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I.R.A. Rebates for Appliance Swaps Could Be Phased Out

New guidance from the Energy Department would prevent people from receiving rebates after making such swaps.

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The new guidance would also end rebates for the replacement of gas-powered dryers, heat pumps and water heaters.
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U.S. Aims to Give Cold War Plutonium to Start-Ups for Nuclear Fuel

Companies say it’s a better way to dispose of the Cold War-era material — and fix a shortage of nuclear fuel. But the plan has also faced criticism from nonproliferation experts.

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Work with radioactive materials at a plutonium facility at the at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1978.
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