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Chemistry World June 7, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Fukushima disaster has not raised cancer risks, says UN UN scientists have concluded that the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster is unlikely to push up cancer rates in Japan. |
Chemistry World August 16, 2007 John Bonner |
Chernobyl Fallout Impaired Mental Development of Swedish Infants A study finds that radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster impaired the mental development of Swedish children that were still in the womb at the time of the incident. The findings suggest that infants are endangered by radiation exposure at levels previously thought to be safe. |
Chemistry World January 25, 2013 Rebecca Brodie |
Reassessing the health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident While the Japanese tsunami of March 2011 was devastating in its own right, the long term health consequences because of the damage to the nuclear reactor at Fukushima Daiichi are also of serious concern. |
Food Processing July 2011 Steven Hoffman |
Fukushima in Our Food Radiation from Japan is showing up in our food. Shouldn't we do something about it? |
IEEE Spectrum April 2011 William Sweet |
Chernobyl, 25 Years Later The challenges of that crisis are the same Fukushima presents |
IEEE Spectrum November 2011 Prachi Patel |
Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima A comparison of three nuclear reactor calamities reveals some key differences |
AskMen.com |
Your Routine Radiation Dose The radiation risk from a single CT, or computed tomography, to an individual is small, but some doctors are worried about the buildup over time. |
National Defense June 2008 Stew Magnuson |
Public Still in the Dark When it Comes to Dirty Bomb Threat The federal government has come up short in public information campaigns to educate the public on what to do in the event of a radiation attack |
Reason June 2000 |
Looking Back in Anger The Plutonium Files: America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War, by Eileen Welsome |
The Motley Fool March 18, 2011 David Meier |
Foolish FAQ: The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis A nuclear expert sheds light on Japan's failing reactor. |
BusinessWeek March 24, 2011 Steve Featherstone |
The Future of Fukushima Prefecture In the best case, hundreds of thousands of evacuees will spend months away from home. |
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 M. V. Ramana |
More Missiles Than Megawatts India's nuclear choices have favored warheads over civilian reactors, and those choices are taking their toll. Between its burgeoning economy and a population that is projected to eclipse China's by 2050, India has difficult choices to make regarding its energy future. |
Chemistry World March 5, 2013 Ned Stafford |
Fukushima disaster predicted to raise cancer rates slightly Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will put people living nearest to the nuclear power plant at a slightly elevated risk of cancer in the coming years. |
Salon.com December 10, 2001 Damien Cave |
Nukes now! Post-Sept. 11, isn't it time to get off our fossil fuel fixation and take another look at nuclear power? |
National Defense August 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Taking a Shot at Nuclear Terrorism Cleveland BioLabs Inc. of Buffalo, N.Y., has developed a radiation countermeasure, called Protectan CBLB502. When given as a single injection, as many as 80 percent of those exposed to total body irradiation could survive. |
Real Travel Adventures November 2007 Bonnie Neely |
Koji Kobayashi: Spreading Peace Through Music Hiroshima bombing survivor Koji Kobayashi has launched a bold campaign to reach around the world with a message of peace through music and the urgent cry to rid the world of nuclear weapons. |
Health April 28, 2008 Curt Pesmen |
X-Rays, Bone Scans...Could That Radiation Be Harmful to Your Health? How much radiation is too much? Scientists are still figuring that out -- and they tend to disagree about the risks. |
The Motley Fool March 22, 2011 Morgan Housel |
What Investors Might Learn From Nuclear Panic Regardless of how Japan's nuclear accident unfolds, one thing is clear: It's already inflicted mass damage on the psyche and markets of most of the developed world. |
Popular Mechanics October 22, 2008 Kate Schweitzer |
On Fringe, Radioactivity is Real, But Cures are Junk Science Radiation experts give their opinion on the mad science of this television show. |
National Defense April 2009 |
Nuke Recycling Nuclear power is stymied in this country from unnatural fear. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Go Nuclear With ETFs Van Eck's Market Vectors Nuclear Energy ETF is a new fund that can give you exposure to the global nuclear energy industry. It follows the performance of nuclear reactors and the companies that mine uranium and other key materials. |
Wired February 2005 Schwartz & Reiss |
Nuclear Now! How clean, green atomic energy can stop global warming. |
TIME Asia February 28, 2011 Eben Harrell |
Nuclear Batteries Hyperion Power Generation Inc. offers the nuclear battery -- so called because it is cheap, small and easily transportable and has many environmental benefits. It also has its detractors. |
Popular Mechanics November 6, 2009 Allie Townsend |
On Fringe, Radiation Ghoul is Pure Fiction A "scientific" scenario on this television show is debunked, because there are no known living organisms that are drawn or feed off of radiation |
Wired Nicholas Thompson |
Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine The technical name was Perimeter, but some called it Mertvaya Ruka, or Dead Hand. It was built 25 years ago and remained a closely guarded secret. |
Reason February 2003 Steve Chapman |
Learning to Love the Bomb Is nuclear proliferation inherently dangerous? In The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, Columbia University political scientist Kenneth Waltz makes an exhaustive case that "the gradual spread of nuclear weapons is more to be welcomed than feared." |
Chemistry World March 17, 2011 Ned Stafford |
Uncertainty for nuclear power Political fallout from the Japanese disaster has spread to Europe and will no doubt have a lasting impact on nuclear power policy and research funding. |
BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks With Jim Rogers Duke Energy's CEO discusses how Japan's nuclear crisis will affect the energy industry - and why a lack of new American plants threatens the U.S.'s future. |
Geotimes April 2007 Sally Adee |
IAEA Updates Radiation Warning Symbol The International Atomic Energy Agency unveiled its new design of the international symbol for radiation. Dozens of accidental exposures to radiation motivated this change. |
Wired November 2002 Steven Johnson |
Stopping Loose Nukes Prevention is a game of odds, not certainty. Is an "atomic wall" of sophisticated sensors the answer to protecting population centers from terrorist attack by bioweapon or dirty bomb? |
IEEE Spectrum March 2009 Slakey & Tannenbaum |
What About The Nukes? The U.S. nuclear stockpile is showing its age, but building new warheads isn't the solution. |
BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 Brendan Greeley |
Facing Up to Nuclear Risk Nuclear accidents like Japan's Fukushima crisis are scary. So is a future without nuclear power. |
IndustryWeek July 22, 2009 Peter Alpern |
MIT Nanocomposite Material Holds Promise for Energy MIT scientist creates a model to design radiation-resistant materials. |
Geotimes December 2006 Carolyn Gramling |
Small Nuclear War Could Pose Large Climate Consequences New findings suggest that climatic effects from even a small-scale nuclear war between states such as India and Pakistan could match the climate impact once predicted for an all-out attack by a superpower. |
Salon.com August 10, 2000 Tabitha M. Powledge |
Is your cellphone killing you? A neurologist who's dying of a brain tumor is suing to try to prove that his phone is responsible. |
Wired October 23, 2007 Michael Levi |
In the Search for Loose Nukes, a Little Propaganda Goes a Long Way Strategic communication misleads terrorists into believing that nuclear attempts are futile. |
Wired March 2002 Evan Ratliff |
This Is Not a Test A decade after America's last nuclear test, the US arsenal is decaying and its designers are retiring. Now a new generation of scientists is trying to preserve bomb-building knowledge before it's too late... |
BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Anne Lauvergeon A conversation with Anne Lauvergeon; the French call the CEO of the largely state-owned nuclear power company Areva "Atomic Annie." |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
Genetic Testing Every day the prospect of individualized genetic testing is slowly becoming commonplace, and certain questions about genetic testing are apparent: What kinds of tests are available? Where can I get them? How accurate are they? And what are the costs? |
Salon.com August 16, 2000 Daryl Lindsey |
Gray lady down The sinking of the Kursk raises questions about the safety of Russia's nuclear submarines. |
National Defense April 2009 |
No Nuclear Meltdowns If the United States is ever going to make a serious effort to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power generation, then nuclear power plants will be an indispensable element in the program. |
Popular Mechanics December 29, 2008 Jeremy Jacquot |
3 Projects We Hope to See From the DOE's Next Nuclear Research Facility Studying rare nuclear isotopes with unstable, short-lived nuclei has plenty of practical and commendable applications in medicine, national security, and cosmology. |
BusinessWeek April 14, 2011 Dexter Roberts |
China Needs Nuclear Power -- and Regulations The Fukushima disaster is not slowing down the Chinese industry, which plans to build 10 reactors a year |
National Defense June 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Advocates Tout Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations The idea to revive nuclear power on military installations -- and even in forward-operating bases in battle zones -- is being promoted in some quarters. |
Scientific American September 2009 Daniel C. Schlenoff |
100 Years Ago: Punch Cards and the Census Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American |
Mother Jones Jul/Aug 2002 Susan Q. Stranahan |
Radioactive Recycling If the Department of Energy has its way, the nation's nuclear garbage could end up in everyday items like bicycles, frying pans, and baby strollers. |
National Defense June 2009 Erwin & Magnuson |
7 Deadly Myths About Weapons of Terror Seven noteworthy misconceptions associated with weapons of terror. |
The Motley Fool March 21, 2011 Rich Smith |
Where Have All the Robots Gone? Why are human workers being exposed to radiation to cope with the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex? We saw how useful robots can be during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and we should prepare to use them at nuclear plants in the future. |