Imperium Inc., of Beltsville, a manufacturer of ultrasound cameras, announced it has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Subsea 7 to adapt Imperium’s camera inspection system for underwater applications by the energy industry.  The agreement covers diver and remote vehicle ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court last week heard a case that tests whether a federal railroad inspection law preempts a widow from bringing a state-court lawsuit against a repair shop. Gloria Kurns brought the action in state court after her ...

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WASHINGTON — Engineers have completed their inspection of the Washington Monument’s exterior following damage from an earthquake. The National Park Service says the team that has been rappelling from the top of the monument finished its survey Wednesday morning. The ...

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WASHINGTON — The National Park Service says engineers are resuming their inspection of the earthquake-damaged Washington Monument. The team was to continue its rappelling work Monday. Work was suspended both Saturday and Sunday due to the weather, including high winds. ...

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WASHINGTON — In what looked like a scene from a Hollywood action movie, an elite team of professionals rappelled down the Washington Monument on Wednesday — not to carry out a covert mission but to inspect the damage done to ...

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The earthquake shook M&T Bank Stadium just before 2 p.m. Tuesday, and by that night Rafael Sabelli was in the air, on a red eye flight from San Francisco to Baltimore. With a thick stack of schematics under his arm, ...

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LUSBY — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says an environmental review hasn’t found anything to prevent licensing of a third nuclear reactor at the Calvert Cliffs power plant in Lusby. The NRC and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Baltimore District ...

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