Calls Grow for Spent Nuclear Fuel to Be Stored More Securely
With more scrutiny on spent fuel pools in the United States, some are pointing to dry casks as a storage option.
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Calls Grow for Spent Nuclear Fuel to Be Stored More Securely
Posted on 08 July 2011 by admin
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Charest calls for calm as Quebec braces for more rain
Posted on 30 May 2011 by admin
Charest calls for calm as Quebec braces for more rain
Quebec Premier Jean Charest appealed for calm as a large flooded region of the province braced for more rain on Saturday.
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Tornado death toll rises, no more survivors found
Posted on 27 May 2011 by admin
Tornado death toll rises, no more survivors found
JOPLIN, Mo (Reuters) – The death toll from a monster tornado that savaged Joplin, Missouri, rose to 125 on Wednesday and tornadoes overnight in nearby states caused at least 15 more deaths.
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Feeling the heat? Wood-burning power plant could send more heat our way
Posted on 24 May 2011 by admin
Feeling the heat? Wood-burning power plant could send more heat our way
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More rain in Mo. as corps considers blasting levee
Posted on 06 May 2011 by admin
More rain in Mo. as corps considers blasting levee
More rain fell Monday as the Army Corps of Engineers pumped liquid explosives into a southeastern Missouri levee and weighed whether to blast it open to ease inland flooding and spare an Illinois town where most residents already have been forced to flee from a rising river.
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Deadly tornadoes kill more than 300 in US
Posted on 02 May 2011 by admin
Deadly tornadoes kill more than 300 in US
Tornadoes whirling across the southern United States tossed aside most obstacles in their path, and left at least 305 people dead.
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Pa. seeks more water tests for drilling pollution
Posted on 11 April 2011 by admin
Pa. seeks more water tests for drilling pollution
(AP:HARRISBURG, Pa.) Pennsylvania is expanding the scope of water tests to screen for radioactive pollutants and other contaminants from its booming natural gas drilling industry, but state officials insisted they aren’t doing it because federal regulators prodded them.
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More in Central Virginia stretch dollars to feed families
Posted on 06 April 2011 by admin
More in Central Virginia stretch dollars to feed families
Hunger strikes 1 in 10 people in the area served by the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, which includes the Lynchburg region. Four in 10 of them are children, according to food bank statistics.
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Japan feeds more money to banks as stocks slump
Posted on 18 March 2011 by admin
Japan feeds more money to banks as stocks slump
(AP:TOKYO) Japan’s central bank pumped billions more into the financial system Tuesday to quell fears that the country’s banks could be overwhelmed by the impact of the massive earthquake and tsunami. Stocks slumped as a nuclear crisis escalated.
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Thousands more feared dead in Japan as death toll passes 10,000
Posted on 15 March 2011 by admin
Thousands more feared dead in Japan as death toll passes 10,000
SENDAI, Japan – The estimated death toll from Japan’s disasters climbed past 10,000 Sunday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple nuclear reactor meltdowns and hundreds of thousands of people struggled to find food and water. The prime minister said it was the nation’s worst crisis since World War II.
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