1:40 pm in Business & Politics, Food & Health, nuclear power, united states by TreeHugger

A new assessment by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission of the potential consequences of a nuclear power plant meltdown (the details of which have come to light pre-publication via the
Union of Concerned Scientists and the
New York Times) finds far lower numbers of people can expect to get cancer in the event of a disaster than previously estimated....
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11:03 am in animals, Food & Health, japan, nuclear power by TreeHugger

Take this as another indicator that the
Fukushima nuclear disaster will continue to have greater impacts than is readily admitted: As the
San Francisco Chronicle reports, the amount of cattle fed with hay contaminated by radiation from the Fukushima disaster is now double initial estimates, rising to 1,256 potentially contaminated cows....
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10:43 pm in Business & Politics, community development, electricity, government policy, nuclear power by TreeHugger
Un-surveyed nuclear neighborhood. Image credit:
NASA Earth Observatory
The US nuclear industry recently commissioned a nationwide survey of adults living within 10 miles of 64 U.S. nuclear power plants. A total of 1,152 full-time residents were surveyed,
excluding households where someone worked at a power plant. Of those surveyed "86 percent have a favorable impression of the nearby nuclear power plant " and two-thirds said it would be "...acceptable to add a new reactor at the site of the nearest nuclear power plant..." ...
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