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Fukushima Update: Radioactive Fish, Conflicts of Interest, and Filtered Vents
Posted by Greg Laden on November 21, 2012 On March 11th, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant complex suffered damage from an earthquake and ensuing tsunami that caused multiple nuclear reactor core meltdowns and melt-throughs, explosions, and major releases of radioactive material into the air and the sea. In addition to the reactor meltdowns and melt-throughs spent fuel storage tanks were also…
The predictability of and variation in wind energy
Posted by Greg Laden on March 6, 2012 Wind power is like Ginger Rogers. You know what I mean. It isn’t judged by the same standards as other kinds of electricity generation. Click here to visit an interactive guide to wind power in Minnesota. I’m speaking specifically of the reliabilityof, or variation in, wind over time. Many people live in places where they…
Japan Nuclear Disaster Update # 40: Fukushima Plant Still Producing Energy! (In a bad way)
Posted by Analiese Miller and Greg Laden on November 17, 2011 The Fukushima nuclear power plant was opened to journalists for the first time; See below for numerous links to related stories. There appears to be very high levels of radiation at Fukushima plant reactor #3, and at either reactors 1 and 3, or both, nuclear fission may have been occurring in the melted down remains.…
Japan Nuclear Disaster: Update # 36: Sushi Recommendations
Posted by Analiese Miller and Greg Laden on September 28, 2011 One of the interesting items we have this week is a study by Greenpeace in which various organisms from the sea near Fukushima were sampled for radioactive isotopes. Let’s take a closer look. The data in the table provided (see the first item in Ana’s feed for the link) show the amount of radiation (radioactive…
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