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A movie about the likely effects of the use of dirty bombs -- bombs made of ordinary high explosives laced with radioactive material -- on England by terrorists.

I notice all sorts of warnings on AOL about nuclear energy in the US, especially along financial lines. They moan over who'd have to pay to clean up the mess if we ever had a reactor accident as bad as what Japan's going through now, saying the Superfund and the industry wouldn't cover it -- the taxpayers would have to ( Read more... )

http://www.damninteresting.com/in-soviet-russia-lake-contaminates-you

An interesting historical tidbit. One especially timely now.

Nation & World | Nuclear-plant workers risk health, lives to battle meltdown | Seattle Times Newspaper

BTW, I noticed that while the Seattle Times says that the risk to us here in the US from nuclear disaster in Japan is virtually nil, many people here are terribly frightened that fallout from Japan can sicken or kill them. I'd go with the ( Read more... )

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/14/explosion-heard-at-japan-nuclear-plant/Read more... )

Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/117909924.html

SEATTLE - A local man is keeping a closer eye than most on what's happening with Japan's stricken nuclear reactors.

That's because he helped develop one of

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2014481417_japannuke13.html

Japanese officials struggled on Sunday to contain a widening nuclear crisis in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, saying they presumed that ( Read more... )