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The danger of relying on nuclear power plants
Norman Meadow's commentary promoting nuclear power over wind energy as a solution to climate change leaves out serious unsolved problems that wind does not present ("Nuclear blows away wind," Feb. 1). Huge piles of highly radioactive waste are sitting...
Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Food and Drug Administration, Renewable Energy, Chernobyl Disaster (1986), Nuclear Power
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U.S. energy policy: A slow national suicide
In 1969, three unrelated events occurred that have since been combined with political bungling to slowly strangle the U.S. economy. Moammar Gadhafi overthrew King Idris of Libya. He nationalized Western oil company reserves with no retribution from the U....Tags: Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Cycling, Suicide, Companies and Corporations
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Could fracking for natural gas be the cause of Tuesday's earthquake?
If you compare a map of this country's fracking sites with one of U.S. nuclear power plants, you will see that on both maps the area from the Great Lakes to the East Coast is the area of greatest concentration for both, and they overlap. If you then...Tags: Nature, Disasters, Cape Coral (Lee, Florida), Energy Resources, Natural Resources
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March: Redistricting protested; $60 million cancer center planned
Bowing to pressure from angry parents, the school board approved 10 major changes to the redistricting plan it was scheduled to approve, then pushed a vote on the plan back by a week. Except for the students moving to Red Pump Elementary School, the...Tags: Cancer, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., Healthcare Provider, Hospitals and Clinics
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Solar flares could force shuttle crew to take cover on space station
Sun StaffSpace weather forecasters are watching the development of a large spot on the sun - a region on the solar surface with a potential to hurl dangerous solar particles toward the crews of the shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station. They say...Tags: NASA, Death, Space Programs
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Palisades owners try to ease fears over radioactive leak
COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The owners of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant have some challenges on their hands. First – find out what caused a leak that let nearly 80 gallons of radioactive water into Lake Michigan. The other priority...
Tags: Nuclear Power
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Cleveland BioLabs, hopeful of federal funding, details contingency plans
The Buffalo NewsCleveland BioLabs said Thursday it remains hopeful that it will win financing from a key federal agency to complete important trials for its anti-radiation sickness drug, but company executives also detailed for the first time their contingency plans in...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Medical Research, Food and Drug Administration, Litigation, Corporate Officers
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Search for radioactive leak at Palisades nuclear plant
WSBT-TVVAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. – Government regulators and the operators of a nuclear power plant are trying to figure out why several gallons of radioactive water leaked into Lake Michigan over the weekend. The Palisades nuclear power plant remains...Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Plant Openings, Nuclear Power, Lake Michigan
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NRC raising oversight of Pennsylvania Three Mile Island reactor
ReutersApril 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on Tuesday it will increase oversight of Exelon Corp's 805-megawatt Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, to ensure that safety equipment is protected from flooding....Tags: Three Mile Island Accident (1979), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Nuclear Power
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Shadow of a Doubt: Casey wants updated emergency planning for those outside 10-mile nuclear evacuation zones
Beaver County Times, Pa.WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., there is more than a shadow of a doubt about nuclear safety. There's a sharp contrast between current nuclear plant evacuation plans and more realistic projections about public reaction to industrial...Tags: Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2010 Census, Traffic, Nuclear Power
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The Markley TV Club: Final Season of 'West Wing'
My roommate Pat and I recently, for some reason, watched the final season of “The West Wing” together on Netflix, which produced a number of arguments, speculations, and asides that I have compiled in an e-mail exchange for the inaugural...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Georgetown, House of Cards (tv program), Alprazolam (drug), Same-Sex Marriage
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From disaster comes knowledge
Beverly Findlay-Kaneko has used her memories of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan two years ago to start making a change in her new home of Huntington Beach. Findlay-Kaneko was in Japan when those natural disasters led to three...Tags: Apple iPod, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Japan, Conservation, Energy and Resource Industries
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