor vessel, covered in blue shrink-wrap, slowly moves past the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant cooling tower on the way to a barge in the Columbia River near Rainier, Ore., Friday, Aug. 6, 1999. The reactor vessel will travel by river to southeast Washington state where it will be buried at Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Trojan was shut down in 1993.(AP Photo/Don Rya)
The Trojan Nuclear Power Plant reactor vessel, covered in blue shrink-wrap, slowly moves onto a barge on the Columbia River as the cooling tower stands in the background near Rainier, Ore., Friday, Aug. 6, 1999. The reactor vessel will travel by river to southeast Washington state over the weekend where it will be buried at Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Trojan was shut down in 1993 .(AP Photo/Don Ryan)	The decommissioned reactor from the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant in Portland, Ore., is prepared to be buried in a 45-foot deep trench on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash., Wednesday, Aug. 11, 1999. (AP Photo/Steve Gowen)
Workers watch as the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant reactor vessel, covered in blue shrink-wrap, slowly moves onto a barge on the Columbia River near Rainier, Ore., Friday, Aug. 6, 1999. The reactor vessel will travel by river to southeast Washington state over the weekend where it will be buried at Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Trojan was shut down in 1993 .(AP Photo/Don Ryan)	Workers look to secure the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant reactor vessel, covered in blue shrink-wrap, to a barge on the Columbia River near Rainier, Ore., Friday, Aug. 6, 1999. The reactor vessel will travel by river to southeast Washington state over the weekend where it will be buried at Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Trojan was shut down in 1993 .(AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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United Nuclear Corporation Plant (closed)
This is an aerial view of the former United Nuclear Corp. plant in Montville, Conn., as seen Thursday, Oct. 19, 1995. The Mohegan Indian Tribe plans to build a casino on the site. The tribe will break ground on the project in the near future. Trading Cove is at top left of photo. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
Workers do maintenance on the open core of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vt. in this Dec. 1985 file photo. Carl Drega, the gunman in a shooting spree in Colebrook, N.H., worked as contractor at the plant in 1992 and again in 1995. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)	This is the storage pool for expired fuel rods at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vt., Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1997. Experts were to report to a Vermont advisory panel on Tuesday about problems they were concerned with about the fuel rods at Vermont Yankee. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
Workers at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Vernon, Vt., walk along the edge of the reactor core Wednesday, May 6, 1998. The containment cover has been removed while the plant is shut down for refueling. (AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh)	The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is shown in this Dec. 12, 1997 photo, in Vernon, Vt. A report released by the Vermont Department of Public Service in January 1999 says the plant provides one-third of the state's electricity. It also found it would be more costly to close the plant early than to keep it operating until its license expires in 2012. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
This is an undated aerial view of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vt. Plant officials are optimistic that the plant will be sold to the AmerGen Energy Company, a joint venture of the Philadelphia Electric Company and the British Energy Company, both of which are nuclear plant specialists. (AP Photo/Vermont Yankee Corporation,File)
Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant
A slight trail of smoke comes from the broken windows at the Watts Bar hydroelectric building Friday, Sept. 27, 2002 in Spring City, Tenn. as firefighters gather outside after bringing the fire under control. Agency spokeswoman Barbara Martocci said the fire posed ``absolutely no'' threat to the nuclear facility about a mile south along the Tennessee River. (AP Photo/Wade Payne/Pool)	The Watts Bar hydroelectric building sits in the distance across the dam on the Tennessee River Friday, Sept. 27, 2002 in Spring City, Tenn., after a fire damaged the buliding. Five workers were treated for smoke inhalation after the fire at the plant located about a mile from the Watts Bar nuclear station, Tennessee Valley Authority officials said. Agency spokeswoman Barbara Martocci said the fire posed ``absolutely no'' threat to the nuclear facility. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
Steam billows from TVA's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant unit number one on Thursday, Feb. 26, 1998, in Spring City, Tenn. The U.S. Department of Energy asked for public comment Thursday on its plans to produce bomb material in a commercial nuclear reactor. DOE is considering three Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear plants for production of tritium, a form of hydrogen gas that intensifies the explosive force of a nuclear warhead. It would be the first time the United States has used a civilian reactor as its source for tritium. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)	After more than two decades of building and rebuilding and the longest licensing battle in U.S. history, the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar nuclear plant began loading fuel Friday, Nov. 10, 1995 at the facility in Knoxville, Tenn. The $6.8 billion plant has been under construction since 1972. Watts Bar is the last of the current generation of nuclear reactors in this country. None of this country's other 109 commercial reactors have taken longer to license and perhaps none have been more villified by its own workers. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
West Valley Demonstration Project
The West Valley Demonstration Project nuclear site is shown Friday, Feb. 18, 2005 in West Valley, N.Y., Two workers at the site were exposed to higher doses of radiation than allowed under the site's own guidelines in one of three recent safety lapses that have led to a suspension of work there. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant
Shown here on Jan. 11, 2000, Wolf Creek Nuclear power plant near New Strawn, Kan., which went online in 1985, is expanding its spent fuel containment pool to house more depleted uranium. (AP Photo/Capital Journal, David Eulitt)	An overhead view of the inside of Wolf Creek Nuclear power plant's spent fuel containment room in New Strawn, Kan., on Jan. 11, 2000, where depleted uranium is stored in a 40-ft. deep pool to contain its radioactive properties. The plant is expanding the capacity of the pool to store more spent fuel. (AP Photo/Topeka Capital-Journal, David Eulitt)
Kansas National Guard Sgt. Maj. Joel Davis throws a dummy hand grenade during a training exercise at the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in Burlington, Kan., Tuesday, June 8, 2004. Members of the 130th Field Artillery Brigade and the 1st Battalion, 127th Field Artillery were training to respond to acts of terrorisim or other emergencies at the plant. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)	Kansas National Guard Pfc. Carl Sutton, right, and Sgt. Charlie Cox talk about vehicle searches during a training exercise at the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in Burlington, Kan., Tuesday, June 8, 2004. Members of the 130th Field Artillery Brigade and the 1st Battalion, 127th Field Artillery were training to respond to acts of terrorisim or other emergencies at the plant. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Zion Nuclear Power Plant
Commonwealth Edison's Zion nuclear power plant is shown in an aerial photo on June 5, 1997, in Zion, Ill. Government regulators want a meeting with ComEd officials on complaints that managers at the Zion nuclear plant yell at employees who ask questions and punish those who raise safety concerns, a spokesman said Monday, Aug. 4. (AP Photo/Waukegan News-Sun, Thomas Delany Jr.)	Commonwealth Edison's nuclear power plant in Zion, Ill., shown on August 1986, has been down since February, when an operator unintentionally switched off the reactor, then tried to restart it without conducting the proper safety procedures. A poor showing by the plant and retrained workers during a four-week "demonstration" run has resulted in a delay in its reopening. Originally predicted to open in August, ComEd officials now don't expect it to be producing electricity until October. (AP Photo/Charles Bennett)
ComEd's Zion nuclear power plant in Zion, Ill., is shown in this handout photo, date unknown. On Thursday, Jan. 15, 1998, ComEd, the nations's largest nuclear utility, announced it is permanently shutting down the troubled plant because the twin reactors are too old to compete in the era of deregulation. (AP Photo/ComEd)