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The plant is Missouri's only nuclear power plant and is close to Fulton, Missouri. [2] The 2,767 acres (1,120 ha) site began operations on December 19, 1984. It generates electricity from one 1,190-megawatt Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactor and a General Electric turbine-generator. The Ameren Corporation owns and operates the ...
According to the Sierra Club, as of 2016 there were a total of 16 coal-fired power plants in Missouri, a decrease from 2012, when there were 23. [5] A Missouri City coal-fired power plant operated by Independence Power & Light closed in 2015; the facility was aging (60 years old) and could not comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pollution regulations. [6]
The Tokaimura nuclear reprocessing plant fire and explosion. 37 workers were exposed to low doses of radiation. Donen later acknowledged it had initially suppressed information about the fire. [42] [46] 0: 18 Jun 1999: Shika, Japan: Wrong handling of some control rods set off an uncontrolled nuclear reaction. [42]
"The explosion was significant," the news release said. "Truck parts were sent airborne, landing up to several blocks away. A shock wave caused substantial property damage in the immediate area.
Arlington Heights Fire Department personnel “aggressively attacked and contained the fire,” before a heavy-duty wrecker arrived at 7:15 p.m. to remove the garbage truck, per the police.
A fire truck responding to an accident in Missouri lost control on ice, sending it violently spinning down a neighborhood street, video shows.
The former Union Electric Company is now a subsidiary of the Ameren Corporation holding company, initially d/b/a AmerenUE, later becoming Ameren Missouri in 2010. [1] Ameren is now also a holding company for several other power companies and energy companies as well. Ameren Missouri continues to own Bagnell Dam. Ameren Missouri is responsible ...
The explosion took place last Friday around 4 p.m. as authorities were responding to reports of a truck fire in Arlington Heights, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago Arlington Heights ...