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3 Mile Island Anniversary: the Lesson Nuclear Industry Refuses To Learn [1]

"Thirty-five years after the world's first nuclear-power scare, the nuclear industry hasn't learned the most basic lesson from Three Mile Island: Get accurate information to the public in a timely manner."

Disasters [2]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Public [4]
Source: Christian Science Monitor [5], 03/31/2014
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"1,500 Valves at Fukushima Plant Still Untagged" [6]

"Labeling tags were not attached to 1,500 valves controlling the flow of radioactive water in piping and other equipment at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the aftermath of the March 2011 disaster, sources said."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Public [4]
International [7]
Source: Asahi Shimbun [8], 03/27/2014
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"U.S. Navy To Test Homes for Radiation on San Francisco Island" [9]

"SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Navy plans to test hundreds of homes for radiation in a remote San Francisco neighborhood after an object containing radium was found beneath an unoccupied residence in the area last fall, city officials said on Tuesday."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Public [4]
California [10]
Source: Reuters [11], 03/27/2014
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Carlsbad Journal: "A Livelihood in Nuclear Waste, Under Threat" [12]

"CARLSBAD, N.M. — For 15 years, workers from this dusty New Mexico town have made the 26-mile drive down a series of worn two-lane highways until reaching a strange complex of alabaster buildings in the middle of the Chihuahuan Desert."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Waste [13]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NY Times [15], 03/21/2014
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"Unskilled and Destitute Are Hiring Targets for Fukushima Cleanup" [16]

"NARAHA, Japan — 'Out of work? Nowhere to live? Nowhere to go? Nothing to eat?' the online ad reads. 'Come to Fukushima.'"

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Public [4]
International [7]
Source: NY Times [18], 03/17/2014
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"Report: Nuke Dump Fire Preventable" [19]

"The truck that caught fire a half mile underground at a southeastern New Mexico nuclear waste dump was 29 years old, improperly maintained and operating without an automatic fire-suppression system, according to a report to be released Friday."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [20], 03/14/2014
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"Fukushima Operator May Have To Dump Contaminated Water Into Pacific" [21]

"As Japan marks the third anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, Tepco is struggling to find a solution for hundreds of thousands of tonnes of contaminated water."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Pollution [24]
Public [4]
International [7]
Source: Guardian [25], 03/11/2014
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"The Children of Japan's Fukushima Battle An Invisible Enemy" [26]

"Though the strict safety limits for outdoor activity set after multiple meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in 2011 have now been eased, parental worries and ingrained habit mean many children still stay inside. And the impact is now starting to show, with children experiencing falling strength, lack of coordination, some cannot even ride a bicycle, and emotional issues like shorter tempers, officials and educators say."

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Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Public [4]
International [7]
Source: Reuters [27], 03/10/2014
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"After Fukushima, Utilities Prepare for Worst" [28]

"PEACH BOTTOM, Pa. — Stored near the twin nuclear reactors here, safely above the flood level of the Susquehanna River, is a gleaming new six-wheel pickup truck with a metal blade on the front that can plow away debris from an earthquake or other disaster. Attached to the back is a trailer that carries a giant diesel-powered pump that can deliver 500 gallons of water a minute."

Disasters [2]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NY Times [29], 03/10/2014
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Fukushima: "Prologue To Catastrophe" [30]

"A worker at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station gives his eyewitness account of what happened there on March 11, 2011, in the immediate wake of a massive earthquake and tsunami that caused three of the station’s reactor cores to melt."

Disasters [2]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Public [4]
International [7]
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists [31], 03/05/2014
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