RICHLAND, Wash. – The
Columbia Generating Station in Richland, Washington, has been coming
increased federal scrutiny lately. Washington's only commercial nuclear
power plant has had six unplanned shutdowns in the last two years. The
National Regulatory Commission held a hearing about the plant's
performance [last night] Tuesday.
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MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. –
The Johnston Ridge Observatory at Mount St. Helens is reopening
[/reopened (5/16)] for the season this weekend. That's just in time for
the 30th anniversary of the volcano's epic blast. [Correspondent Tom
Banse reports...] The visitor center re-opens[/re-opened] with new
short films and exhibits.
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MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. –
Where were you on May 18, 1980? The massive eruption of Mount St.
Helens that day is one of those seminal events on par with 9/11 or the
JFK assassination. Hard to believe it's been thirty years. The blast
zone is once again teeming with life. Even scientists are amazed.
Correspondent Tom Banse has more on the wider lessons ecologists draw
on this anniversary.
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