Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Wed, 25 Nov 92 16:20:05 EST Message-ID: Lines: 59 \SE A;NATION;AMERICAN SCENE;EAST \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Nuke plant to evaporate radioactive water MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - Three Mile Island nuclear power plant officials begin work this week to evaporate radioactive water left over after the plant's notorious 1979 accident. Trace amounts of radiation will be released into the atmosphere, but not enough to be harmful, said plant spokeswoman Mary Wells. The process was expected to begin by today. Plant officials began evaporating about 2.3 million gallons of slightly radioactive water in January 1991. The water was left from the accident, which resulted in a partial meltdown that crippled the Unit 2 reactor. It was the nation's worst commercial nuclear disaster. The evaporation process was halted earlier this year because about 450,000 gallons had too much radiation and needed to be treated. About 1 million gallons of radioactive water remain. The process should be completed by summer, Miss Wells said. S=NEW STORY Tsongas released from hospital BOSTON - Former U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas, who made a run for president after battling cancer, left the hospital and was awaiting the results of a surgical biopsy on a lump found in his abdomen. Doctors performed the biopsy Thursday at Brigham & Women's Hospital. Mr. Tsongas was released Monday after five days of tests, but doctors had not determined whether the abnormality meant the cancer had returned. S=NEW STORY Planning begins for Woodstock festival BETHEL, N.Y. - Plans for a 25th-anniversary Woodstock music festival have gotten the go-ahead from town leaders. Promoters want to feature some of the same rock 'n' roll acts that appeared the first time around. More than 400,000 people gathered for three days of music at an upstate New York farm in 1969. Up to 100,000 are anticipated for the anniversary concert planned for 1994. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM