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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Photos 13

 

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station - Southwest side of the nuclear reactor building of Unit 4 on April 20, 2011. Released by TEPCO April 28, 2011. (Tokyo Electric Power Co.) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station - Around ...

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Since Fukushima, Chernobyl Tourism on the Rise | Mother Jones

 

And in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, more and more edgy tourists like Margarita are flocking to Chernobyl: According to Der Spiegel, tours have been ...motherjones.com/blue.../fukushima-chernobyl-tourism-rise ...

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Hundreds Voice Nuke Plant Concerns; NRC, Edison Try to Reassure Public

 

Residents—dozens of whom carried anti-nuclear energy placards—expressed their increased concerns that a disaster similar to the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed the Fukushima plant in Japan could cause a meltdown at San Onofre. ...See all stor...

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Survivors recall Chernobyl 25 years later; activists renew call to shut Oyster …

 

Alcantara, who has lived in Atlantic City for the last six years, said the medical problems she has endured were caused by radiation exposure from the accident. She brought along her 15-year-old daughter, Victoria Zhuro, and her husband, David. ...See ...

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Fukushima still a threat: senior officials

 

Two senior Japanese officials have warned that there is still a real risk of a catastrophic disaster at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. Since Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami seven weeks ago an army of emergency wor...

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Radiation News 4-29-11

 

(Higgins) – Latest Tepco Data Shows Ongoing Nuclear Meltdown At Fukushima Reactor 2 In Japan – Read More Here (Nikkei) – Japan Nuclear Operator Postpones Plan To Flood Reactor Vessel – Read More Here Video: Physicians for Social Responsi...

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U.S. gets C credit rating, lower than Mexico (28 flags)

 


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Americans are Preparing at Unprecedented Levels

 

'Do you have enough larder to feed your family and some friends if grocery stores ran out of food? How about several assault rifles and a few thousand rounds of ammo? Solar panels, a water filter, medical kits, bug-out bags, fire starters...

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Activist Mark Dice: The Orwellian Nightmare Come True

 

Alex welcomes back to the show activist and author Mark Dice. Alex and Mark will talk about the iPhone tracking controversy and other important news items. Mark’s latest book is Big Brother: The Orwellian Nightmare Come True, now available at t...

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Media Starts to Propagandize Americans to Turn in Their Silver and Gold.

 

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How to Tear Down a Nuclear Power Plant [Slide Show]

 

What happens to nuclear reactors like those at Fukushima after they melt down or reach the end of their useful lives? By David Biello | April 29, 2011 GLOWING, GLOWING, GONE: Because of the high radiation levels around the stricken Fukus...

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Lord Monckton: The Hidden Agenda Behind Man-Made Global Warming

 

British politician and critic of the theory of man-made global warming, Lord Christopher Monckton, also joins Alex.Part 1 of 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wJ3ISoBebE ...

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Camera and robot team to make more accurate radiation measurements at stricken …

 

The government's crisis management task force has developed a new system to better monitor the amount of radiation inside the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The system -- called "Team Nippon" (Team Japan) ...S...

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Latest Tepco Data Shows Ongoing Nuclear Meltdown At Fukushima Reactor 2 In Japan

April 28th TEPCO Data Shows Ongoing Nuclear Meltdown At Fukushima Nuclear Reactor 2

The latest Tepco data shows and ongoing nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear reactor 2 in Japan according to an analysis performed by a GLG Consulting Group expert. That analysis reveals that the latest TEPCO data released on April 28th shows an ongoing criticality which is evidenced by an increasing the ratio of iodine to cesium in the groundwater coming from the number 2 reactor.

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Tornado survivors’ stories: ‘It looks like an atomic bomb went off’

 

[Updated at 3:16 a.m. ET] More than 300 people have been killed by the wave of violent weather that has swept across the South the past two days. Survivors told of entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble and the terror of tornadoes ripping through their homes and businesses. Here are the voices of some survivors: Employees [...]

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Please Sign This Petition — Demand Japan Witdrawal Decision To Force 20mSv Radiation On Children

 

We urgently demand the withdrawal of the Japanese Government’s inhumane decision to force 20mSv per year radiation exposure onto children. Please sign the petition.

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Dow hits nearly three-year high

 

Some highlights from the day's business news: Stocks hit fresh highs as dollar weakens U.S. stocks rose to multi-year highs on Thursday, as investors dismissed a series of mixed earnings reports as well as disappointing economic news. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 72 points, or 0.6%; to close at 12,763. Boeing led the Dow [...]

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More robots to be deployed at Japan’s damaged nuclear plant

 

Tokyo - The operator of Japan's damaged nuclear station has said it would deploy two kinds of remote-controlled robots to help stabilize the plant while reducing workers' exposure to radiation, news reports said Friday. Tokyo Electric Power Co, ...See ...

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US digging debt hole all the way to China and beyond

 

US digging debt hole all the way to China and beyond ...

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Israel Matzav: Confirmed: IAEA admits Israel destroyed Syrian …

 

The head of the UN atomic watchdog, Yukiya Amano, on Thursday said for the first time that Syria tried in the past to secretly build a nuclear reactor, which was destroyed by Israeli warplanes five years ago, The Associated Press ...Israel Matzav - htt...

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population reduction after economic collapse

 

population reduction after economic collapse ...

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NRC chief questions blackout plans for US plants

 

| AP WASHINGTON – The nation's top nuclear regulator cast doubt Thursday on whether reactors in the US are prepared for the type of days-long power outage that struck a nuclear power plant in Japan. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has only required...

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Chattanooga: Crews Here From 14 States; DePriest Calls Storm “Worst Ever”

 

Getting Power Back On To Take More Than 8 Days; Cost Up To $8 Million Crews Here From 14 States; DePriest Calls Storm "Worst Ever" April 28, 2011 Mr. DePriest said the previous worst Chattanooga storm was the blizzard of 1993. But he said this one ...

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FirstEnergy: Radiation exposure at Ohio plant could not happen at Beaver …

 

Even though the same contractor conducts refueling work on the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station, last week's incident in which five workers were exposed to higher doses of radiation than normal at an Ohio reactor could not be repeated in ...See all ...

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Fukushima Daiichi’s shoreline to be sandbagged

 

As aftershocks of the March 11th earthquake continue, the operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will sandbag its shoreline as a temporary measure against another possible tsunami. ...

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Radiation Readings in Fukushima Reactor Rise to Highest Since …

 

Radiation readings at Japan's Fukushima Dai-Ichi station rose to the highest since an earthquake and tsunami knocked out cooling systems, impeding efforts ...www.bloomberg.com/.../tokyo-water-radiation-falls-to-zero-fo... ...

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You thought Facebook followed you? The cops have even better software you can look at, but can’t download: I sucks literally everything that’s inside your phone.

 

Everyone knows the cops have tools to get inside your phone. But what do they do? They suck your iPhone's entire soul in 15 minutes. With one single click. ...

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Norman Solomon: It’s Time to Close California’s Nuclear Power Plants

 

As someone who was an Obama delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, I believe it would be a tragic mistake for anyone to loyally accept the administration's nuclear policy.The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

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Maximum radiation levels in eastern Japan

 


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Chernobyl 25 years later: Do major nuclear accidents stop …

 

Tuesday marks the 25 th anniversary of the explosion at Chernobyl. Meanwhile, the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun to ...www.slate.com/id/2292075/ ...

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Charlie Veitch Arrested In Pre-Crime Raid Prior to Royal Wedding

 

Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com April 28, 2011 We received the following email from Charlie Veitch’s girlfriend. Veitch, who many of you will know as the leader of the Love Police activist group, has been arres...

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Japan Postpones Nuclear Cooling

 

Also Thursday, Trade Minister Banri Kaieda, who oversees Japan's top nuclear regulator, said executives at plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. should take additional pay cuts on top of the 50% reductions unveiled earlier this week. ...See all stori...

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Tornadoes Devastate South, Killing At Least 291

 

By GREG BLUESTEIN and HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press April 28th, 2011 PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. – Firefighters searched one splintered pile after another for survivors Thursday, combing the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulv...

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Bulgaria: Increased radiation in plant reactor

 

SOFIA -- Reactor five of Bulgaria's nuclear power plant Kozloduy was temporarily shut down due to the increased radiation level measured in it, the plant operators say. The increased level of radioactive gas xenon was detected on Tuesday...

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The Bob Tuskin Show – Thursday, April, 28, 2011

 

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Japanese drop their traditional politeness over nuclear crisis

 

Kadota faults the firm that runs the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant for its mishandling of the nuclear crisis that has followed the March 11 natural disasters. He believes dithering public officials have compounded the public's a...

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Gunderson: Fukushima “Not out of the Woods” « Climate Denial Crock …

 

Gunderson: Fukushima “Not out of the Woods”. April 29, 2011. Share this: Facebook. Print. Posted by greenman3610. Filed in News and Announcements · Leave a Comment » · Like. Be the first to like this post. Leave a Reply Cancel reply ...Climate D...

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The Progressive Mind » The Great Fukushima Cover-Up | presstorm.com

 

This statement was made about the same time Fukushima was reclassified as a level 7 accident, the same as Chernobyl. Who does he think he is kidding? Let's go back to normal only weeks after Japan has experienced a nuclear major ...The Progressive Mind...

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TEPCO Data Shows Ongoing Criticalities Inside Leaking Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2

 

Data released on April 28, 2011 by TEPCO is now unequivocal in showing ongoing criticalities at Unit 2, with a peak on April 13. TEPCO graphs of radioactivity-versus-time in water under each of the six reactors show an ongoing nuclear chain reaction .....

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Tornado survivors’ stories: Flying Jeeps, moving earth, neighborhoods gone

 

[Updated at 9:57 p.m. ET] More than 280 people have been killed by the wave of violent weather that has swept across the South the past two days. Survivors told of entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble and the terror of tornadoes ripping through their homes and businesses. Here are the voices of some survivors: Shortly [...]

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CBS’ Lara Logan describes being sexually assaulted in Egypt’s Tahrir Square

 

CBS News correspondent Lara Logan broke her silence in an interview published in The New York Times Thursday about being sexually assaulted in Egypt's Tahrir Square while covering the country's political uprising. Logan said she thought she was going to die after a group of men ripped her away from her producer and bodyguard on February [...]

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Tornado victim recalls panic in search for mom

 

A tornado tore apart Reba Self's home in a matter of seconds. But, for a while, she thought she had lost much more than just a place to live. It's an experience Self will never forget, and one that previously only existed in her nightmares. "My dad kind of had me terrified of storms when [...]

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Overheard on CNN.com: How to defy a tornado

 

Exchange of the Day: “I'm from New Jersey and I actually never heard anyone blame anything on God there. It was pretty refreshing.” - shanker67 “Apparently you've never visited a story on Texas.” – slimjoe51 Southern storms: 'I don't know how anyone survived' Hundreds of people were killed when a storm front swept tornadoes into [...]

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Largest Earthquake Drill In America History As Great Central U.S. ShakeOut Begins Along New Madrid Seismic Zone

Largest Earthquake Drill In America History As Great Central U.S. ShakeOut Begins Along New Madrid Seismic Zone

The Intel Hub By Alex Thomas April 28th, 2011 In what has been labeled the largest earthquake drill in American history, the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut began today across 11 states. 3 million people will participate in a series of earthquake drills aimed at preparing for a large scale earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic [...]

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Court Hears Arguments on Los Alamos Plutonium Lab

 

The Los Alamos Study Group is seeking a preliminary injunction that would prevent additional financing for the Chemical and Metallurgy Research Replacement Nuclear Facility before the site's environmental impact and alternate project options are more ....

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Tornadoes force emergency shutdown of three Alabama nuclear reactors

 

“Browns Ferry Nuclear plant shut down safely, as designed, when the site briefly lost its external electricity supply,” said a statement from the TVA, adding, “The plant and its safety systems performed well.” Addressing journalists during a co...

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Chernobyl: Consequences of the catastrophe 25 years later

 

In it, she reports the widespread expectation of another nuclear power plant failure and the catastrophic consequences. Now, a few months later, the world commemorates the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl while watching the Fukushima meltdo...

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Civil society shocked over Jaitapur nuclear power plant clearance

 

Activist participate during the Tarapur to Jaitapur anti-nuclear yatra earlier this month. Photo: Vivek Bendre Civil society groups have expressed shock over the government's “sheer insensitivity'' in announcing on the 25th anniversary...

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G20 to meet on nuclear safety on June 7-8 -OECD

 

PARIS, April 28 (Reuters) - The Group of 20 economic powers will meet in Paris on June 7-8 to discuss nuclear safety in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria said on Thursday. Ministers in charge of nuclear safety ...

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THE COLUMN / Fumihiko Yoshida: Nuclear plants must not turn into radiological …

 

1 nuclear power plant triggered by the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami, he was asked to give an interview with the US cable TV news channel CNN. While reports of radioactive leaks were making headlines, he thought how best to describe what was ...

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