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Humans will retain key role in robot use
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewWith an army-green paint job and six knobby tires, Crusher rests inside Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center in Lawrenceville. A metal easel nearby touts its attributes: "Quiet, patient, alert 24/7." The unmanned robot,...Tags: Japan, Technology, Military Equipment, U.S. Department of Defense, Engineering
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Out of the Blue: Speak up against San Onofre
Amid a spate of promising economic news, home values are climbing. Now for the bad news. For the first time in human history, the concentration of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is nearing the milestone level of 400 parts per million....Tags: Politics, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Henry A Waxman, Barbara Boxer
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Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up
Marine biologist Dan Madigan stood on a dock in San Diego and considered some freshly caught Pacific bluefin tuna. The fish had managed to swim 5,000 miles from their spawning grounds near Japan to California's shores, only to end up the catch of local...
Tags: Biology, Conservation, Science, Japan, Sushi and Sashimi
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Annapolis man to head FEMA grant program
President Barack Obama has named an Annapolis man to head the multibillion-dollar grant program through which the Federal Emergency Management Agency helps local governments prepare for disasters. Brian Kamoie, 41, will oversee a vast portfolio of...Tags: Politics, Flu, George Washington University, White House, Annapolis
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Shadow of a Doubt: Casey wants updated emergency planning for those outside 10-mile nuclear evacuation zones
Beaver County Times, Pa.WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., there is more than a shadow of a doubt about nuclear safety. There's a sharp contrast between current nuclear plant evacuation plans and more realistic projections about public reaction to industrial...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), Traffic, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, FirstEnergy Corp.
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Sen. Casey examines state's nuclear emergency preparedness
Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Pa.U.S. Sen. Bob Casey called for more information regarding emergency preparedness beyond the 10-mile radius for people living near nuclear power plants in Pennsylvania during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. A recent report released...Tags: Politics, Japan, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), National Government, Television Industry
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. ECONOMISTS PREDICT STEADY JOB GAINS The Labor Department is set to release employment numbers later this morning, and many analysts think they'...Tags: Shootings, Murder, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Iran
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From disaster comes knowledge
Beverly Findlay-Kaneko has used her memories of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan two years ago to start making a change in her new home of Huntington Beach. Findlay-Kaneko was in Japan when those natural disasters led to three...Tags: Conservation, Japan, Yokohama (Japan), Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Energy Saving
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On Japanese tsunami anniversary, recalling Fukushima effects on ocean
It’s been exactly two years since Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami. The magnitude 9.0 shaker resulted when a portion of the Pacific plate was pushed into and underneath the North American plate, shifting the position of Earth's axis...
Tags: Japan, Tsunamis, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Health Organizations
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Fukushima nuclear disaster adds only small health risks, WHO says
The 9.0-magnitude Tohoku-Oki earthquake and resulting tsunami that triggered a meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station has resulted in only a small increase in lifetime cancer risks for people living nearby, and an even smaller...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Japan, Cancer, Birth Defects, Environmental Issues
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8 U.S. sailors sue Japanese firm over radiation from nuclear meltdown
L.A. NOWEight sailors from the Coronado-based carrier Ronald Reagan are suing the Tokyo Electric Power Co. for allegedly lying about the danger from radiation caused by the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant, according to Bloomberg News. The ship was... -
Tsunami warning lifted for strong Japan earthquake
TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake Friday struck the same Japanese coast devastated by last year's massive quake and tsunami, generating small waves but no immediate reports of heavy damage. Several people along the northeastern coast were...
Tags: Japan, Tsunamis, Tokyo (Japan), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan)
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