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To: benwood who wrote (45243)	1/25/2006 11:52:43 PM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 116555

Radioactive leak taints water in Chicago upi.com CHICAGO, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Radioactive tritium seeping into groundwater near a Chicago-area nuclear power plant has prompted the Exelon Corp. to offer compensation to property owners. The operator of the power plant in Will County, just south of Chicago, has bought out one property owner and offered to compensate 14 others for any loss in home value. Levels of the radioactive isotope near the Braidwood Nuclear Generating Station so far have been well below the amount the federal government considers unhealthy, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday. But in one well on Exelon's property, the amount of tritium was more than 11 times higher than the federal limit for groundwater, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has cited Exelon, the parent company of Commonwealth Edison, or ComEd, for two violations of the state's groundwater standards, the Tribune said. The company now faces a Feb. 3 deadline for filing a report to the state detailing what they know about the tritium contamination. Tritium is the radioactive form of hydrogen and is a byproduct of nuclear energy production. Exposure can increase the risk of cancer.

To: benwood who wrote (45243)	1/26/2006 12:28:23 AM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

UK Manufacturing Jobs Go Updated: 12:29, Tuesday January 24, 2006 Around 25,000 jobs were lost in the manufacturing industry over the past three months, says the CBI's latest survey. Manufacturers have been struggling to pass on rising costs to customers as customers themselves tighten their economic belts. Firms hampered by sharp rises in the cost of gas and oil cut staff numbers in a bid to relieve squeezed profit margins, employers body the CBI said. The total number of jobs lost in the manufacturing sector over the past year was 106,000, the CBI's quarterly industrial trends study revealed. "Conditions for manufacturers are getting increasingly tough as costs continue their seemingly inexorable rise," said the CBI's Ian McCafferty. "But weak demand keeps prices down, squeezing already thin profitmargins even further. "The sustained high level of oil and sharply increased gas prices have driven up energy and raw material costs. "Manufacturers are continuing to respond by cutting employment to curb the wage bill and boosting investment in efficiency-improving measures." sky.com