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Could Radiation from Japan Reach the United States?
Expert: Nuclear Radiation Could Spread Far Beyond Japan (via Voice of America) From VoA: An American nuclear expert says radiation from Japan could spread across the Pacific and reach the…
Japan to fire top nuclear officials in wake of disaster (via 1 Real News)
This disaster happened in March. Virtually everything you can think of went wrong and now, they fire people. I’m not impressed. Once it became obvious that the people in charge,…
CBO … Federal Loan Guarantees for the Construction of Nuclear Power Plants (via Point/CounterPoint)
You weren’t aware that loans to build nuclear power plants were guaranteed by the federal government? They had to, you see. No one would loan them money to build a…
How to have a ‘rational’ debate over nuclear power (via Rational and Green)
There is a lot of debate on the web about nuclear power. This is a different kind of take on the issue. Our author explains how the emotional aspects of…
High radiation found at Japan’s Fukushima plant (via National Post | News)
Just when you think the Fukushima crisis had finally been scrubbed from the news by various interest groups and the Japanese government, it comes roaring right back at you. James…
Pictures—Ten U.S. Plants and Post-Japan Risks (via Japan Nuclear Crisis)
Here are some new things (or old ones) to add to your worry list. These are picture of the ten oldest American nuclear plants. They are likely to pose the…
Shareholders Hammer Tepco over Nuclear Fiasco (via MY VOICE)
My favorite sentence - Another investor shouted that Tepco’s executives should jump into their stricken reactors and die to take the blame for the fiasco. Enjoy the article and remember…
Worries Over Two Nuclear Plants (via )
I think there is definitely some grounds for concern. If you buy the idea that corporations are only in business to make money and have no other responsibilities, the idea…
Fukushima – FDA refusing to monitor Fish radiation 18th April 2011 (via TheLeftSpace)
As usual, we find that TEPCO is not being fully informative about what’s happening. However, there is a lot here to make one feel better about the current situation. However,…
Japan gov’t expands Fukushima evacuation zone (via CBS News)
It would appear more land will be lost to nuclear catastrophe. The radiation like some infection is spreading across Fukushima claiming more and more geography. And while this is happening,…
Borowitz Report
- Greece No Longer a Nation; Announces Plan to Become Social NetworkATHENS (The Borowitz Report) – After struggling for months with an intractable financial crisis, Greece announced today that it would cease to exist as a sovereign nation and would instead reboot itself as a social network. The new entity, FetaBook, is expected to raise much-needed billions in an upcoming IPO. The social network formerly known as Greece [... […]
- A Letter from Mark ZuckerbergMENLO PARK, CA (The Borowitz Report) – On the eve of Facebook’s IPO, Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published the following letter to potential investors: Dear Potential Investor: For years, you’ve wasted your time on Facebook. Now here’s your chance to waste your money on it, too. Tomorrow is Facebook’s IPO, and I know what some of you […]
- Hoping for Knockout Punch, CIA Sends JP Morgan Execs to Infiltrate Al-QaedaWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In a covert mission designed to destroy what remains of al-Qaeda, the CIA has been infiltrating the terror network with executives from JP Morgan Chase, the banking giant. The mission, which the intelligence agency had hoped to keep secret, came to light this week when al-Qaeda dismissed two of its top […]
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