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1. Media dropped the ball on BP oil disaster in Gulf
(Opinion/Commentary)

... living in the wide ranging path of meandering radioactive clouds than it is for the millions of citizens and businesses affected by the lakes of crude oil meandering a various depths throughout the Gulf ...

2. North Korea giving off higher radiation levels
(World/International)

... that two days after Pyongyang's fusion announcement, radioactive xenon, eight times above the normal background level, was detected near the border separating the two Koreas. But some nuclear scientists ...

3. Jacques Cousteau’s legacy can be found in New Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... overfishing, and halt the dumping of radioactive waste in the ocean's waters, to name but a few. Cousteau's legacy can be found in New Jersey at the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve ...

4. N.J. DEP orders wider investigation of radioactive leak at Oyster Creek nuclear plant
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... radioactive tritium into aquifers below the plant and ensure the radioactive substance does not endanger public health. Under a directive of the state's Spill Act, the Exelon Corporation must drill new ...

5. N.J. DEP chief criticizes Exelon's response to radioactive-water leaks at Oyster Creek nuclear reactor
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to take more proactive steps to protect the public from a 2009 leak of radioactive tritium into drinking water beneath the Oyster Creek nuclear plant in Lacey, Ocean County. A letter issued Friday by ...

6. N.J. DEP begins new probe of radioactive leak at Oyster Creek nuclear power plant
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

Commissioner Martin wants swift action to prevent possible contamination of water supply State Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin is not willing to let the 2009 leak of radioactive tritium ...

7. Nuclear power making a comeback in U.S.
(U.S./Nation)

... long complained of the dangers of radioactive waste, others are taking a more positive view of nuclear power. "You really do need to look across the board at all the low-carbon energy sources that are ...

8. cancer clusters
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... study of the people living near nuclear power plants. There have been several attempts by civic groups to assess possible impacts from the continuing spread radioactive particles, gasses and liquids ...

9. Ultra-violent ‘Kick-Ass' movie ruined by troubling storyline (VIDEO TRAILER)
(Entertainment/Movies)

... a super hero, but he's not a visitor from a faraway planet with a red sun and hasn't been bitten by a radioactive spider. He doesn't even train much: he just puts on a teal jump suit with yellow trim and ...

10. Radioactive leak found at N.J.’s Salem 2 nuclear reactor; Oyster Creek monitor inoperable
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

State says no immediate danger to public BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM UPDATED State and federal inspectors Friday were searching for the cause of a leak of radioactive water into catch ...

11. Nuclear powered cancer clusters
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... radioactive material from power plants into the surrounding regions did not contribute to increases in cancer. To correct that unsubstantiated claim, the NRC has contracted with the National Academy ...

12. Hope Creek nuclear power plant’s cobalt stew: Double, bubble, toil and trouble
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... If all works properly, the fission process would change Cobalt-59 into Cobalt-60, a radioactive element that is sought commercially for use in medical imaging and heavy duty X-ray equipment to check highway ...

13. Salem nuclear power plant shut down due to river icing
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... reduced to 80 percent at Salem Unit 1. Both plants draw water from the river for (non-radioactive) cooling purposes. According to Neil Sheehan, the NRC Public Affairs Officer, Region I, said, "Our Resident ...

14. Kin-Buc Landfill and other New Jersey sites to benefit from $1.79 billion environmental clean-up settlement
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... the company deposited smelting slag. Some $14.1 million will go to remediate the 7,000-acre Ocean County area, parts of which were contaminated by low-level radioactive wastes. The company will pay $1 ...

15. I brought a radioactive Arab into the White House… and believe me, it wasn’t easy!
(U.S./Nation)

... through a scanner and use Photoshop for instant elevation to a higher social stratum. Why do I sneer? Well, I brought a radioactive Arab to the White House. My advice to readers is, "Kids, don't try this ...

16. Feds to complete cleanup of former Atomic Energy property in Middlesex
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... the Manhattan district's successor, until 1955, when assaying operations ended. The AEC continued to use the facility for materials storage for another dozen years. In 1948, records show that radioactively ...

17. Second leak in four months reported at Oyster Creek nuclear facility
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... is about four feet thick. The NRC is investigating to determine if the leak contains any tritium, a naturally occurring radioactive form of hydrogen. A leak occurred at Oyster Creek in April shortly ...

18. Europe may get electricity from African sun with solar thermal power plants
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant under construction in Finland, with an installed capacity of 1.6 gigawatts, will cost 5 billion euros. And this does not include the cost of managing radioactive waste ...

19. Opposition to nuclear energy builds up in India
(World/International)

... the handling of radioactive waste are "highly unsafe and expensive, and cause enormous climate-changing pollution." On the plan to amend the Indian Atomic Energy Act, to facilitate privatization, the ...

20. Can health care be reformed without breaking the bank?
(Health/Healthquest)

... taxes goods at each stage of production, has been floating around as a potential revenue raiser for decades. But it has been considered politically radioactive since House Ways and Means Committee Chairman ...