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Monday, December 10th, 2007 |
One plan would send Diablo’s loads by truck over local roads to a rail pickup in or near the city
The latest plans for transporting highly radioactive waste from Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant to a proposed underground disposal site in Nevada allow for the possibility that the waste could be shipped by truck over local roads to San Luis Obispo to be loaded onto trains.
However, officials with the federal Department of Energy say the exact method of transport will be made on a case-by-case basis for each nuclear power plant. This leaves open the possibility that Diablo’s waste could be taken by barge from the plant to Port Hueneme, where it could be loaded directly onto trains, thereby bypassing local roads.
“If a utility has the crane capacity and other infrastructure to load a rail cask but does not have access to a railhead, then a barge or heavy-haul truck will be used to move the cask to a railhead,” said Allen Benson, a spokesman for the Yucca Mountain Project. Crane capacity at Diablo Canyon should
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Monday, December 10th, 2007 |
Shares of companies that make heavy trucks rose Wednesday, pulled up by a strong overall market, along with new data showing an increase in truck orders.
According to data from ACT Research LLC, orders of Class 5 through heavy-duty Class 8 trucks rose 12 percent over November 2006 levels.
The November increase came after a 9 percent jump in October, which was preceded by a drop in the three previous months, according to the data included in an analyst note from Wachovia’s Andrew Casey.
Casey said the sustained strength in orders showed that truck market weakness may have bottomed, which is a relative positive for the companies in the sector, he said.
Also on Wednesday, Paccar Inc. announced a special dividend of $1 per share and a regular dividend of 18 cents per share.
The company said it would increase production at its DAF Trucks subsidiary by 5 percent in the first quarter in light of the strong Western and Central European truck market.
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Monday, December 10th, 2007 |
The new compact Powerlifter R-series available from Powerlift Nissan is built touch in Australia for Australian conditions and is ideal for a wide variety of intense temperatures from the tropics to low temperature coldrooms.
Robust and reliable, the R-series comes in 1500kg and 2000kg capacities with lift heights from 2.5 to 6 metres.
Now with power steering and VTC (Variable Total Control) hydraulics, R-series has infinitely variable control of lift, tilt and reach, making and loading and unloading a breeze, including skids, stillages and palletised loads.
Laser lock technology:
The new brilliant by design chassis incorporates the new laser lock technology. Cut from Australian made steel by computer controlled precision lasers, the interlock design concept gives good chassis strength.
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Saturday, December 8th, 2007 |
A Westmoreland County woman was killed Thursday morning in Somerset County when her car was struck by a coal truck.
State police said Marlana B. Sarver, 36, of New Florence was driving her 1998 Pontiac Sunfire east on Route 30 in Quemahoning when she stopped to make a left-hand turn onto Route 403. A 1998 Western Star coal truck driven by Michael Sullivan, 36, of Friedens in Somerset County was traveling behind Sarver and was unable to stop and crashed into her car.
Police said Sarver died at the scene, but a male toddler in Sarver’s car, whom police did not identify, survived and was taken to Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital in Johnstown, Cambria County, with unknown injuries. His condition could not be determined.
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 |
A Verrierdale developer who has a $3 million council road resealing contract faced court today accused of possessing about $150,000 worth of stolen machinery and other goods.
Police executed a search warrant at Anthony Carmelo Strazzieri’s business and residential premises in Dean Road at Verrierdale, near Eumundi.
A flatbed truck, three tow trucks and several police vehicles were needed to transport the large haul of allegedly stolen property found during the search.
They located a $10,000 Buell motorcycle allegedly stolen in November, a $20,000 bobcat skid excavator allegedly stolen in June, an $11,000 truck allegedly stolen from Buderim in December 2005 and a $96,000 Komatsu excavator allegedly stolen in May 2005.
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007 |
A Lindale woman escaped serious injury Sunday afternoon after her Chevy truck overturned on Short Horn Road.
Floyd County police said Kristie Packer, 29, of a Lindale address was driving east on Short Horn Road when she lost control of the truck and it overturned.
Police had to remove the windshield to get her out. She was not seriously hurt and did not require an ambulance.
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007 |
The professional firefighters did not roll up to Corral Canyon . So Matt Haines finally had his chance to rev up the private fire truck that he bought at a public surplus auction.
pumper truck and tanker truck of similar vintage helped a do-it-yourself fire brigade save a dozen homes as flames encircled their El Nido neighborhood.
As Haines sprayed water on homes on both sides of Sequit Drive, his neighbors used their own hoses to extinguish burning embers that rained from the sky and to douse shrubs and fencing as they caught fire. As it fought the blaze, the crew could see four homes fully engulfed on Sea Breeze Drive above them.
The fire here on Saturday burned west of the portions of Malibu hit by wildfire last month. As of Sunday morning, it had destroyed 49 homes, damaged 27, and caused at least 10,000 people to be evacuated, the Associated Press reported.
But in the El Nido neighborhood, the residents seemed prepared to help themselves. Bill Raffin pulled out his portable pump and started drawing water from a swimming pool. Ken Wherry unrolled a canvas fire hose and connected it to a hydrant up the street. Kai Chan stretched out smaller garden hoses and laid them in strategic places around houses.
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007 |
Police have named a Mid-Canterbury woman who was killed when her car collided with a milk tanker this morning.
Margaret Anne Taylor, 50, of Mayfield, died at the scene of the crash at an intersection 17km west of Ashburton.
Senior Sergeant Arnold Kelly of Ashburton police said Ms Taylor, known as Anne, was the only occupant of her Nissan Primera car.
Mr Kelly said the police commercial vehicle investigation unit was investigating.
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007 |
It s one of the most perilous roads in the world, a strip of ice built on frozen lakes that connects remote billion-dollar mining outposts in northern Canada with civilization 350 miles away. In the brief two months a year that the road is passable, ten thousand loads, some weighing as much as twenty-two tons, will travel over the highway in an urgent race to provide critical supplies to the camps before the ice melts.
ICE ROAD TRUCKERS follows the competition and camaraderie of six truckers over a season on the ice road, as they brave white-outs, thin ice, and the deadly cold to perform one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. From the construction of this massive frozen highway and the preparation of the truck fleet, to the risky final days when the melting highway grows dangerously unreliable, THE HISTORY CHANNEL takes viewers on a thrilling, adrenaline-pumping ride.
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