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'Chernobyl Diaries': Horror movie and travel book depict extreme tourism
24 Frames"Chernobyl Diaries," a horror movie following a group of tourists on an excursion to the abandoned Ukrainian site of the meltdown, hits theaters just as a pollution travelogue by journalist Andrew Blackwell, "Visit Sunny Chernobyl," is arriving in book... -
Radioactive Particles from Japan Found in Local Sea Kelp
KTLA NewsLONG BEACH, Calif. (KTLA) -- Researchers say seaweed harvested from Orange County beaches tested positive for small amounts of radiation from last year's nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. According...Tags: Japan, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Nuclear Accidents, Earthquakes, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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Cheap natural gas, caution curb nuclear energy
It's radioactive, its plants can be expensive to build and it scares the bejeebers out of many, but to some, nuclear energy is the future.
That may well be true, but for now, the race to that future has slowed to a cautious crawl as regulators have...Tags: Business Enterprises, Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine), Natural Resources, Cancer, Economy, Business and Finance
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Rushworth M. Kidder dies at 67; ethics expert
Rushworth M. Kidder, a former Christian Science Monitor columnist who taught and wrote books about ethics, died March 5 of natural causes in Naples, Fla. He was 67.
His death was announced by the Institute for Global Ethics, the Rockport, Maine-based...Tags: Entertainment, E.E. Cummings, Wichita State University, Science, Literature
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Could small nukes be the energy answer?
Scrambling to shrink their carbon footprints, federal agencies in Hampton Roads and beyond are eyeing a proven yet controversial source of energy: nuclear power. But they’re not pursuing large-scale power plants that tend to evoke the accidents at...Tags: Global Warming, Natural Resources, Economy, Business and Finance, Shipbuilding, Applied Physics
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Report: Japan, utility at fault for response to nuclear disaster
World NowJapan's response to the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was flawed by poor communication and delays in releasing data on dangerous radiation leaks, a government-appointed investigative panel has found.... -
Berlin Film Festival: 3 documentaries on Japan nuclear disaster
24 FramesLess than a year after the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan devastated whole towns and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, causing radioactive disaster, filmic portraits at the Berlin International Film Festival are presenting the human... -
'Chernobyl Diaries' mines nuclear disaster for horror thrills
24 FramesAudiences will get a history lesson of sorts from "Chernobyl Diaries," a movie due in theaters May 25 which follows a group of young American tourists in Europe on a jaunt to the abandoned Ukrainian site of the 1986 nuclear meltdown.... -
Permits OK'd for 3rd reactor at North Anna
NEWPORT NEWS — Weeks after a rare earthquake forced the shutdown of North Anna nuclear power plant, state regulators approved a permit enabling a proposed third reactor to inch forward.
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission on Tuesday voted...Tags: Disasters, Physiology, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Nuclear Power
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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: Disasters, Entertainment, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Emergency Incidents, Hampton Roads
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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: Disasters, Japan, Foods and Beverages, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Agricultural Research and Technology
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Radioactive tritium leaked at Surry Power Station
Radioactive tritium used in everything from wristwatches to hydrogen bombs has leaked into groundwater at Virginia’s two commercial nuclear power plants during the past four years.
While not known to have reached public water supplies, the leaks...Tags: Nevada, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Virginia, Louisa County
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