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What will Florida nuclear power plants learn from Japan?
As federal regulators continue to look for lessons from Japan's nuclear disaster, critics are pleading for changes in three key nuclear emergency areas.
It matters to Floridians because the state has five reactors, four of which are slated to expand,...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Waste, Emergency Incidents, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011)
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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: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Pulitzer Prize Awards, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Government Ministers, Diseases and Illnesses
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Disaster in Japan exposes supply chain flaw
About 40 miles west of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, another kind of crisis may be unfolding — this one striking at the heart of the world's multibillion-dollar market for smartphones, portable music players and other cutting-edge...Tags: Toshiba Corporation, Disasters, Homes, Earthquakes, Elections
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Lack of data from Japan distresses nuclear experts
How did Japanese workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant jury-rig fire hoses to cool damaged reactors? Is contaminated water from waste pools overflowing into the Pacific Ocean? Exactly who is the national incident commander?
The answers to these...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Princeton University, Politics
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Anger and abandonment in a Japanese nuclear ghost town
Hoshi Jyunichu lives in a nuclear ghost town.
On a recent afternoon, he calmly swept the entrance to his downtown coffeehouse, even though only one solitary soul had crossed the threshold the entire day. His customers, his neighbors, even his family,...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Diseases and Illnesses, Disasters, Los Angeles Times, Politics
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Japan's fishing industry a major casualty of nuclear crisis
Standing on the deck of his 91-foot trawler, veteran fisherman Tomoyuki Kondou winces over reports that radioactivity from Japan's damaged nuclear power plant in nearby Fukushima has contaminated the local food supply after this month's deadly...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Seafood, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Disasters, Aquaculture
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Japan nuclear plant workers' dedication to common good a national trait
![In Japan they call them the "Faceless 50." They are the workers at the ravaged Fukushima nuclear plant who stayed to fight the fires and keep the reactors from melting down.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-03/60209815-17174803.jpg "In Japan they call them the "Faceless 50.\" They are the workers at the ravaged Fukushima nuclear plant who stayed to fight the fires and keep the reactors from melting down.")
In Japan they call them the "Faceless 50." They are the workers at the ravaged Fukushima nuclear plant who stayed to fight the fires and keep the reactors from melting down.
Watching news reports of the 50 risking everything for the common good, the...Tags: Human Interest, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Nature, Emergency Planning, Career and Workplace
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Isolated and angry amid Fukushima nuclear crisis
An awful realization is setting in for those trapped in the vicinity of the crippled Fukushima nuclear complex: People are afraid to help them.
Residents describe spooky scenes of municipal cars driving down near-empty streets telling people to stay...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Emergency Incidents, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Social Issues, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011)
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Electric power partially restored at Japan nuclear plant
Los Angeles TimesWorking overnight into Sunday, engineers have successfully restored power to cooling pumps in two reactors at the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the first genuinely hopeful sign in the week-long battle to prevent a full-scale meltdown...Tags: Human Interest, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Career and Workplace, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Los Angeles Times
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U.S. nuclear officials suspect Japanese plant has a dire breach
U.S. government nuclear experts believe a spent fuel pool at Japan's crippled Fukushima reactor complex has a breach in the wall or floor, a situation that creates a major obstacle to refilling the pool with cooling water and keeping dangerous levels of...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Department of State, Disasters, Earthquakes
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Japan's crisis may have already derailed 'nuclear renaissance'
The nuclear crisis in Japan, even if authorities are able to bring damaged reactors under control, has cast doubts on the future of nuclear power as a clean-energy solution in the United States and around the globe.
Before the recent events in Japan, the...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Emergency Incidents, Allergies, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011)
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Q&A: What's happening at Japanese nuclear plants?
Two nuclear power plants operated by Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. are experiencing cooling problems with their reactors after Friday's massive earthquake, triggering one evacuation so far with another likely coming soon. Two reactors at the company'...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work, Tokyo (Japan), Nuclear Power
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