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On this date in history: The Chernobyl disaster
On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine had an explosion and a fire that released radioactive particles into the atmosphere where they spread over several other countries in what is acknowledged to be the worst nuclear...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Nuclear Power, Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine), Ukraine, Russia
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River Monsters Season 5 will include visits to Chernobyl and Loch Ness
Channel Guide Magazine“I realize there will come a point at which my searching must come to an end — once I've found every river monster and all the world's underwater mysteries are solved,” says biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade, host of Animal... -
Nuclear blows away wind
The primary motivation among environmentalists for developing wind energy is legitimate concern about the effects of climate change. Wind is alleged to provide important relief from the emission of carbon dioxide from electricity production. But without...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Conservation, Energy Resources, Maryland General Assembly, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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The danger of relying on nuclear power plants
Norman Meadow's commentary promoting nuclear power over wind energy as a solution to climate change leaves out serious unsolved problems that wind does not present ("Nuclear blows away wind," Feb. 1). Huge piles of highly radioactive waste are sitting...Tags: Renewable Energy, Waste, Nuclear Power, Alternative Energy, Environmental Issues
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PASSINGS: Dyer Brainerd Holmes, T.S. Cook, Joel Schaeffer
Dyer Brainerd Holmes NASA manned space flight director Dyer Brainerd Holmes, 91, director of manned space flight for NASA when Americans were making their early forays into space in the early 1960s, died Friday at a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., of...Tags: High Noon (movie), Colleges and Universities, Entertainment, Cornell University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Secretary Clinton can help us all become 'untired'
Arianna HuffingtonWe don't yet know what big challenge Hillary Clinton will take on next, but that she will bring her considerable talents to something big and worthwhile is not in question. Whether or not that challenge is trying to become the first woman president, she'...Tags: ABC (tv network), Heart Disease, Frank Gehry, Arianna Huffington, Stress
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Is sleep deprivation the reason the Romney campaign is blowing it?
Arianna Huffington"Saturday Night Live" opened its new season with a sketch in which President Obama acknowledges that "things aren't great, the economy's in the tank" and "the job market is horrible," but says he's not worried because his campaign has a "secret weapon" to...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), 2012 Democratic National Convention, Politics, Arianna Huffington, Elections
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In wake of Fukushima disaster, Japan to end nuclear power by 2030s
World NowThe Japanese government announced a dramatic turn in its energy policy Friday, vowing to make the densely populated island nation nuclear-free by the 2030s. Last year's tsunami-triggered disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power complex forced evacuation of... -
17-year-old wears lace mini dress to graduation
KIAHEastern European internet is ablaze with reports of another Chernobyl-like explosion! This time, the blast was sparked by a Ukrainian honor student's graduation outfit which caused her male classmates’ rods to go into full blown melt-down!...Tags: Lady Gaga
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Mutant Butterflies Linked to Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
KTLA NewsFUKUSHIMA, Japan -- In the first sign that the Fukushima nuclear disaster may be changing life around it, scientists say they've found mutant butterflies. Some of the butterflies had abnormalities in their legs, antennae, and abdomens, and dents in their...Tags: Nuclear Power, Wildlife, Science and Technology, Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine), Genes and Chromosomes
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Japan leaders, utility slammed for 'man-made' nuclear disaster
Los Angeles TimesAn independent parliamentary commission accused the Japanese government and the nation's leading utility of "collusion" in avoiding vital nuclear safety improvements that would have prevented the reactor meltdowns last year at the tsunami-damaged...Tags: Nuclear Power, Earthquakes, Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Natural Perspectives: How to bring that power to the people
I would make a bad Amish person because I like electricity. So does Vic. We like it so much that we want to make sure that we keep receiving it, but we wonder where electrical power is going to come from in the future. As the population grows and we...Tags: Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power, Alternative Energy, Plant Openings
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