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Callaway nuclear plant warning
January 29, 2011
211 E. Dunklin Street Jefferson City, MO 65101
The Honorable Jay Nixon Governor State of Missouri
P.O. Box 720 Jefferson City, MO 65102
Dear Governor Nixon:
I am writing you concerning your support for a second nuclear reactor plant in Callaway County.
I am a nuclear engineer. I was an officer aboard a nuclear powered fleet ballistic missile submarine for 42 months. I have worked in either the commercial nuclear power industry or as a government regulator for over a decade. Counting my navy time, I have been associated with nuclear power in one way or another since 1993.
I believe that nuclear fission is an excellent source of energy. It is clean. It is safe. It is the future. Nuclear jobs are on average 25% higher paying than similar industrial work. Nuclear reactors typically employ four times as many workers per megawatt as coal plants and eight times as many as natural gas plants. When you buy electricity from a nuclear plant, you are paying for wages and salaries – not fuel. Nuclear power can be generated as cheaply as power from coal and much cheaper than power from natural gas and renewables (other than hydro). And unlike renewables, nuclear power is available on demand – day or night, windy or calm.
I applaud your decision to support the expansion of nuclear power. But be careful to whom you trust Missouri's nuclear future.
Nuclear power can be dangerous. You do not need to be a nuclear engineer to know this. It has been proven to the public on multiple occasions: the meltdown of the unit 1 reactor at Fermi plant in Michigan in 1966, the meltdown of the unit 2 reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979, the explosion of the unit 4 reactor at Chernobyl in 1986, etc.
The operation of a nuclear reactor plant cannot be trusted to just anyone or any organization. Nuclear power requires a special commitment to the public trust. Not all organizations have that commitment.
Nuclear power requires honesty. It requires conservative decision making. It requires openness. It requires a commitment to admitting to mistakes. It requires a commitment to protecting workers who uncover problems and attempt to get those problems addressed. It requires a commitment to proactively uncover and fix weaknesses instead of merely reactively responding to failures. Without these characteristics in the organization, well designed plants will slowly lose their safety margins and degrade to the point at which an accident becomes likely. It's happened in the past. It will happen in the future. I am writing to you to minimize it ever happening in Missouri.
For half a decade I was a nuclear engineer at Ameren. I held a Senior Reactor Operator license at Callaway Plant. Most of the employees I worked with are still employed at Callaway. Nearly all of them are decent, honest people who conscientiously perform their jobs and warrant the trust which the public places in them. However, there are key people in the upper management at Callaway Plant whom I do not trust with the operation of a nuclear plant. They have performed dishonestly in the past and to this day refuse to admit their past mistakes.
On October 21, 2003 Callaway Plant was shutting down because of a broken piece of safety-related electrical equipment. At 09:35 am the operating crew attempted to stabilize reactor power at 10% rated power in order to give the electricians a chance to fix the broken equipment and avoid shutting down the reactor. However, the operators failed to recognize the effect that a radioactive nuclear waste gas (Xenon-135) was having on the reactor. Xenon-135 has a high tendency to absorb neutrons which causes the average coolant temperature of the reactor to lower. Since the operators did not properly address the rising Xenon-135 levels, the coolant temperature of the reactor uncontrollably lowered 9°F over a 25 minute period, resulting in reactor operation below the plant's minimum temperature for criticality and resulting in the reactor's letdown system isolating.
To counteract the lowering temperature, at 10:13 am the operators manually tripped the plant's main turbine. Tripping the main turbine had the desired effect on plant temperature: it quickly rose 4°F in a matter of a few minutes. In the United States, commercial reactors are designed such that a sharp rise in reactor temperature will cause them to shut down. And that is what occurred: around 10:18 am the reactor passively shut down due to a combination of the 4°F temperature spike and the increase in Xenon-135.
In terms of reactor safety, what I have described in the preceding two paragraphs was a "nonevent". The operators made honest mistakes. The reactor behaved as designed and safely shut itself down passively. None of this troubles me. Error is not sin. Humans make errors. Nuclear reactors can be designed so that minor human errors do not cause unsafe conditions.
Keep in mind, Three Mile Island and Chernobyl were not caused by "minor human errors". They were the result of gross misunderstandings on the part of the operators. Minor human errors do not trouble me. But gross incompetence does.
Although Ameren claims otherwise, it is my professional opinion that the passive reactor shutdown went unnoticed by the operating crew. I say this because from 10:18 to 10:39 am, as reactor power lowered from the power range into the source range, the operators took no action to actively shut down the reactor by inserting the control banks. Instead, they performed routine
(i.e. non emergent) operations on ancillary plant equipment: raised letdown flow from 75 to 120 gpm, placed cooling tower blowdown in service, lowered intake flow. Ask a Senior Reactor Operator or a nuclear engineer if they would prioritize any of those items over actively controlling the nuclear fission reaction in the reactor core. They will tell you that no competent operator would prioritize any activity over taking active measures to ensure the nuclear fission reaction was shut down and would not inadvertently restart.
From 10:39 to 11:25 am the reactor was in the source range with no Source Range Nuclear Instruments energized and with the control rods still at their last critical rod heights. This is a highly abnormal condition to be in and one in which the designers of the plant never intended for the operators to intentionally operate. Despite all this, the public was not in any imminent danger because Xenon-135, the same radioactive nuclear waste gas which had caused the plant to passively shut down, was absorbing enough neutrons to keep the reactor from inadvertently restarting. However, Xenon-135 is radioactive. It decays. It does not last forever. Without the control banks inserted, at some point enough Xenon-135 might decay causing the reactor to inadvertently restart and rise in power on its own.
There are situations when commercial reactors rely on Xenon-135 to keep the reactor from restarting. Whenever this is done, a formal calculation is performed (called a Shutdown Margin surveillance at Callaway Plant) to verify the point at which Xenon-135 levels can no longer be counted on to absorb enough neutrons to keep the reactor shutdown. On October 21, 2003 there was never any Shutdown Margin calculation performed to justify maintaining the control rods withdrawn with the reactor shutdown. If they knew the reactor was shutdown (which I do not believe they did) then the US NRC licensed operators were relying on an informal estimation that Xenon-135 levels would remain high enough to prevent the reactor from restarting. Although they were lucky and the reactor did not inadvertently restart, relying on "luck" is not a strategy most Missourians view as acceptable.
At 11:25 am the operators received an alarm in the reactor control room indicating that the reactor was in the source range. This should have immediately prompted them to insert the control banks. Instead they dragged their feet for another 39 minutes. Since, by procedure, the only way to shut down the reactor at Callaway Plant is by inserting the control banks, by delaying until 12:05 pm to commence insertion of the control banks the operators effectively gave upper management the impression that they were shutting the reactor down shortly after noon. Since plant upper management expected the reactor to be shut down at noon, the operators were able to cover up the fact that the reactor had actually passively shut down 106 minutes earlier. That is, at 12:05 pm no one outside of the main control room was aware that instead of using the control banks to shut down the reactor the operators were inserting the control banks on a reactor that had passively shut down 106 minutes earlier.
The events I just detailed in the preceding paragraphs were reviewed and analyzed by the Union of Concerned Scientists in November 2010 and are documented in an issue brief located at:
Missourians cannot accept reactor operators who cover up mistakes. In nuclear power, mistakes must be admitted to, documented and learned from.
The October 21, 2003 passive reactor shut down was successfully covered up until February 2007, when I accidently uncovered it during an unrelated review of past reactor shutdowns to support a revision to the Reactor Shutdown procedure. As was my duty as a professional engineer, I documented the incident in the plant's Corrective Action Program.
In 2007 I spent from February through November attempting to get the October 21, 2003 passive reactor shutdown investigated at Ameren. Although a nominal investigation was performed, I was unsuccessful in getting the utility to do a proper analysis of the incident. I was unsuccessful because of two men: the Operations Manager and the Operations Training Manager.
The Operations Training Manager was (and is) a man named David Lantz. On October 21, 2003 Mr. Lantz was the Shift Manager responsible for shutting down the reactor plant. It was his crew that for over an hour failed to recognize the reactor had passively shut down. It was his crew that inappropriately delayed inserting the control banks an additional 39 minutes in order to cover up the incident from plant upper management.
The Operations Manager was a man named David Neterer. In 2008, Mr. Neterer was promoted to Plant Director (the highest position at Callaway Plant) and still holds that position today. At
11:25 am on October 21, 2003 Mr. Neterer was observing the plant shutdown in the reactor control room when the channel 2 Source Range Nuclear Instrument energized and the operators first recognized that the reactor had passively shut down. It was Mr. Neterer's responsibility to ensure the unrecognized passive shutdown was documented and addressed but he failed to do so.
When the October 21, 2003 passive reactor shutdown was documented in the Callaway Action Request System in 2007, Mr. Neterer had a duty to ensure it was thoroughly investigated but instead actively impeded the investigation.
While still a Callaway Plant employee in 2007 I brought my concerns regarding the October 21, 2003 passive reactor shutdown to the Operations department, the Performance Improvement department, the Quality Assurance department, the Employee Concerns Program manager (David Hollabaugh), the Plant Director (Fadi Diya who is now the Site Vice President), the Site Vice President (Adam Heflin who is now the Chief Nuclear Officer) and the corporate Nuclear Safety Review Board (headed by former NRC Regional Administrator Ellis Merschoff). None of these organizations saw to it that the October 21, 2003 passive reactor shutdown was investigated.
The culture at Ameren is inadequate for entrusting with the responsibility of operating a commercial nuclear reactor plant. The highest company officer on site at Callaway Plant (Dave Neterer, the Plant Director) was complacent in covering up a significant human performance incident in 2003 (the October 21, 2003 passive reactor shutdown) and he is still directly involved in keeping the incident from being properly addressed. The Chief Nuclear Officer (Adam Heflin) and the Site Vice President (Fadi Diya) are both aware of the incident and yet have failed to address it.
In 2005 Ameren operators overtopped the upper reservoir at Taum Sauk causing it to fail and nearly kill the Toops family. During that incident, Ameren operators were continuing to fill the upper reservoir from over 100 miles away despite knowing that the level indications for the reservoir were suspect. Ameren engineers and technicians who had brought the faulty level indications to their management were too fearful of losing their jobs to aggressively confront their management on the unsafe continued operation of the plant. The previous governor called the Taum Sauk upper reservoir failure the worst disaster ever to occur in Missouri. Having worked at Callaway Plant for over five years, I can attest to you that the same culture flaws which enabled the Taum Sauk disaster are rampant at Callaway Plant. And nothing has changed since I left in 2007 other than dishonest individuals have been promoted to even higher levels of responsibility.
Admiral Rickover once said: Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization. Enclosed with this letter are two essays which I wrote in 2009 and emailed to some members of the Missouri legislature. One concerns Ameren's failure to adequately retire its sulfuric acid systems and the other concerns Ameren's failure to adequately staff its Fire Brigade at Callaway Plant. Although both issues occurred in the 2004 to 2006 time frame, the managers for this poor "general state of readiness" are for the most part still around today or have been promoted to even higher levels within the organization.
Please note, I am not divulging this information to you to dissuade you from promoting the expansion of nuclear power in Missouri. I firmly believe that a second reactor at Callaway Plant would be a great benefit to not only the taxpayers and merchants of Callaway County, but also to the economies of the surrounding counties, the treasury of the State of Missouri, and the national electric grid. Not only that, but expansion of nuclear power in Missouri is greatly beneficial to our nation's economic and military security as it reduces our dependence on foreign energy sources and keeps US energy dollars in the hands of highly trained US workers. Nuclear power is something a responsible governor supports. However, nuclear SAFETY is also something a responsible governor supports.
Nuclear power plants can be operated safely, but as a former Senior Reactor Operator, who worked at Callaway Plant for nearly six years and who has spent a total of eleven years in various roles at four different nuclear utilities, I can assure you that it is ONLY because of federal government regulations that nuclear utilities maintain their reactors' safety systems in an adequate state of readiness. Hydro has no similar government regulation and look what happened at Taum Sauk. Likewise, at Callaway Plant the sulfuric acid systems detailed in the attached essay debatably fell outside of the purview of the US NRC and look how they were maintained. And more recently, look what happened in the Gulf of Mexico on the barely regulated Deepwater Horizon oil platform. Without vigilant government regulation nuclear utilities would allow their safety systems to degrade to the point that we (the public) would be relying on LUCK to prevent accidents and not on engineered safety features.
Please keep in mind what "vigilant government regulation" entails. The "government regulation" part is easy. It's already been there since the first commercial reactor plants came on line in the 1960s. It requires nothing of you. There are plenty of Washington bureaucrats taking care of it for you. It is the "vigilant" part which requires your attention, and that is why I am writing you this letter.
Currently the regulations ensuring nuclear safety at Callaway Plant are enforced by federal bureaucrats headquartered in Arlington, TX. Most of these bureaucrats have never worked for a nuclear utility, let alone actually operated a commercial nuclear reactor. And, to my knowledge, NONE of them have ever operated the reactor at Callaway Plant. Yet they are whom Missourians must rely upon to enforce federal regulations at Callaway Plant.
Luckily, however, the Texas bureaucrats are not our only guardians to ensure the profit driven officers of Ameren do not neglect nuclear safety in pursuit of their multi-million dollar annual bonuses. There are two other very important sources: Missouri union tradesmen and Missouri professional engineers. Every day conscientious workers at Callaway Plant come across latent flaws. These can be anything from errors in recently revised procedures to improperly installed equipment dating from the plant's construction. And Ameren management is usually thankful that their workers find these errors. That is, as long as the problems that are found don't jeopardize those million dollar bonuses. And that's where you come in.
Ameren is a corporation. But corporations aren't really anything other than mere pieces of paper. It is the people, that run and work for the corporation, who run power plants. And people are flawed. They like money. They hold grudges. They make errors. When confronted with decisions they sometimes choose poorly.
It is relatively easy at Callaway Plant to document a problem. It is often easy to find a solution to that problem. However, sometimes the solution is not easy. And when the solution is not easy, it is NEVER easy to stand up for nuclear safety and ensure the right course of action is taken. It is never easy for the common worker to risk his job for a mere nuclear safety concern. And that is what they are doing at Ameren – risking their job – if they stand in the way of those million dollar bonuses.
Some people will tell you that there are federal laws which protect these employees. I can tell you from personal experience that, although those laws on the surface might seem adequate, they are nearly impossible for the federal bureaucrats from Texas to implement in any meaningful way.
A nuclear utility, which is dumb enough to state in writing to a worker that he will be fired if he pursues a nuclear safety concern, will certainly be punished by the federal bureaucrats. But how often do utilities behave that recklessly? These utilities employ law firms (such as Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman – the law firm Ameren uses) to train their employees on how not to violate work place discrimination laws.
Retaliation at nuclear plants is much more subtle than blatantly threatening an employee, in writing, with loss of his job. And although retaliation against "problem" nuclear workers is likely not endorsed by the Ameren board of directors, it occurs nonetheless – because it is usually personal. Remember, corporations only exist on paper. It is PEOPLE who operate nuclear reactors. And, unfortunately, it is people who retaliate against "troublesome" subordinates. Retaliation against a worker usually occurs when the worker's superiors have had to answer to THEIR superiors for problems at the plant which might jeopardize bonuses. Retaliation is personal. And it is done in a way that is easily defensible.
It is not difficult to retaliate in a manner in which the federal bureaucrats cannot (or refuse to) detect. All that is required is to place the troublesome employee on a "Performance Improvement Plan". Once on the "Performance Improvement Plan" the employee either "gets the message" or is fired because he failed to improve. Although common citizen can see right through these tactics, federal bureaucrats have different standards than common citizens. Bureaucrats cannot use reason and rational thought. They can only follow the letter of the regulations. So as long as the utility's trained retaliators did not violate a strict compliance of the regulations, the bureaucrats can do nothing but claim the retaliation complaint was "not substantiated".
It has been reported on several occasions in the Missouri media that I was paid over half a million dollars by Ameren to resign from my job for attempting to get the October 21, 2003 passive reactor shutdown investigated. But what has not been reported is where that money came from. One hundred percent of that $550,000 payment was passed onto Ameren's rate payers. The same can be said for the six-figure settlements paid to Jim Gloe, Clark Fuhlage and Julia Forbes in 2006. And the same can be said for the settlement paid to Gerry Bergeron in 2008, and for the multi-million dollar settlement paid to the Toops family.
Why is Ameren allowed to pass these settlements onto the rate payers? Think about it. These are NOT legal judgments which are ordered by a court to compensate for wrongdoing. In fact, in the contracts awarding these settlements Ameren specifically denies wrongdoing. These are merely business expenses – business expenses to AVOID going to court, but business expenses nonetheless. So the cost of Ameren's retaliation against the workers brave enough to take a stand on nuclear safety is added to the rates paid by the rate payers instead of being withdrawn from the multi-million dollar bonuses paid to the executives.
What can you do about this? Plenty can be done. The State of Missouri should have laws protecting its professional engineers and reactor plant workers from retaliation. Citizen jurors from the local Missouri community (not federal bureaucrats from Texas) should evaluate if their peers have been retaliated against for looking out for public safety.
A worker protection law is needed in Missouri for two reasons: (1) the federal regulations against worker retaliation are nearly impossible for the bureaucrats at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to use in any meaningful way due to the "level of evidence" which the NRC requires to prove a violation and (2) nuclear utilities, which typically gross over $1 million/day in electricity sales at each reactor plant, view five-figure NRC fines as nothing more than a cost of doing business. Our nuclear workers need to be protected by state laws which allow state juries to evaluate their claims and which award settlements which are great enough to be punitive to the utilities.
I am not a fan of trial lawyers. And I am certainly not a fan of multi-million dollar settlements being passed onto the rate payers. I recognize that there are those who oppose jury trials because the settlement amounts are often exorbitant and, in some way or another, those costs are passed onto society. But there are ways around this dilemma: limit the court awards paid to workers (and their attorneys) and minimize punitive awards to a range which will punish the utility but not inhibit the utility from financially being able to meet its stewardship responsibilities.
My suggestion would be to break the award into two distinct elements: just compensation to the worker and punitive punishment to the utility. The payment made to the worker and his lawyer (who typically receives 1/3 of the award) should be limited. A reasonable limit would be a minimum of one year's salary and a maximum of 10 years' salary and this award should be paid from the corporate profits. A limit of this type would place the award in the $100,000 to $1 million range. The punitive settlement, however, needs a much higher limit. My suggestion would be to have this component equal the total annual compensation paid to the top five utility executives. This would thereby ensure the punitive settlement is within a range that we know the utility could afford to pay from its net profits. This punitive settlement could be paid into the state coffers (such as into an emergency management fund to help defray the cost of man-made disasters like the collapse of the Taum Sauk upper reservoir) or rebated back to the state's taxpayers.
Having a Missouri Law which protects our courageous nuclear workers from retaliation is necessary for ensuring the safety of Missouri's current reactor plant and any possible future ones. Missourians cannot solely rely on federal bureaucrats, most of whom have never operated commercial reactor plants, to ensure Missouri's current and future reactor plants are operated safely. Missourians must be able to also rely on their local nuclear workers – the workers trained and experienced on operating the nuclear reactor which powers the electric generating plant they work at. But these workers must be protected from retaliation. Electricity generation is big business with big profits to be had. Multi-million dollar bonuses have a way of swaying decisions in the direction of generation over safety, and sometimes, unfortunately, result in utility executives not valuing the conscientious workers who at times demand their money making plants unexpectedly shut down to correct safety problems. I urge you, the Governor who is supporting an expansion of nuclear power in Missouri, to tie a worker protection law to new plant construction. Ameren showed us at Taum Sauk the corrupting influence its million dollar bonuses have on good decision making. A nuclear "Taum Sauk" in Callaway County will not only kill nuclear power in Missouri – like Three Mile Island in 1979 it will kill nuclear plants across the nation.
If you have any questions regarding the information I have provided, please call me at 573-230-3959.
Very respectfully,
Lawrence S. Criscione, PE
Cc: Chairman Robert M. Clayton III, Missouri Public Service Commission
Lewis R. Mills, Jr., Missouri Public Counsel
Representative Darrell Pollock, District 146
Representative Jake Zimmerman, District 083
Representative Jeanette Mott Oxford, District 059
Representative Anne Zerr, District 018
Improper Retirement of Sulfuric Acid systems at Callaway Plant Leads to Contamination of Ground Water and Acid Leaking through Ceiling Tiles in the Control Room for Radioactive Waste Processing
Despite repeated problems with abandoned acid systems, management at Ameren's Callaway Nuclear Plant failed to commit resources to properly retire the systems until leaks occurred which either jeopardized the safety of plant workers or resulted in uncontrolled release of acid into the ground water.
According to an internal Callaway Plant Action Request (CAR), on September 24, 2001 approximately 200 gallons of sulfuric acid spilled near the cooling tower when an acid storage and delivery system failed. As a result of the September 2001 incident, in 2002 a new system was installed to deliver acid to the Cooling Tower. To save money, the original acid system was abandoned in place with residual acid remaining in the tanks and piping. Within a year, the piping corroded to the point that, on June 26, 2003 an Equipment Operator refused to perform work in the area of the old acid piping. To appease the concerns of the operators, Job C713235 was created for a "Vendor to neutralize the acid tanks of the abondon [sic] acid system at the Circ & Service Bldg." It would take another 40 months of recurring problems with the abandoned acid piping before Job C713235 was performed.
In the picture at right, the salt complex to the left of the piping tee used to be a piece of piping; it corroded due to residual sulfuric acid left in it. This piping is part of the same system which, on July 31, 2004 developed a piping breach that caused a 30 gallon acid spill. Again plant operators reported the need to flush the residual acid from the system, but Ameren management refused to commit the necessary resources to the task.
Much of the piping, which was abandoned in place with acid still in the lines, is buried
(i.e. underground) pipe. In September 2004, during hard rains pH 1 acid was discovered leaching into the basement of the building which houses the cooling tower support equipment. Water with an acidity of pH 1 is one million times as acidic as neutral water. As rain water made its way through the ground around the Circ and Service building, it became one million times more acidic due to the sulfuric acid present in the soil around the building. Ameren management was informed of this problem in a Callaway Action Request but again failed to take action to properly flush the abandoned acid piping.
The picture at right was attached to the Callaway Action Request which was written concerning the acid leaching into the basement of the Circ and Service building. The sign in the foreground reads "Acid from ground leaks through piping penetrations with hard rains." The location of the acid leaching can be seen on the wall in the background where the elbowed piping enters the wall. This picture is from the lower level of the Circ and Service building and there is abandoned underground acid piping in the earth on the other side of the wall. Highly acidic ground water leaking in from the earth caused the damage to the concrete which is visible below the piping elbow. The residual acid in this piping was never neutralized or flushed out when the system was abandoned.
On May 20, 2006 another acid leak developed in the abandoned piping. The leak was documented in yet another Callaway Action Request which noted "A spool piece … has been corroded away and acid is leaking out onto the floor. This is residual acid that has been in the system for years." The Screening Committee, which reviews all Callaway Action Requests for proper assignment and resolution, did not forward this CAR onto an engineer for evaluation; instead it closed the CAR during screening to "The screening committee has reviewed this CAR and concluded that a Job is adequate to correct the adverse condition. No additional actions are needed." On August 8, 2006 a job was worked that merely removed the leaking valve and replaced it with a blank flange; again, no effort was made to flush the residual acid from the retired piping.
By July 2006 the chemistry technicians at Callaway Plant were fed up with working around sulfuric acid contamination. On July 20, 2006 a Chemistry staffer wrote Callaway Action Request 200605860, entitled "Retired Acid System at Circ/Service presents a concern w/ Acid Leaks". In this report it was noted the retired system contained enough old acid that it "presents a safety concern to Chemistry personnel and others in the building" and "will continue to manifest as acid leaks within deteriorating components". On October 25, 2006 this corrective action document was closed with the residual acid still remaining in the system. In the closure statement it was stated that "job C713235 has been issued to flush the system." Job C713235 was the job originated 38 months earlier in response to the concerns of the Equipment Operator who had refused to work in the area of the old acid piping. On October 25, 2006 Job C713235 was still not even planned when it was used to close out the concerns of the chemistry technicians.
On November 7, 2006 a leak developed at the bottom of the retired Acid Day Tank at the Circ and Service building. Because of the location of this leak, it could not be isolated. The operators would either have to allow the contents of the tank to slowly drip out and be absorbed into the ground, or they would have to patch the hole at the bottom of the tank, from which highly concentrated sulfuric acid was actively leaking.
The Field Supervisor documented the November 7, 2006 leak in a Callaway Action Request. The next morning, the CAR Screening Committee attempted to close the Field Supervisor's CAR to Job C713235 – the job to neutralize the acid tank which, although now over 38 months old, was still not planned.
The Shift Technical Advisor, who was assigned to the Control Room on November 7, 2006 when the operators discovered the unisolable acid leak, attended the CAR Screening Committee meeting on November 8, 2006 and got into an argument with the members of the Screening Committee who wanted to close the Field Supervisor's CAR (documenting the unisolable leak on the old acid tank) without taking any positive action to ensure Job C713235 would actually be worked.
Following the CAR Screening Committee meeting, the Shift Technical Advisor documented the five year history of leaks on the old acid system in Callaway Action Request 200609296, "Closing CARS Prior to Completion of Work Causes Recurring Acid Leaks". This document was written with the hope that by writing a "big picture" overview of the problems experienced over the past several years, the management at Callaway Plant would recognize that they not only had a problem with their retired acid systems, but that their Corrective Action Process was also deeply flawed – flawed in that the Callaway Action Requests written to address acid leaks were being closed to a job which was neither scheduled nor even planned.
As a result of CAR 200609296 a team was assembled to address the issue of the abandoned acid systems and in December 2006 the residual acid was flushed from the leaking tank outside the Circ and Service building. However, no attempt has yet been made to clean up the acid contamination in the earth around the Circ and Service building.
The leaking acid tank at the Circ and Service building was brought to the attention of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors at Callaway Plant in mid-November 2006. The Resident Inspectors refused to investigate the issue because the acid system at the Cooling Tower is not a "safety related" system (i.e. equipment required to prevent or mitigate a reactor accident). The Resident Inspectors did not notify OSHA or the EPA for an assessment of whether industrial safety or environmental laws were being violated at Callaway Plant because of the leaking acid tank.
During the same time period in which chronic problems were resulting due to the improperly abandoned acid system at the Cooling Tower, a similar acid system in the Radwaste Building was causing its own problems. Ninety-three percent Sulfuric Acid had been left in the Radiological Waste Acid Addition tank (pictured at right) when it was retired in place and by October 2004 the acid had eaten its way through the wall of the tank. The bulging areas in the picture of the tank are where the acid has eaten its way through the structural steel of the tank and is travelling down the wall of the tank beneath the paint layer.
The Radwaste Building is where the equipment is housed for the processing of gaseous, liquid and solid radioactive wastes. Callaway Plant was designed to be a "zero discharge" plant, meaning all radioactive liquid waste would be processed on-site (vice being discharged to the Missouri River) and the solid waste derived from the liquid waste would be shipped out of state for disposal. In order to cut costs, Ameren curtailed the labor-intensive processing of liquid radioactive wastes in the 1980's and instead discharges several hundred gallons a day of radioactive reactor coolant into the Missouri River. Much of the old liquid radioactive waste processing equipment has been allowed to fall into disrepair, including the sulfuric acid tank above the Radwaste Control Room.
Several years after being abandoned in place, the concentrated acid left in the Radiological Waste Acid Addition tank ate a hole in the wall of the tank and leaked onto the bermed area at the base of the tank. Despite noticing the leak in October 2004, no action was taken to resolve the problem and by June 22, 2005 the acid had eaten its way through piping penetrations in the floor below the tank and was causing a sulfur smell in the area below.
On June 25, 2005 the Reactor Operators were notified that an acid leak was occurring in the Radwaste Control Room – the controlling station for the equipment which processes gaseous, liquid and solid radioactive wastes. The description of the incident documented in CAR 200504427 reads like it could have been taken from a scene at Mr. Burn's nuclear power plant on the Simpsons:
Upon arriving at the scene the Field Supervisor found the acid leak was still active, but was being contained in a stainless steel bucket that the Radwaste operator had placed to catch the leakage. Acid had eaten a hole through the ceiling tile and was slowly dripping through. The estimated leak amount was one tablespoon visible on the carpet (more may have soaked into the carpet). There was also a small amount pooled on top of the ceiling tile. The Rad waste operator stated that an unidentified odor had been noted the previous day, but the cause could not be found. Apparently the acid had been leaking onto the ceiling tile and finally had eaten through.
The source of the acid was from the berm around tank THC10. The tank has significant corrosion and appears to have an active leak in its side. Seepage could be seen through the corrosion, but no active dripping was noted. The quantity of acid in the berm is estimated at 2 gallons. The leakage from the berm is occurring at a floor penetration for instrument tubing at the north end. The acid is seeping through the penetration and running down the tubing until it drips off onto the ceiling tile below. No open Job could be found in EMPRV for the acid leak. The sign on the caution tape around the acid berm indicates the leak has been occurring since 10-28-04.
The picture at right is of the control air lines for equipment used in the processing of solid radiological waste. The acid leaking from the Radiological Waste Acid Addition tank entered the ceiling through the penetration for these lines. Although damaged, these lines were not breached. The picture was taken in February 2007; twenty months after the acid leak, the acid had still not been cleaned from these lines.
The history of recurring acid problems in the Radwaste Building was documented in Callaway Action Request 200609328. As with the acid problems at the Circ and Service building, the Resident Inspectors of the US NRC refused to look into the problems in the Radwaste building because none of the equipment in that building is "safety related". Although failure of equipment used in the processing of radioactive waste could result in a spill of radioactive material, the US NRC is only concerned with equipment required to mitigate nuclear accidents.
In August 2007, a Shift Engineer at Callaway Plant wrote a letter to US Senator Durbin
discussing, among other topics, the failure of the US NRC to address Ameren's practice
of deferring the retirement of acid systems for financial reasons. In the letter, it was pointed out:
It should be noted that similar acid systems exist at Ameren fossil plants. If Ameren does not properly retire equipment at the Callaway Nuclear Plant (arguably the "jewel" in its regulated Missouri market), it is likely neglecting similar equipment at its de-regulated Illinois fossil plants.
It is not known what action Senator Durbin's office has taken with regard to this issue.
Staffing Concerns at Callaway Plant
On September 18, 2004 there was a small fire on the roof of the Communications Corridor at the Callaway Nuclear Plant, adjacent to the building which houses the reactor plant Control Room. The fire was extinguished by the Fire Brigade but then "re-flashed" over an hour later, requiring the Fire Brigade to be activated a second time to put out the fire.
An Event Review Team meeting was held on September 20, 2004 to analyze the Fire Brigade's response to the roof fire. At that meeting the Equipment Operators expressed concerns that the Fire Brigade was not adequately staffed. Their specific concern was with crediting the Outside Equipment Operator watch station as a Fire Brigade responder, as expressed by one of the Equipment Operators:
Before this fire I had no idea how limited our resources are. We got four people.
This was a really tiny fire and we used up all kinds of [oxygen] bottles and air
packs. Man, if we have any kind of fire out here at all we're going to need help.
And I knew that before but it really drove the point home yesterday…
Although the summary for the September 20, 2004 Event Review Team meeting thoroughly documented several process and equipment concerns, the concerns of the Equipment Operators, regarding the assignment of the Outside Equipment Operator watch station to the Fire Brigade, were not captured.
When the Callaway Nuclear Plant was licensed by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Ameren committed to staffing the Fire Brigade such that "at least five members shall be maintained onsite at all times." For twenty years, the company staffed the operating crews with watch standers who might not be "onsite" in the event of a fire.
On November 15, 2004 the Equipment Operators who fought the September 2004 roof fire expressed their concerns, to a Fire Brigade Leader, that the company was inadequately staffing the Fire Brigade and had intentionally omitted their concerns from the September 20th Event Review Team summary. The Fire Brigade Leader documented their concerns in the Callaway Action Request system as an Adverse Condition. Ignoring a request by the Fire Brigade Leader that he be assigned the task of resolving the Adverse Condition, the Assistant Operation Manager downgraded the concerns to a Business Tracking item and dismissed them with an argument that:
The Intake and other outlying buildings are part of Callaway. The FS [Field
Supervisor who also serves as the Fire Brigade Leader] and Outside EO can be at
any of these locations…
Although the Intake structure is technically "onsite" since it is Ameren property, it was not the original intent of the US NRC to allow the Fire Brigade Leader to be 20 minutes away from the reactor plant. Also, applying Ameren's own literal interpretation of its licensing requirements, since the Outside Equipment Operator is travelling on a county road to go between the Intake structure and the main plant, he is not "onsite" during this time period and the company is not meeting its commitment to have five Fire Brigade members "maintained onsite at all times."
The Callaway Nuclear Plant is sited on a plateau, about five miles from the Missouri River, where the town of Reform, MO used to be located. Its cooling tower is supplied with water pumped from an Intake structure which is over 7½ miles from the plant, most of which is along a county gravel road. The image at right was captured from "Google Earth". The red dot east of balloon "B" is the approximate location of the fire brigade locker. The red dot south of balloon "A" is the location of the Intake structure on the Missouri River. The Outside Equipment Operator spends the majority of his 12-hour watch "outside" the security fence which surrounds the main area of the plant, and during his watch he makes at least one trip to the Intake structure which is more than a 20 minute drive from the main plant.
On March 29, 2005 the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Resident Inspector at the Callaway Nuclear Plant timed an Ameren employee to determine how long it actually took to get from the Intake structure to the Fire Brigade locker. The trip was made in 21 minutes.
Even after receiving scrutiny from the Resident Inspector, Ameren continued to flaunt their licensing basis for another month. After being issued a finding in the US NRC's first quarter 2005 inspection report for not properly staffing the Fire Brigade, on April 28, 2005 the Operations Manager at the Callaway Nuclear Plant ordered the operating crews to:
maintain four (4) Fire Brigade qualified Equipment Operators on each shift
excluding the Primary EO and Outside EO.
At the time of the policy change to no longer credit the Outside Equipment Operator as a Fire Brigade member, half of the operating crews did not have enough Equipment Operators to meet the Fire Brigade commitments without overtime support from Equipment Operators on other crews. Thirty months later, when the understaffing issue was brought to the attention of Senator Claire McCaskill, the Equipment Operator manning had only gotten worse with a total shortfall of nine Equipment Operators. Ameren's explanation to Senator McCaskill's staff was that since it is allowed to use overtime to cover the required short fall of Equipment Operators, no staffing increases are required.
Since 2007 the Fire Brigade and Main Control Room staffing levels at Callaway Plant have continued to degrade. In 2004 there were three licensed Senior Reactor Operators per crew. One SRO was the Shift Manager, one was the Control Room Supervisor and one was the Field Supervisor who also served as the Fire Brigade Leader. Currently at Callaway Plant, only two of the six operating crews have three Senior Reactor Operators. Although only two Senior Reactor Operators are required, it is standard practice at most single unit nuclear plants to have three SRO's on each shift.
Other staffing concerns exist at Callaway Plant. Since the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the US NRC has required a degreed engineer to be present at all times to support the Control Room as the Shift Technical Advisor. The Shift Technical Advisor's role is to back up the decisions of the Control Room Supervisor and Shift Manager during a reactor accident. Currently at Callaway Plant, during the backshifts, the Shift Technical Advisor role is fulfilled by requiring that either the Shift Manager or Control Room Supervisor possess a Shift Technical Advisor qualification (have an engineering degree plus some additional training). Apparently, by possessing a Shift Technical Advisor qualification, these individuals are able to advise themselves and do not require the additional input of a third person. Although, amazingly, this practice is allowed by the US NRC, at most nuclear plants the Shift Technical Advisor is a separate (i.e. third) person from the two people he is advising.
Saving money by short staffing can have dangerous consequences. On December 13, 2005 Ameren overtopped the Taum Sauk upper reservoir in Reynolds County Missouri, flooding Johnson Shut-ins State Park and nearly killing the superintendent, his wife and three young children when their house was destroyed by a wall of water. Assigning a $10/hour night watchman to watch the filling evolution from the top of the upper reservoir could have prevented the entire accident. Instead, Ameren relied on instrumentation, which was known to be damaged but not repaired, to ensure the upper reservoir was never overtopped while filling it.
Since he had been told that his family would receive 12 minutes notice if there was ever a reservoir break, the Johnson Shut-ins superintendent was surprised to learn that there was never anyone assigned to watch the reservoir during filling evolution and that the whole process was controlled remotely, 100 miles away, from Bagnell Dam. After his home was destroyed by the rush of water, the superintendent's five-year-old son was found unconscious and not breathing, but was able to be revived by the emergency responders. Had the incident occurred on a typical early morning in July, vice December, it is likely that hundreds of campers would have died as the wall of water ripped through the very popular Johnson Shut-ins campground on its way to the lower reservoir.
The Callaway Nuclear Plant generates more than $50,000 worth of electricity every hour; Ameren can afford to properly staff its reactor plant Control Room as well as other facilities it operates.
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Well, we now know why Sheriff Rick Davis quit. Sort of. Not quite. Things are a little fuzzy around the edges.
As near as I can figure after reading the reports, nobody did nuthin' wrong, yet nearly a hundred grand went out the window from the county's insurance company to deputy Pamela Cannon. And now we're told it is time to move on. Hello?
OK. No sweat. I think I've got it now. Sort of. Gosh! Law enforcement sure is confusing and expensive. Especially if you don't do nuthin' wrong. And this whole episode continues to smell like rotten fish.
In North Carolina, money and power in the wrong hands wins again. Surprise, surprise, surprise!
The boys in the beach development business have managed to get the scientific estimates of coastal flooding banned until 2006.
Scientists agree coastal flooding due to sea levels rising will happen. North Carolina funded a study that shows a very real possibility of sea levels rising more than 3 feet by 2100. This is not what development interests want to hear. These figures could bind coastal developers' rapacious hands, you see. They want to build wherever, even if it risks flooding. They already do this now on our coast. The greedy want to continue to do this.
At least once a year after a hurricane or a winter storm, the news at 11 shows some empty-headed owner of a beach house that is now floating in the sea. The owner says. "Oh! Why doesn't the government do something?"
For years, developers have been building in harm's way, and fools snap up those houses like hotcakes. Then the same fools demand that the government somehow stop the tides by removing the moon, I suppose.
Now we actually have a chance to scientifically predict sea levels using solid data. Nope, the same ninnies who poo-poo global warming also want to ignore the rise in the sea level.
And once again, we prove Voltaire correct. We really are "too stupid to survive as a species."
Headline: "Ryan's Bold Medicare Plans Make Some People Nervous."
Yeah, that makes me nervous, especially when I read in the same article, "Yet his policies could work, economists say." Yes, and if they don't, retirees could be stuck with thousands of dollars a year in additional bills.
In an interview on "60 Minutes," Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan did a little soft-shoe creative explaining in the hopes that their words would reassure the elderly.
America is about more choices, Romney said, and "that's how we make Medicare work down the road." Yeah — America is about choices if you are wealthy. The rich have all manner of choices and always have. What of the poor "that we shall always have with us?" The poor do not and have never had a choice in this world. How is the GOP dynamic duo going to change that?
The news article adds that "the devil's in the details." And there are lots of them that have yet to be ironed out.
Have yet to be ironed out? Yeah. I'm nervous about the Romney-Ryan boys and their so-called plan. You should be too. Didn't the last stock market failure teach us anything about why we should not privatize Social Security?
Here we go again down the rainbow path of the GOP.
Doing nuthin' wrong sure is expensive
Well, we now know why Sheriff Rick Davis quit. Sort of. Not quite. Things are a little fuzzy around the edges.

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Mary P. Callahan
Seattle Campus
Small-group seminars address current problems in international affairs, each focusing on one specific policy question and producing a joint task force report. Restricted to senior majors in International Studies. Prerequisite: SIS 200; SIS 201; SIS 202; SIS 401.
Class description
Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect
This presidential task force will write a policy paper laying out protocols for humanitarian interventions. In particular, it will evaluate whether the United States should take the lead on, support, or reject the relatively new doctrine called "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P), which holds that is appropriate to undertake all means necessary (including military intervention) against a state that does not protect people at risk in its territory. The task force will develop "lessons learned" from recent cases in which R2P has been invoked, such as Burma and Darfur. Students are expected to have read Gareth Evans, The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All, and to familiarize themselves with the report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, available online at: http://www.iciss.ca/report-en.asp before the quarter begins. They should also research recent press coverage of the crises in Burma and Darfur, as well as other cases in which R2P is being debated.
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Subject: [FAIRBANKS] Fairbanks Family association & geneology & more
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:06:42 -0400
Just a reminder to other list subscribers that the authoritative genealogy on the Fairbanks family descended of Jonathan Fairbanks, builder of the famous Fairbanks House (1636) in Dedham, Massachusetts, is available for sale from the non-profit family organization which still owns and operates that historic house, along with other items of interest to family descendants (if you are a direct descendant, you can even join the organization!). The book, a rather large volume, is available for $75.00 (plus shipping) at http://fairbankshouse.org/ and so is membership information, etc.
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Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture
Odd that the name "sneakers" came about because the rubber soles were quieter than shoes with hard leather bottoms, and yet in the place where sneakers are the most iconic is the basketball court, where the footwear's outrageous squeaks make stealth unfeasible. That being said, kicks endorsed by hoopsters such as LeBron James and Michael Jordan are now collector's items and status symbols – and nobody saw that coming. An exhibition showcases the 150-year history of sneaker culture. To March 30, 2014. $5 to $14. Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor St. W., 416-979-7799.
The Charge of the Expormidable Moose
Claude Gauvreau's surreal 1956 piece has enjoyed several significant revivals in the late playwright's home province of Quebec, and now the Moose is finally unloosened in English translation. A clever production of the play about a poet who is mocked and envied by his housemates finishes its well-received run tomorrow. May 25 (8 p.m.) and May 26 (2:30 p.m.). $23 to $28. Tarragon Theatre Extra Space, 30 Bridgman Ave., 416-531-1827 or onelittlegoat.org.
Arts & Crafts: Norman Wong photography
The scene isn't broken. In fact, it is 10-year's strong and still thriving. As part of the anniversary celebration of the indie label Arts & Crafts, a new exhibit by local fashion and music photographer Norman Wong shows portraits of rock stars Leslie Feist, Emily Haines, Amy Millan, Torquil Campbell and the hirsute Broken Social Scene leader and label co-founder Kevin Drew (above). The works line the walls at 1093 Queen St. W., where a pop-up shop offers one-stop shopping for all things A&C. To June 15. arts-crafts.ca.
Canadian Opera Company: Opera Connect
The COC has said "so long" to Salome for now, but another production of Richard Strauss's excellently disturbing opera opens this weekend overseas. Tomorrow, CBC Radio host Brent Bambury talks to Canadian filmmaker and director Atom Egoyan (whose successful adaptation of the scandalous Salome here closed this week) and, by video link, Norwegian stage director Stefan Herheim, whose own version is being mounted by Norwegian Opera & Ballet. May 26, 1 p.m. Free. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. W., 416-363-8231 or coc.ca.
Authors' Brunch: Conrad Black
Too big to fail? No, not the mega-banks. And not Conrad Black and not America. In his new book Flight of the Eagle, the convicted felon and former newspaper baron documents the rise and nosedive of the world's greatest superpower. Over eggs and O.J., the historian joins fellow chatting authors Jennie Rooney, Charles MacPherson and Linda Tucker for mouthfuls. May 26, 10 am. $50. King Edward Hotel, 37 King St. E., pre-register at 416-361-0032, information at benmcnallybooks.com.Report Typo/Error
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PJSC LUKOIL has been operating in the Azerbaijani oil-and-gas industry since 1994, when the Company joined its first international development project for the Azeri-Chirag-Gyuneshli oil field, one of the largest in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. LUKOIL was the first among Russian major business enterprises to start operations in Azerbaijan.
The Company is presently involved in the development of Shah-Deniz, a gas condensate field in the Azerbaijani water area in the south-western Caspian Sea. Shah-Deniz is one of the largest and most capital-intensive oil and gas projects globally.
Since 1995, LUKOIL has been developing its own marketing network of world-class fuelling complexes in Azerbaijan. January 2000 saw the commissioning of a petroleum depot capable of transhipping 120 ths. tons of petroleum products annually. This turned LUKOIL into a reliable supplier of diesel and automotive gasolines to major international and Azerbaijani businesses operating in the domestic market.
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|LUKOIL Overseas Shah Deniz Ltd.
|Oil and Gas Production
|CJSC LUKOIL-Azerbaijan
|Petroleum product marketing
The 860 sq. km Shah-Deniz gas-condensate field is situated in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, 70 km southeast of Baku at depths between 50 and 500 m. Its reserves total 1.2 trln sq. m of gas and 240 mln tons of gas condensate. The 40-year Production Sharing Agreement for the project providing for a possible 12-year extension took effect in 1996, while the discovery of commercial reserves occurred in 2001, and first gas was produced in 2006. The production operations currently underway are a part of Stage 1 of the field development.
Recovered gas is delivered to buyers via the South-Caucasus pipeline Baku - Tbilisi - Erzurum, while recovered liquid hydrocarbons are delivered via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. The 2nd stage of Shah-Deniz development commenced in December 2013. Being one of the most capital-intensive oil and gas projects globally, this project is expected to result in an annual additional production of 16 bln cu. m of gas, 10 bln cu. m of which are expected to be supplied to Europe, and 6 bln. cu. m to Turkey. Commissioning of production facilities and first gas of the 2nd stage are scheduled for late 2018. The peak aggregate production of the first and second stages is expected to reach 25 bln cu. m per annum.
LUKOIL established the Baku-based marketing entity AOZT LUKOIL-Baku, later changing its name to LUKOIL-Azerbaijan CJSC.
LUKOIL joined the Azeri – Chirag – Gyuneshli project in Azerbaijan, marking the start of its overseas hydrocarbons exploration and production operations. 2003 LUKOIL withdrew from the project. In various years, the Company was also a member to the projects D-222 (1998—2009) and Zykh-Govsany (2001 - 2005).
The first-ever Azerbaijani LUKOIL fuelling complex opened in Baku, capable of handling 2,000 vehicles daily.
A Production sharing agreement (PSA) was signed between Azerbaijan and a consortium of which LUKOIL was a member, with a term of 40 years and a possibility of a 12-year extension with regard to the Shah-Deniz offshore gas condensate field development.
LUKOIL opened a branch of its International Charity Fund in Baku.
Upon the recommendation of IATUO of PJSC LUKOIL and with active support from the Azerbaijani Trade Union Confederation, a trade union organization of LUKOIL-Azerbaijan CJSC was established.
LUKOIL held an opening ceremony for its petroleum product transhipment base in Baku. The ceremony was attended by PJSC LUKOIL's President Vagit Alekperov, SOCAR's President Natik Aliev and the representatives of numerous other foreign companies operating in Azerbaijan.
First gas was produced from the Shah-Deniz field.
LUKOIL received "The First" Certificate of Honor as the Company of the «Компания года».
LUKOIL received the "Progress" Certificate of Honor as the best service provider.
A final investment decision was made with regard to Stage 2 of the Shah-Deniz development project. PSA extended until 2048.
LUKOIL signed a 1 bln dollar loan agreement financing the Company's obligations with respect to Stage 2 of the Shah-Deniz development.
LUKOIL supports Azerbaijani cultural organizations, on-stage performance groups, educational institutions, war veterans, children from low-income families and orphans.
In 1996, the company set up the Baku Branch of the LUKOIL Charity Fund, that has provided over 2.6 mln
dollars to support to culture, education and research in the Republic since its foundation.
The Company's charity assistance was used to complete a number of major social, cultural and public projects, such as:
The making of films about the lives and creative works of some of the Azerbaijani coryphées of music,
i.e. the outstanding composer Kar Karaev and renowned conductor Niyazy, as well as the well-known oil researcher, academician and President of the Republic's Children's Fund İsmayıl İbrahimov.
The unveiling in Baku of a monument in honor of Yusif Məmmədəliyev, the outstanding scholar, academician, former President of the Academy of Sciences, marking his 90th anniversary.
The erection in Baku of a monument in honor of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.
An exhibition of art from Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery. The renovation of the Sergey Esenin museum in Mardakyanakh.


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Two days after losing his bureau chief, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top aides is resigning and another is expected to tender his resignation in the coming days.
National Information Directorate Secretary Yoaz Hendel quit his post on Tuesday and Cabinet Secretary Zvi Hauser is expected to resign soon, Haaretz reported. This comes after the prime minister's bureau chief, Natan Eshel, was forced to step down Sunday in the wake of allegations that he harassed a colleague.
Hendel and Hauser were among the three senior officials in the Prime Minister's Office who reported Eshel's alleged sexual misconduct to Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein last month.
According to Haaretz, Netanyahu reprimanded the two senior aides for not confiding Eshel's misconduct to the prime minister.
"I am disappointed that you did not share the information with me and hid it for a month," Haaretz reported Netanyahu telling Hauser and Hendel. "You should have turned to me first and I would have acted exactly like you did and turned to the attorney general."
The third whistleblower in the Eshel affair, Military Secretary Yohanan Locker, was also scolded, but is already leaving his post for a position in the Israel Defense Forces.


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I had rhinoplasty a year ago and need a revision to make the nasal bones more narrow, which was also done at my primary rhinoplasty. Can having another osteotomy cause a bump on the bridge or a deviated septum?
Can Osteotomy Cause a Bump or Deviated Septum?
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Can Osteotomy Cause a Bump or Deviated Septum?
Osteotomies can result in irregularities as can almost any maneuver. Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of rhinoplasties and rhinoplasty revisions each year. Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results.
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Bumps or Deviated Septum after Rhinoplasty
It is certainly possible to have some bone spurs present following osteotomies. Ideally the rhinoplasty would address any septal issues and improve them. Follow up with your surgeon and have these issues addressed.
Osteotomy and septal deviation or bridge issue
Performing a rhinoplasty can unroof a septal deviation.In addition, any osteotomy can cause irregularities and bridge issues if not done carefully or accurately.
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Media Coverage
The Brooklyn Paper
Hola, Havana! BAM participates in citywide festival of Cuban culture
Thursday, April 14th
WABCs Tiempo
Segment on ¡Sí Cuba! featuring Joe Melillo, Xiomara Laugart, and Pedrito Martínez
Thursday, April 7th
WABCs Tiempo
Segment on ¡Sí Cuba! featuring Karen Brooks Hopkins, Ben Rodriguez-Cubenas, and Carole Rosenberg
Sunday, April 3rd
The New York Times Spring Arts
Festivals of Cubas Finest And of the Avant-Preview
Thursday, February 17th
New York Daily News
'Sí Cuba!' festival set to bring two-month marathon of island arts and culture
Sunday, February 13th


text: Meta Battle Subway PokeBase - Pokemon Q&A Login Register All Activity Questions Unanswered Tags Users Ask a Question Rules Chat Venonat's evolution was originally a Butterfree? 0 votes 2,070 views Venonat's color, hands, eyes, mouth and antennaes are somehow similar to Butterfree's unlike Caterpie or Metapod. On the other hand, Metapod's eyes, head shape and body looks similar with Venomoth's. There might be some designs that have been interchanged by Game Freak. Or is it just me whos not good enough with Pokemon evolution? LOL butterfree venomoth asked Feb 21, 2014 by Jyree15 Please log in or register to add a comment. Please log in or register to answer this question. 1 Answer 0 votes Best answer Nice observation, but gamefreak isn't going to mess up evolution like that and then make it permanent. TBH the butterfree line make sense because that's how the evolution is supposed to go. Venonath is supposed to turn into a moth, and I don't know about moth's but I'm sure gamefreak wasn't stupid about that either answered Feb 21, 2014 by Generekt selected Feb 21, 2014 by Jyree15 Well I guess Gen I was a trial version of their designs. There are pokemon concepts i dont like much. Example, Poliwag's full evolution design: all frogs do not start with grown legs at their very first stage (but does with Tympole in Gen V). Another was Mr. Mime's name despite having female counterparts (Should be always 100% Male because of "Mr." in its name). LOL commented Feb 21, 2014 by Jyree15 Perhaps it's a weird translation. There might be a word that means "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Ms.", etc., all at the same time, and there's no equivalent in other languages. Just pitching a theory. commented Dec 30, 2014 by Threeswordsrule Please log in or register to add a comment. Related questions Which of the five butterflies is the strongest? What is a good moveset for Butterfree? Butterfree Vs. Vivilion Vs. Beautifly Vs. Masquerain? My Caterpie evolved at Lv. 3 then to Butterfree at Lv. 5. Why? Keep Butterfree in HG? Whats with butterfree`s spots? Why does the shiny butterfree look different that it's first appearance? Beedrill or Butterfree? Useful Meta Posts Vote for Sun/Moon moveset questions How to change your username How to add a user avatar Why was my post hidden? The points system Question etiquette Flags vs Downvotes Anime FAQ


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The moment I laid eyes on him I knew I had to bum a smoke and flirt with him.
Mark and I first met at a book party in 1992 (!) for "Cowboys are my Weakness" by Pam Houston. The party was at the literary agent's house on The Upper West Side. The moment I laid eyes on him I knew I had to bum a smoke and flirt with him. Our first date was fantastic. We met at my favorite bar back then, Automatic Slims, on Washington and Bank. We talked non-stop. Within minutes we discovered we loved all the same bands, songs and books. And I loved what he was wearing. I can still see the shirt--almost like a masculine, harvest-colored Liberty print with perfect Levis and Chucks. Mark was sweeter, genuinely interested in what I had to say and just all-around smarter and cuter than anyone I had dated, since high school. My early New York dating years were duds. I remember I had the flu (throwing up kind) shortly after we met. He slept over, took care of me and I never felt gross or self-conscience in front of him. I remember I told a friend it was like the same feeling you get when you drive up to your parents' house--I felt like I was home. I knew he was "the one" on our second date. We call it our second first date. We've been together ever since. I knew what was happening was bigger than the both of us. I remember lying in bed together late at night in my studio on University Place. We used to "interview" each other about our pasts. We first said "I love you" during one of these sessions. Unlike most guys, Mark loves to talk (and talk)--and I loved that about him.
After four years of dating, and living together for three, we weren't in a rush to get married but at some point, we just said that it was time to become family. The night be proposed he told me we had a holiday party to go to at the Soho Grand for a colleague of his. I believed him. When I got to the hotel I asked the concierge where the party was and he looked at me blankly saying there was no such party. I went to the front desk and they told me Mark was checked into a room. I went up to the room, slightly confused but cluing in--and there he was, with a small light blue box on the table and a bucket of champagne. He dropped to his knee and everything, and was just so sweet, cute, cool and proper about it all. Of course he had already called my parents and it was just such a fun night. We spent the night at the hotel, called all our friends, had a late dinner at the Odeon and were just so happy. When it came to the wedding… We'd been going to Woodstock for years at this point for weekend getaways and we just knew we would get married at The Bear, our favorite restaurant. That was the place, for sure. We got married on the restaurant's property--picture a red country barn-type building by a creek. Albert Grossman, Bob Dylan's manager, is buried steps away from where we said our vows (he financed the restaurant in the 60's)!
We got married on Sept 6th, 1997 so the weather was magic. We went for a run around a lake just a few hours before. And this is the best part--only 68 people, most of whom were friends. That day, all I really remember was the run around the lake really right before we walked down the aisle. I remember going out to lunch with Mark and Ethan but being way too nervous to eat. Both of my parents walked me down the aisle. We had beautiful candles creating a path to the creek. We had two violinists--I don't remember what piece of music they played. I didn't really know what else to do in terms of music for the ceremony since it was outside. Acoustic guitars seemed too Kumbaya. Classical music seemed right, although it really isn't us. We had no wedding party! We just wanted our siblings and parents under the chuppah with us. All family wore black. It was chic and understated--not funeral. For our vows, we read some letters that E.B. White wrote his wife that were just so moving. They were all about the friendship of marriage and what it's like to go home to someone at the end of the day. It meant a lot to us at the time although we haven't read those letters since. I need to go find that book--I think it lives in our basement! I love the photo of us walking back up the aisle. We had our little hippie wedding in the woods by a creek--no wedding party, just parents (those are mine in the background). You can't see the guests, unfortunately. But this really embodies the spirit of our ceremony. Walking back up the aisle, after you've just gotten married, is such an intimate moment. I was really emotional and kind of shy as we made our way pasts our guests.
I bought a dozen of my favorite Dyptique candles--Foin Coupe--and had them all over the room. The fragrance is fresh, mown hay. I love it. I 'm so happy that the room was fragrant--that was really important to me. I didn't want it to smell like a restaurant. A beautiful scented room leaves people with powerful memories. The dinner was beyond--such delicious, elegant comfort food served buffet style in another glass barn-like building on the property. We ate amazing tuna sashimi appetizers and other incredible food that I don't remember. The Bear is really such a delicious restaurant--the food wasn't "wedding food" at all. There was roast chicken, mashed potatoes, steak--just really well prepared, elegant comfort food--what you want to eat in the mountains. And top-shelf liquor. We believe in really tasty food and high-quality cocktails. The cake was made of edible flowers, buttercream and had a chocolate/raspberry inside. It still is the best wedding cake I've ever tasted. I wish I could have a piece now. Our friend Ethan deejayed and the three of us promised each other that we'd kick out the jams in a serious way--we wanted a Soul Train wedding--that was the mission. The music was incredible--just tons of funk, r&b and soul-- and everyone completely got down. At one point all the glass windows in the restaurant were fogged up. The dancing was the main event at our wedding. I remember everyone staying til around midnight. Then we went back to mountain motel where all our friends were and sat outside with them, smoked joints and howled into the moonlight. Our guests were drenched with dance-sweat. The next morning, we took off for Paris, Provence, Amalfi, Sienna and Rome. Mark looked so cute that day. He was 29 (I was 31). Sixteen years later he's still so cute--just grayer. Looking back, there isn't one thing I would change. I just wish my daughters could have been there.
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By Rose Luna
Killeen Daily Herald
After taking numerous pictures in front of the elementary school, Paul and Ljupka Schindler kissed and hugged their three children before ushering them into the hallways of Timber Ridge Elementary in Killeen early Monday morning.
"It's nerve-wracking," said Paul Schindler. "We're very sad, but the kids are excited to be back at school."
Debra Ladd was without a camera but full of hugs, kisses and tearful goodbyes for her two Timber Ridge Rangers.
"It's been tearful getting them ready," said Ladd. "They are the want to learn' type, though, so they were real excited to go back to school this year."
From pre-K, 4-year-olds making their first venture into the education system to seniors embarking on the final leg of their journey, Killeen schools geared back into action Monday in their mission of serving more than 35,000 students.
"I love seeing all the smiling faces (from the students)," said Dana Coleman, principal of Timber Ridge Elementary. "At first they're sad but they soon turn into happy faces."
With questions like "Where is my classroom?" and "Where is the cafeteria?" the teachers and staff were better organized this year than the previous year when the elementary school opened its doors for the first time, Coleman said.
"With the system we have this year, the students will have a better routine and know where they need to be," he said.
As Staff Sgt. Alicia Sivelle dropped off her second-grader, she was taken back by the hordes of students, parents and teachers pilling into the cafeteria.
"I walked up and said It's lunch already?'" Sivelle said.
Coming from Fort Stewart, Ga., Sivelle and her family have been in the Central Texas area for a month and are still trying to familiarize themselves with the school system.
"I've been anticipating (the first day of school)," she said. "I want a good school for my son. But this is a new school with no statistics. I'm just hoping for the best."
Any elementary school on its first day would project the same image of parents letting go and students with a handful of school supplies and a face full of excitement.
But at Harker Heights High School, the scene of parents hugging and kissing their child good-bye was replaced with students slamming car doors and briskly walking to groups of other students – maybe waving a quick goodbye to their parents if their friends weren't looking.
The typical teenage behavior was raging through the hallways of Harker Heights High, as students were catching up with old friends and rekindling new friendships, all before the tardy bell rang.
For Harker Heights senior Brittany Worley, the first day of school brought a mixture of emotions.
"It's been cool to see all my friends, but I'm happy and sad at the same time," she said.
"It's fun to see how everyone has changed," said Jennifer Brenke, senior class president of Harker Heights High. "You won't talk to them all summer long, but then on the first day of school you're best friends again."
Jordyn Benson was among the many juniors who were finally able to experience the thrill of driving to school for the first time Monday.
"I had to get up early for practice, even though I'm not a morning person," said Benson, a member of the Crimson Belles dance team. "But it was exciting to put all my stuff in my car and drive to school for the first time."
As upperclassmen, many seniors feel like they need to take freshmen under their wing and make it a point to smile so they won't feel judged, Brenke said.
"Except for the boys," she added. "The boys will pick on (the freshman) a little. I wish they were more welcoming."
Although quirky backpacks and bubbly chatter were in abundance at Harker Heights High, there were a few parents who still felt the need to escort their child through the front double doors.
"I'm excited. My baby's growing up," said Rhonda Mack, mother of ninth-grader Amber Mack. "It feels like I'm taking her to kindergarten all over again."
"Mom, I'm a big girl now," Amber Mack said.
"But you made me come in with you this morning," Rhonda Mack replied. "You still need me."
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If you've never heard of Mez McConnell, his testimony in this video will bless you. It shows that God's gospel is unstoppable. McConnell was a child from a broken home who was living a hopeless, dissolute, desperate life when the Lord got ahold of him in a Scottish prison. You almost could not script a [Read More…]
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Thabiti Anyabwile highlights the gospel testimony of a Scot named Mez McConnell here. Listen to this account of how God saved a desperate soul and gave him new life. Then check out these resources, including the "20 Schemes" project that Mez and Matthew Spandler-Davidson are pioneering. It sounds terrific and needed. More info: You can [Read More…]
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I disagree with you. I think the extra day will help their 2 ailing players more than us, IMO. But, as the series goes on, I do believe it will help us more so due to the 1 day rest thereafter. Good for our "older guys" but does not help ailing people much.
I tend to disagree as well. For one we have some older guys yes, but Marshall only played 11 minutes and is the most well-rested player (that plays) we have at this point in the season. I am sure his individual prep has gotten him ready for increased minutes in the playoffs. He just has an "always ready" mentality. Sam only played 17 minutes so he should be fresh as long as his shoulder is okay.
As far as the Magic though we are talking about two critical players on their team that are hurt. And the type of injuries they have plays a part as well. Knee tendinitis and recovering ankle injury I'd like to get them right back on the court with little rest and treatment as possible. Rather not let any soreness subside much.
Besides that we just beat them with a nice game plan. I'd prefer them to have less time to regroup strategically and put Van Gundy right back in the coaching box (hot seat) having to deal with less prep time and more immediate pressure.
I agree with Dean here. Lewis has been playing with that tendonitis before it went public when they rested him down the stretch. I think the extra days help Hedo substantially with his ankle though. I don't expect him to be as gimpy offensively, and defensively he seemed kind of happy-footed, retreating and such, instead of getting a good plant on that foot with better control of his lateral movement.
Tendinitis isn't something that's going to get better w/ 3 days of rest. I'm not sure Hedo's ankle played any role at all in his play. For my money, the Sixers need a full-speed Andre Miller to have any shot in this series or any other. With a short turnaround time, he wouldn't be full speed. Not after that regular season.
A great win by the sixers...yes shocking to probably everyone. I picked them not to win another game and they happily shocked me. I hope Dileo continues to go to Donyell...he IS our Robert Horry.
Robert Horry... another player who typical interpretations of statistics don't do justice. Career PER of 13.4. Donyell comes in at 16.7 for his career.(about what Lou got this year. LOL) Yes, I'm cherry picking a bit.
I tend to prefer these interpretations...
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Not sure what my point was. I guess that Marshall had a great career.


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I have no idea of how to build a website but for whatever reason I have been assigned the task of building one for the non-profit foundation that I work for – The Swedenborg Foundation (Swedenborg.com). We are primarily a book publishing company that is trying to figure out how to make all of our products available in digital format for free and in print format for a fee. We are also interested in having our site being a place where people can interact. Right now the group of people that I am working for is leaning towards a metro style/responsive theme. Our distributor let us know that we can't use HTML5. I don't know why this is, just yet, but from what I can tell so far, most of themes that I like use HTML5. I think it has something to do with how our bookstore links up with their system.
I would greatly appreciate any information and guidance that anyone can provide.
Thank you, Brian
I'm interested to know the actual reason why you can't use HTML5, could you find out?
Thank you for replying. I'll get an answer to that on Monday. Thanks again.
CANNOT get an answer that I understand yet. Below is the latest answer I received:
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Rebels battle Assad's forces for gateway to north Syria
By Mariam Karouny, Reuters Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 1:27 pm TWN
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels are battling to seize an army base close to the main north-south highway and say its capture would be a big step towards creating a "safe zone" allowing them to focus on Bashar al-Assad's southern strongholds.
For two weeks they have surrounded and attacked Wadi al-Deif, east of the town of Maarat al-Numan. They say the ferocity of counter-attacks by government forces shows how important holding the base is to the president's military strategy.
Assad is fighting an insurgency that grew out of protests 19 months ago and has escalated into a civil war in which 30,000 people have been killed. His overstretched army has lost swathes of territory and relies on air power to keep rebels at bay.
If Wadi al-Daif fell to rebels, who already control northern border crossings to Turkey, Assad would be dependent on a single land route - from the Mediterranean port of Latakia - to supply his forces fighting to win back Aleppo, Syria's biggest city.
"The battle started 11 days ago. At first we sent small groups to liberate (the base) and we were surprised by the resistance the regime forces showed," said Lieutenant-Colonel Khaled Hmood, a former army officer who defected to fight Assad.
"The regime is fighting fiercely. It seems that it doesn't care if it loses thousands of troops in order to keep its control over the compound."
Maarat al-Numan has already fallen to Assad's opponents, effectively cutting the Aleppo highway. But without control of the nearby military base, their hold over the road is tenuous.
Hmood said he believed around 400 soldiers were defending Wadi al-Deif - a group of barracks barely 500 meters (yards) from the Damascus-Aleppo road and backed by air power that Assad has deployed against rebels and Maarat al-Numan residents.
The base may also be an important fuel depot, holding at least five million liters of kerosene in five underground bunkers, according to Hmood..
"The regime is bombarding Maarat al-Numan and the villages to pressure us to end the siege," he said. "By bombarding our families they want to force us to pull back."
Anti-Assad activists say 40 civilians were killed in air strikes on the town last Thursday in one of the most intense air offensives of the Syrian conflict.
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There is a 23-year-old dancing prodigy that has taken the internet by storm with his fierce and unique dancing style.
Yanis Marshall has quickly risen to internet fame with his high heel dance videos which consistently garner millions of views.
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