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    Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  1. 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 disaster of all time.
     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: Russia, ABC (tv network), Ukraine, Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine), Nuclear Power

    2. Mar 16, 2013 | Zap2It

  2. 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...
    3. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. 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 this alleged benefit, wind's unpredictability, cost, environmental damage and intrusiveness would make it a poor choice. The Maryland General Assembly has debated offshore wind's merits for two sessions but has not been persuaded to approve a way to finance a facility, and is about to debate it once again.
    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: Ecosystems, Hydroelectricity, Science, Alternative Energy, Science and Technology

    4. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. 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: Waste, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Alternative Energy, Disasters and Accidents

    5. Jan 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 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: Space Programs, Cornell University, Three Mile Island Accident (1979), Electronics, High Noon (movie)

    6. Sep 14, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. In wake of Fukushima disaster, Japan to end nuclear power by 2030s

    World Now
    The 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...
    7. Jul 26, 2012 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  7. 17-year-old wears lace mini dress to graduation

    Eastern 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!
    KIAH
    Eastern 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

    8. Aug 14, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  8. Mutant Butterflies Linked to Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

    FUKUSHIMA, Japan -- In the first sign that the Fukushima nuclear disaster may be changing life around it, scientists say they've found mutant butterflies.
    KTLA News
    FUKUSHIMA, 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: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Japan, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Tokyo Electric Power Co., Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan)

    9. Jul 5, 2012 |Story| KCPQ-LTV

  9. Japan leaders, utility slammed for 'man-made' nuclear disaster

    Los Angeles Times
    An 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: Japan, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Electricity Production and Distribution, Government, Earthquakes

    10. Jun 12, 2012 |Story| HB Independent

  10. 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: Plant Openings, Middletown, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Alternative Energy, Solar Energy

    11. May 3, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  11. News briefs for Thursday, May 3

    <span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>U.S. ambassador denies blind Chinese activist's claim he was pressured to leave Embassy</strong></span>
    U.S. ambassador denies blind Chinese activist's claim he was pressured to leave Embassy BEIJING (AP) — U.S. officials said Thursday they are still trying to help a blind Chinese activist who says he fears for his family's safety, and denied he...

    Tags: John McCain, Japan, Career and Workplace, Health, Unemployment

    12. May 1, 2012 |Story| KTUU

  12. Hope for Natural Gas Pipeline Shifts From Juneau to Japan

    After state lawmakers failed to pass legislation that might have brought a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope, new hope for such a project has been revived Tuesday -- by officials with the government of Japan.
    Channel 2 News
    After state lawmakers failed to pass legislation that might have brought a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope, new hope for such a project has been revived Tuesday -- by officials with the government of Japan. On Monday night, Sen. Lisa...

    Tags: Japan, Lisa Murkowski, Washington, DC, Natural Disasters, Natural Resources

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