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American Ecology Unit Wins Contract Extension From PECO Energy Company for Processing, Disposal of Nuclear Waste Materials.


BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1999--Joe Nagel, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

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 of American Ecology Corporation (Nasdaq:ECOL ECOL es.comp.os.linux.* (newsgroups)
ECOL Emmanuel Church of Lakewood (San Francisco, CA) 
), today announced that the company's US Ecology unit has been awarded a significant contract extension to process dry, low-level nuclear waste for disposal.

The waste processing services contract, with a maximum value of $2 million, was awarded by PECO PECO PaĆ­ses da Europa Central e Oriental (Portugal)
PECO Philadelphia Electric Company
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PECO Pelagic Cormorant (phalacrocorax pelagicus) 
 Energy Company to provide low-level radioactive waste Noun 1. low-level radioactive waste - (medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests)  processing for material from two nuclear power stations This is a list of major nuclear power plants in all countries in the world.

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Atucha I nuclear power plant 357 Argentina
 -- the Limerick and Peach Bottom plants in Pennsylvania. The award extends an existing contract to March 31, 2003.

"We especially welcome this addition of work for an industry leader in PECO Energy," Nagel said. "The award provides more evidence that the marketplace has confidence in our team's expertise in this technically demanding business."

US Ecology will perform the work at its nuclear waste processing facility at Oak Ridge, Tenn.

US Ecology's parent company, Boise-based American Ecology Corporation, provides processing, packaging, transportation, remediation and disposal services for generators of hazardous waste and low-level radioactive waste at licensed facilities throughout the United States. The company has been delivering environmental solutions since 1952.
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