Building nuclear power: The Shaw Group has signed a new contract with Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp. to provide maintenance and other support services to its nuclear power plant northeast of Burlington, Kan. The Wolf Creek Generating Station provides energy for approximately 800,000 residences in Kansas and Missouri. The undisclosed value of the three-year contract will be included in Shaw’s Plant Services segment’s backlog of unfilled orders in the third quarter of fiscal year 2012.
New laws: Gov. Bobby Jindal has so far signed 150 bills that were passed in this year’s session of the Louisiana Legislature. You can find a list of bills he signed into law today here.
Hear us roar: Woman’s Hospital and Gulf Coast Event Group have announced what they say is the region’s first major running event exclusively for women. The Inaugural Woman’s Half Marathon, 10K and Wellness Boutique will be held Dec. 9. The course will take runners from downtown Baton Rouge south towards LSU, with the 10K returning north on Nicholson Drive. The half-marathon runners will circle the LSU lakes before returning downtown to loop around the Capitol area and finish near the USS Kidd.
