As Nuclear Waste Languishes, Expense to U.S. Rises
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The federal government, contractually obligated to bury the waste, is at least 20 years behind schedule.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency complains that US and other nations are not contributing as promised.
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Plutonium from U.S. nuclear warheads &#151; enough to make nearly 20 Hiroshima-style bombs &#151; is headed for France aboard armed freighters and a new life as commercial fuel that will ultimately light American homes.
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Homes are increasingly filled with refrigerators, plasma TV sets, and lap pools that drive up energy costs.
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Royal Dutch/Shell Group, the third- largest publicly traded oil company, plans to increase spending to $15 billion a year and drill more to replenish oil and gas reserves that had been overstated for years.
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Global military spending rose 3.5 percent last year to $1.2 trillion as U.S. costs for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan mounted, a European research body said on Monday in an annual study.
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As the US population rises, environmental problems that were once pushed aside may get worse, experts say.
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US is concerned that revenues would boost Iran's nuclear program.
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The economic cost of the Iraq war may be larger than what has actually been spent directly on the war.
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Â· Cost of decommissioning up by Â£12bn in two yearsÂ· Auditors criticise 'stop and start' work on sites
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The government aims for more spending, but in the past many saved their checks.
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Prices of goods imported into the United States rose last month for the first time in three months because of an increase in the cost of natural gas purchases.
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There's money on the table if you take some energy-saving steps.
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Americans have resolved to improve their fiscal lot.
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In a country like the United States, one of the human body's most urgent needs is taken for granted. It comes easily out of our faucets, and gallon jugs of it cost less than a dollar.
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Some critics question proposed federal spending hikes for nuclear research.
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There's fuel is waste water. Who knew.