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Poetic justice for the most-contaminated nuclear site in the U.S
2013-10-02 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: We dont always allow poetry on our site (especially after the Great Rhyming Curse of 2012), but well make an exception for Washington state poet laureate Kathleen Flenniken. In Shell Game, a short made in four days for the 2013 International Documentary Challenge, Flenniken describes what it was like to grow up next to the Hanford Nuclear Site. Flenniken covers the history of the location from national pride to Superfund site and the conflicted feelings that arise from calling Hanford home....
Japan fast-food chain to grow food 100 km from wrecked nuclear plant
2013-10-02 11:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Japanese fast-food chain has announced plans to grow rice and vegetables on a farm 100 km (60 miles) from the crippled Fukushima power plant, site of the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. Yoshinoya Holdings, which sells "gyudon", or stewed beef over rice, has formed a joint-venture with local farmers to grow onions, cabbage and rice for use in outlets across the country. About 160,000 people nearest the plant were ordered to move out and the government established a...
Westinghouse wins contract for nuclear waste storage facility in Spain
2013-10-02 01:00:00| Power Technology
Westinghouse Electric has won a contract from the Spanish agency Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos (ENRESA) to provide main engineering services for the centralised high-level waste (HLW) and spent fuel interim storage facility, Almacen Tempor
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Today's oil prices slide amid Syrian deal and Iran nuclear talks
2013-09-27 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Oil prices decreased today, as fears about supplies from the Middle East abated with renewed diplomatic efforts regarding Syria and Iran.
Largest nuclear power plants in the world
2013-09-27 01:00:00| Power Technology
Most of the world's largest nuclear power plants by net capacity are in East Asia. Regular inspection and safety measures have been stepped up at the large capacity nuclear power stations following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. Power-techno
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