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• DOE Application for Yucca Site Behind Schedule
• Bridgestone, Continental to Make Tire-Pressure Monitor

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DOE Application for Yucca Site Behind Schedule

The Energy Department said Monday its application to the Nuclear Energy Commission to build the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump was running behind schedule, news services reported.

DOE officials said the application would not be filed this year as originally planned. It is still hoping to have Yucca ready to start accepting spent nuclear fuel from reactors around the country by 2010.

Meanwhile, the White House named Gregory Jaczko to serve on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which will determine whether to grant Yucca Mountain’s operating license. Jaczko is on the staff of Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), which is opposed to the Yucca plan, the Las Vegas Sun reported.

In the spending bill it passed over the weekend, Congress funded Yucca Mountain at $577 million for fiscal 2005, the same level as last year. The White House wanted $880 million for Yucca Mountain, the Associated Press reported. Transport Topics

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Bridgestone, Continental to Make Tire-Pressure Monitor

Tire manufacturers Bridgestone Corp. and Continental AG said they would jointly develop an advanced tire-pressure monitoring system for commercial vehicles.

The two companies intend to begin mass production in 2007.

A Continental spokesman said a non-battery sensor would be on the inside surface of tires. The sensor will detect air pressure and temperature and relay the information to the driver. The sensor will contain a radio-frequency-identification tag that can be read or written to.

Several monitoring systems are already on the market. The most advanced tire systems automatically feed air into the tire to maintain pressure. Transport Topics

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