Platts - Wednesday, November 17, 2004 
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Bush to nominate retired vice admiral for NRC commission seat

Washington (Platts)--16Nov2004

President Bush will nominate Albert Konetzni to be an NRC commissioner, the
White House announced yesterday. Vice Admiral Konetzni retired from the Navy
in July after 38 years of service, the White House said in a press release.
Konetzni served as deputy commander of the U.S. Fleet Forces Command and U.S.
Atlantic Fleet. Konetzni would be nominated to serve the remainder of a
five-year term ending June 30, 2009, the White House said.

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US nuclear plant electricity output rises 3% in August, EIA says

Washington (Platts)--16Nov2004

US nuclear plants generated 3% more electricity in August than they did a
year, the US Dept of Energy's Energy Information Administration said Tuesday.
Of the 366.3 terrawatt-hours produced from all fuel sources that month,
nuclear accounted for roughly 71-mil MWh, EIA said. Electricity production in
general suffered from the effects of a mild summer, with the total net
generation for the month falling 3.1% below the previous year level. EIA's
year-to-date tally showed that coal-fired plants accounted for 49.9% of the
electricity produced in the U.S. while nuclear plants contributed 20.1%, and
natural gas-fired plants 17.5%.

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NRC's online document system to return in 10 days, Diaz says

Washington (Platts)--15Nov2004

NRC's electronic document system will be back up in 10 days, Chairman Nils
Diaz said today at the American Nuclear Society winter meeting in Washington,
D.C. Security concerns prompted NRC to shut access to the on-line public
document library Adams on Oct. 25. The system's entire document collection
probably won't be immediately available when NRC restores public access.
Documents that will be made available first will be related to DOE's planned
repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., nuclear power plants, and NRC hearings,
Diaz said.

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