UF6 cylinders stored at Nuclear Fuel Services for nearly a decade may have the potential to burst, and the area of the plant housing the cylinders is being restricted.
NFS reported its findings to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jan. 20, and that report is part of a public document made available. It was a leaking cylinder that caused a small fire in November – one of two incidents that are partly responsible for NFS voluntarily and temporarily shutting down production at the plant.
NFS is entering its second month of the temporary shut down. Salaried employees have had their wages cut, and 150 hourly workers are now in the middle of a three-week lay off. More...
Unicoi County native David Davis, who represented the 1st Congressional District of Tennessee in the 110th Congress, announced today that he will not seek to return to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010.
Davis had been widely expected to challenge Dr. Phil Roe, the man who defeated him after only one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
"People have encouraged me to run for Congress again in 2010 and polling data suggest that I could be successful," Davis said. "I have decided, however, not to seek re-election this year. In my opinion, a re-election bid would require a negative campaign that would not be in the best interest of the First Congressional District nor the political process. People are tired of nasty politics and it is not in my nature to mount that type of campaign." More...
Updated January 26, 2010 03:48:57 PM
TV show finds Erwin man’s heart was in the right place
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(Brenda Sparks / The Erwin Record)
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Hugh Massie had his first heart attack when he was just 42 years old. That was in December 1981.
In the nearly three decades since, the North Carolina native has lived a full life, opening a barber shop, buying a farm and eventually moving to Erwin four years ago.
Now 70, Massie had hoped his heart troubles were behind him. Late last year, though, his chest pain returned. More...
