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Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up
Marine biologist Dan Madigan stood on a dock in San Diego and considered some freshly caught Pacific bluefin tuna. The fish had managed to swim 5,000 miles from their spawning grounds near Japan to California's shores, only to end up the catch of local...
Tags: Ecosystems, Stanford University, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Stony Brook University, Conservation
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. ECONOMISTS PREDICT STEADY JOB GAINS The Labor Department is set to release employment numbers later this morning, and many analysts think they'...Tags: Mumbai (India), Shootings, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Murder, Google Inc.
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San Onofre's other problem
The beleaguered San Onofre nuclear power plant north of San Diego has been idle since January 2012 after the discovery of unsafe reactor conditions. The operator is now seeking approval to restart one of the plant's two reactors at 70% power for a five-...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Plant Openings, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Geological Survey, Barack Obama
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Fukushima nuclear disaster adds only small health risks, WHO says
The 9.0-magnitude Tohoku-Oki earthquake and resulting tsunami that triggered a meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station has resulted in only a small increase in lifetime cancer risks for people living nearby, and an even smaller...
Tags: Health, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Leukemia, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Environmental Issues
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From disaster comes knowledge
Beverly Findlay-Kaneko has used her memories of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan two years ago to start making a change in her new home of Huntington Beach. Findlay-Kaneko was in Japan when those natural disasters led to three...Tags: Nuclear Accidents, Students, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Conservation, Teaching and Learning
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On Japanese tsunami anniversary, recalling Fukushima effects on ocean
It’s been exactly two years since Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami. The magnitude 9.0 shaker resulted when a portion of the Pacific plate was pushed into and underneath the North American plate, shifting the position of Earth's axis...
Tags: Health Organizations, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Tsunamis
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Tsunami warning lifted for strong Japan earthquake
TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake Friday struck the same Japanese coast devastated by last year's massive quake and tsunami, generating small waves but no immediate reports of heavy damage. Several people along the northeastern coast were...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Tokyo (Japan), Earthquakes, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Tsunamis
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Commentary: It's time to turn off San Onofre
Talk about a game-changer. Do you know the Barack Obama campaign tracked the buying, subscription and leisure habits of 29,000 voters as far back as 2008? Most presidential campaigns track about 1,500 voters for six to 12 months. It turns out this is...Tags: Southern California Edison Company, Politics, Plant Openings, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Safety first for man who represented the U.S. in Japan during its nuclear disaster
Tribune staff reporterThe flight attendant spied the Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo on Chuck Casto's T-shirt and escorted him to first class. Three days after the Pacific Ocean had risen and shattered the northern Japanese coast March 11, 2011, Casto's plane headed...Tags: Culture, FedEx Corporation, FBI, Plant Openings, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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In wake of Fukushima disaster, Japan to end nuclear power by 2030s
World NowThe Japanese government announced a dramatic turn in its energy policy Friday, vowing to make the densely populated island nation nuclear-free by the 2030s. Last year's tsunami-triggered disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power complex forced evacuation of... -
Massive Tokyo protest pushes against nuclear power
World NowTens of thousands of people turned out in Tokyo against nuclear power on Monday, urging the Japanese government not to restart reactors in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.... -
Spain's borrowing cost hits record; worries grow over Greece
World NowEurope’s long-running debt crisis flared sharply as Spain’s borrowing rates jumped to another record high and worries grew over Greece’s ability to keep on qualifying for the emergency loans it desperately needs to stay afloat....
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