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HBO examines the 2011 Japan earthquake and its aftermath in “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”
Channel Guide MagazineIn the mid-afternoon of March 11, 2011, a small contingent stood on a Japanese hillside, watching in increasing despair as monstrous waves swept away every vestige of their city, turning everything before them into a brackish stew and washing away... -
Japanese nuclear power, solar power, and open beaches
KIAHTens of thousands of Japanese showed up in Tokyo to demand their country shut down its nuclear power plants. Opposition to atomic energy has picked up since last year`s disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant (www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/index-e....Tags: Environmental Issues, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy
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City to adopt resolution regarding San Onofre
The City Council made it clear that it planned to approve a resolution listing complaints about San Onofre's operation and concerns about its future, but that didn't keep the public from expressing opinions. Speakers came from San Clemente, Washington,...
Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Health and Safety at Work, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Nuclear Power, Southern California Edison Company
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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: Japan, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Science and Technology, Nuclear Power, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Bluefin tuna carried a little -- very little -- radiation from Japan to California, study says
Los Angeles TimesPacific bluefin tuna carried radioactivity from Japan’s 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster all the way across the ocean to the shores of California, scientists reported Monday. They didn’t bring much — the levels were far lower...Tags: Japan, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Science and Technology, Nuclear Power, Stanford University
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Radioactive Tuna from Japan Found Off Calif. Coast
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Scientists say that migrating Pacific bluefin tuna off California's coast are carrying radioactive contamination from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. Scientists sampled 15 tuna caught off San Diego and found that they...Tags: Japan, Science and Technology
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Japan farmers plant, pray for radiation-free rice
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) - Last year's crop sits in storage, deemed unsafe to eat, but Toraaki Ogata is back at his rice paddies, driving his tractor trailing neat rows of seedlings. He's living up to his family's proud, six-generation history of rice...Tags: Cancer, Breastfeeding, Environmental Issues, Japan, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan)
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NEWS BRIEFS
Egyptians vote in presidential runoff, choosing between Islamist, Hosni Mubarak's ex-PM CAIRO (AP) — Faced with a choice between Hosni Mubarak's ex-prime minister and an Islamist candidate, Egyptians voted Saturday in a presidential runoff the...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Tsunamis, Human Interest, Disasters and Accidents, Jim Furyk
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Radioactive Particles from Japan Found in Local Sea Kelp
KTLA NewsLONG BEACH, Calif. (KTLA) -- Researchers say seaweed harvested from Orange County beaches tested positive for small amounts of radiation from last year's nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. According...Tags: Natural Disasters, Tsunamis, Japan, Nuclear Accidents, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan)
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No more Fukushimas
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan one year ago today precipitated the most serious nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. A worst-case scenario contemplated the voluntary evacuation of Tokyo, as the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission feared a...Tags: Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Japan, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Waste
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Cheap natural gas, caution curb nuclear energy
It's radioactive, its plants can be expensive to build and it scares the bejeebers out of many, but to some, nuclear energy is the future.
That may well be true, but for now, the race to that future has slowed to a cautious crawl as regulators have...Tags: Natural Gas, Disasters and Accidents, Nuclear Power, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, China
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U.S. approves first nuclear reactors in 30 years
CNN MoneyThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissionapproved licenses to build two new nuclear reactors Thursday, the first authorized in over 30 years. The reactors are being built in Georgia by a consortium of utilities led by Southern Co. (SO, Fortune 500) They...Tags: Solyndra LLC, Japan, Waste, Nuclear Power, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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