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Dominion simulates nuclear disaster at Surry
Ken Jones stood before a pair of television cameras discussing an accident at Surry nuclear power plant.
Harmful radiation had been released, he said, but southerly winds prevented its spread into Newport News — there was no need to evacuate the...Tags: Nuclear Power, Entertainment, Plant Openings, Emergency Incidents, Surry (Surry, Virginia)
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Japan Widens Investigation Into Nuclear-Contaminated Beef
CNNTOKYO -- Japan announced Tuesday that all beef detected with radiation higher than government safety standards will be destroyed as the probe into beef contaminated from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant expands. This week governments in three...Tags: Natural Disasters, Home Products, Sushi and Sashimi, Seafood, Nuclear Power
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Lethal Radiation Levels Detected at Damaged Japan Nuclear Plant
CNNTOKYO, Japan -- The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says it has detected record radiation levels at the facility. Lethal levels of radiation were measured Monday at the bottom of a ventilation tower on the grounds between...Tags: Natural Disasters, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Accidents, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Earthquakes
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Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Nature' on KOCE
Show TrackerWednesday's TV Highlights: Nature on KOCE... -
Commentary: Don't panic the people
Special to CNNIn the decorous chambers of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Wednesday a U.S. bureaucrat launched a tsunami of panic that has spread further worldwide than the real tsunami that devastated much of Japan on March 11. In testimony to Congress,...Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Natural Disasters, Behavioral Conditions, Government, Nuclear Power
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Commentary: This is no Chernobyl
Special to CNNThere has been a lot of speculation about what impact the problems facing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan will have on the future of the United States' nuclear industry. Some have compared the event to Chernobyl and declared the...Tags: Natural Disasters, Nuclear Power, Alaska, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Earthquakes
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Three Mile Island: Demonstrators Mark 32nd Anniversary of TMI Accident
Multimedia JournalistMore than two dozen demonstrators held a candlelight vigil in front of Three Mile Island's main gate early Monday morning, marking 32 years since a partial meltdown in one of the power plant's two reactors. The anti-nuclear demonstrators started the...Tags: Demonstration, Three Mile Island Accident (1979), Nuclear Power, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Middletown
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What will happen?
The worst-case scenario is being redefined. Engineers and emergency responders are attempting to avert massive radiation releases from reactors in Japan that were crippled by a massive earthquake and tsunami. Already the threat of partial meltdowns of...Tags: Natural Disasters, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Elections, Nuclear Power, Barack Obama
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Official: Disaster risk very low from spent Big Rock fuel
While much of the world watches as officials in Japan try to get a handle on the crisis at a nuclear power plant brought on by a recent earthquake and tsunami, experts in this country have said there is no reason to fear radiation from the disaster area...Tags: Natural Disasters, Nuclear Power, Michigan, Earthquakes, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Americans need to sleep more
I grew up in a culture that devalued sleep. It was common to hear my parents say, “Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream.” Sleep in our culture is treated as a manifestation of laziness. Many of us have internalized contempt for sleep and those who...Tags: Three Mile Island Accident (1979), University of Pennsylvania, High Blood Pressure, Stress, Obesity
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Radiation lessons from the Japan nuclear crisis
As workers struggle to shut down the nuclear reactors in Japan, Michigan is closely watching the failure at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex.
While grave, the accident in Japan is two orders of magnitude lower than the 1986 Chernobyl incident, said Dr....Tags: Trips and Vacations, Michigan, Nuclear Power, Labor Legislation, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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Japan's Nuclear Disaster Escalates
ReutersFUKUSHIMA, Japan -- Japan's prime minister said on Tuesday that radioactive levels had become high around an earthquake-stricken nuclear power plant after an explosion there, and there was a risk of radiation leaking into the atmosphere. Naoto Kan...Tags: Natural Disasters, Three Mile Island Accident (1979), Government, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Accidents
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