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A plane sprays over a portion of a wildfire Sunday, May 25, 2014, in the Funny River community of Soldotna, Alaska. A massive wildfire pushed by wind in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage continued to explode in size, leading to mandatory evacuations of 1,000 structures, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, Rashah McChesney)
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Central Emergency Services firefighter Terry Bookey, center, is showered with foam while fighting a wildfire Sunday, May 25, 2014, in the Funny River community in Soldotna, Alaska. A massive wildfire pushed by wind in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage continued to explode in size, leading to mandatory evacuations of at least 1,000 structures, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, Rashah McChesney)
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Central Emergency Services firefighters assess whether they can protect a property Sunday, May 25, 2014, in the Funny River community of Soldotna, Alaska. A massive wildfire pushed by wind in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage continued to explode in size, leading to mandatory evacuations of 1,000 structures, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, Rashah McChesney)
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Central Emergency Services firefighter Dan Jensen maneuvers a hose into position to fight a portion of a wildfire Sunday, May 25, 2014, in the Funny River community of Soldotna, Alaska. A massive wildfire pushed by wind in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage continued to explode in size, leading to mandatory evacuations of 1,000 structures, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, Rashah McChesney)
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Two Black Hawk helicopters dip into the Kenai River for water as they work to extinguish a portion of the 156,000 acre Funny River Horse Trail wildfire Sunday May 25, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, Rashah McChesney)
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A helicopter dumps water on a portion of the Funny River Fire, Sunday, May 25, 2014, in the Funny River community in Soldotna, Alaska. The wildfire that has spread through the forest of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula has expanded in size, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of 1,000 structures, officials said. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, Rashah McChesney)
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This Oct. 21, 2013 aerial photo released by Dominion Resources, shows an area where spent radioactive waste is stored at the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, Conn. Nineteen existing horizontal storage modules are on the right, and a new concrete pad to house more units is under construction, center. That construction was subsequently completed. With the collapse of a proposal for nuclear waste storage at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain, Millstone and other plants across the country are building or expanding on-site storage for waste. (AP Photo/Dominion Resources)
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This Oct. 3, 2008 photo released by Dominion Resources, shows some of the 19 horizontal storage modules that hold spent fuel storage containers at the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, Conn. With the collapse of a proposal for nuclear waste storage at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain, Millstone and other plants across the country are building or expanding on-site storage for waste. (AP Photo/Dominion Resources)
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In this Oct. 14, 2010 photo released by Dominion Resources, a trailer holding a spent fuel storage container is maneuvered into position for offloading into a horizontal storage module at the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, Conn. With the collapse of a proposal for nuclear waste storage at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain, Millstone and other plants across the country are building or expanding on-site storage for waste. (AP Photo/Dominion Resources)
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In this June 15, 2012 photo released by Dominion Resources, a spent fuel storage container is offloaded from a trailer into a horizontal storage module at the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, Conn. With the collapse of a proposal for nuclear waste storage at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain, Millstone and other plants across the country are building or expanding on-site storage for waste. (AP Photo/Dominion Resources)
