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Radioactive Bluefin Tuna: Is There A Health Risk?

The Huffington Post | Meredith Melnick | Posted 05.29.2012

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Bluefin Tuna, caught in California last August, showed radiation levels that were ten times the norm, according to a new paper from the Proceedings of...

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Debate Heats Up Over Radiation Filters For Nuke Plants

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 05.16.2012

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In a letter sent Tuesday to Gregory B. Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, representatives of the nuclear power industry argued tha...

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Japan's Carbon Emissions Efforts Eroded By Fukushima

AP | MALCOLM FOSTER | Posted 05.07.2012

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TOKYO (AP) — The Fukushima crisis is eroding years of Japanese efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, as power plants...

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Nuclear Safety Advocates Accuse Industry And Regulators Of Foot-Dragging On Basic Safety Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 04.30.2012

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From her home, Mary Lampert, 70, has a clear view of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, which sits just across the Duxbury and Plymouth Bays in coasta...

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Two Meltdowns: Fukushima and the US Economy

Bob Burnett | Posted 04.27.2012

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The United States is not facing a nuclear crisis, but we are struggling with an economic crisis. The meltdown at Fukushima helps clarify our own meltdown.

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Poetry Helps the Healing After the Fukushima Disaster

John Lundberg | Posted 04.22.2012

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People as old as 90 contributed, as did a four-year-old, who heartbreakingly wrote: "I love kindergarten. I love flowers. I love slides... I won't give in to radiation."

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Robots and Disasters: Why Didn't I Think of That?

Christal Smith | Posted 04.17.2012

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You don't have to speak scientific-ese to understand just how important it is to develop robots that can do what no mere human can do in times of crisis.

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What the Fukushima and BP Disasters Remind Us About Our Failure to Communicate

Leslie Gerwin | Posted 05.22.2012

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If we really want accurate information and danger assessments during a health-threatening crisis, we must demand that government officials refrain from protecting us from the bad news.

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A Post-Fukushima World: Truths and Confusion About Global Energy

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.15.2012

If renewable energy is less costly than fossil fuels and nuclear, then why aren't we ramping up the move to a planetary renewable energy policy?

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Fear and Uncertainty for Fukushima

Jane_Cohen | Posted 05.12.2012

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Despite the government's assurance that all areas outside the mandatory 20-kilometer evacuation zone are safe, he found elevated levels of radiation in his own backyard -- and in his house.

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A Look Back: Radiation Concerns In The U.S. After Fukushima

Posted 03.11.2012

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After the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan and caused the largest nuclear accident since Chernobyl, concerns about radia...

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Harry Truman's Lies and Fukushima

Rahna Reiko Rizzuto | Posted 05.09.2012

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No matter how many new reports there will be on this anniversary, the facts remain the same. Nuclear power is far dirtier and far deadlier than anything man has ever created.

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Scientists Gauge Environmental Threats To Nuclear Power In The Wake Of Fukushima

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A year after a 30-foot tsunami ravaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, some scientists say regulators underestimate ...

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After Nuclear Disaster In Japan, U.S. Slow To Update Plant Safety At Home

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 03.08.2012

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In the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan last March, with the world captivated by the worst nuclear disaster in a generation, U.S. regu...

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Reminders of the Risks of Nuclear Power Come From Past/Present, Near/Far

Patrick Geans-Ali | Posted 05.01.2012

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As we come up on the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster in Japan, we should also keep in mind reminders about the potentially grave risks inherent to nuclear facilities closer to home.

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Plant Chief: Japan's Tsunami-Hit Nuclear Power Plant Remains Fragile

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 04.29.2012

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OKUMA, Japan — Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima power plant remains fragile nearly a year after it suffered multiple meltdowns, its chief said Tues...

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Japan Considered Evacuating Tokyo During Nuclear Crisis, Report Says

New York Times | Posted 02.28.2012

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In the darkest moments of last year's nuclear accident, Japanese leaders did not know the actual extent of damage at the plant and secretly considered...

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'Devil's Chain Reaction'

Reuters | Posted 04.29.2012

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By Shinichi Saoshiro FUKUSHIMA, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister ordered workers to remain at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima ...

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Containing Fukushima: Saving Japan From Itself (Part II)

K.T. Hiraoka | Posted 04.27.2012

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What is most needed for Japan to get out of its current intellectual slump and to restore vitality are government and corporate sectors that espouse transparency and accountability consistently and over time.

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Containing Fukushima: Saving Japan From Itself (Part I)

K.T. Hiraoka | Posted 04.26.2012

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The disaster at Fukushima last year exposed how entrenched interests among key decision-makers have contaminated Japanese society, endangering the long-term prosperity of Japan.

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New Nuclear Construction Will Help Secure U.S. Energy Technology Leadership

J. Scott Peterson | Posted 04.22.2012

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The Energy Department, which is 15 years in arrears of meeting contractual obligations to take used uranium fuel rods from commercial reactors, now will make recommendations to Congress to revamp the program. This is a political problem however, not a technical challenge.

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Fukushima Planned Tsunami Risk Assessment, But Too Late

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 04.16.2012

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TOKYO — Four days before a tsunami devastated a Japanese nuclear plant, its operator promised a fuller assessment of the risk of such a disaster...

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Fukushima Clean-Up: Leave it to the Experts... Or Not

James Burgess | Posted 04.15.2012

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The phrase "a process of trial and error" aren't the most comforting of words, especially when the difference between success and failure of those "trials" could result in illness and death from radiation poisoning.

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As if a Runaway Train, the Nuclear Juggernaut Roars On

Karl Grossman | Posted 04.15.2012

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U.S. tax dollars have been and are being used for a system all but eliminating public input to get new "advanced" nuclear power plants up and running -- and fast.

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Radioactive Water Seeps From Crippled Nuclear Plant

AP | By MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 02.03.2012

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TOKYO -- Leaks of radioactive water have become more frequent at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant less than two months after it was declared basic...

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