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Atomic Titanics

Karl Grossman | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Fukushima, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Titanic Anniversary, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Plant Accidents, Green News
Karl Grossman

Indeed, human error is a big part of what can go wrong at a nuclear power plant. However, even without human error, nuclear power is fraught with the potential for immense catastrophe.

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Christmas Letter 2010

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Zezima

Since I am in the holiday spirit (and, having just consumed a mug of hot toddy, a glass of eggnog and a nip of cheer, the holiday spirits are in me), I have once again decided to follow in that great tradition of boring everyone silly by writing a Christmas letter.

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Down to a Science

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Physicist, Stamford Advocate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Humor, Protons, Beer, Science, Arizona, Nuclear, Laboratory, Ions, Bicycle, Collider, Stamford, Albert Einstein, Neutrons, Technology News
Jerry Zezima

Accelerated particles in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider have been known to travel 700 million miles per hour, which is almost as fast as some drivers go on Interstate 95 or the Long Island Expressway.

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The Human Costs of Nuclear Power

Alec Baldwin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Reactor, Brookhaven National Laboratory, High Flux Beam Reactor, Tritium, Hfbr, Green News
Alec Baldwin

Utility reactors all over the country pose grave dangers for those living nearby. There are no safe levels of exposure to the byproducts created by the generation of reactors currently in use.

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