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Artificial Intelligence Is Bringing Nuclear Power Back From the Dead — Maybe Even in California
…The issues at San Onofre, in addition to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in Japan, further limited California lawmakers’ appetite for nuclear energy. Diablo Canyon was scheduled to shut…
‘Not Adequately Prepared’: Civil Grand Jury Says Humboldt County Must Improve Its Disaster Planning
…events – the potential for unmitigated catastrophe grows," the report says before immediately mentioning the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant meltdown in Japan, which triggered widespread radiological contamination. Yikes!The Civl Grand Jury…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Nuke Power
…Virtually all the deaths resulting from the 2011 Fukushima disaster resulted from the evacuation, mostly ill and old people whose continuous care was interrupted. Just one worker died several years after the…
Five Things to Know About Nuclear Power in California
…The 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima was caused by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami. “It’s a complete distraction, it’s infuriating. This is about saving an embattled nuclear industry — it’s…
No Local Tsunami Threat From Big Earthquake That Struck Near Fukushima, Japan This Morning
Snapshot from the USGS's page on the earthquake.###The Northwest Pacific Tsunami Center says that a large earthquake near Fukushima, Japan early this morning did not generate a tsunami. This morning…
HARDIN: I Think I Know Why Some Parents Don’t Want to Vaccinate Their Kids
…From thalidomide babies, surgical accidents and the known side-effects of prescribed medications, to DDT, Love Canal and Fukushima, science has killed and maimed a whole lot of people. For Science to…
No Tsunami Warning For West Coast After Massive Japan Earthquake
…The USGS notes two significant aftershocks measuring 5.4 and 4.8.While a tsunami wave measuring 1-3 meters is is possible in the Fukushima Prefecture, the US National Weather Service…
Humboldt County Readies Itself For the Tsunamis That Will Inevitably Come
…One struck our shores on March 11, 2011, when the Tõhoku earthquake hit off the shore of Japan and melted down the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Though we had many hours of…
The Golden Rule Will Return to Humboldt Bay Before Ten-Year U.S. Excursion
…In April, it will be fitted with new gear and head further northwest to test for Fukushima radiation. “This was our first journey. We plan to stay on the Pacific Coast for…
GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY: The Uphill Battle
…with stuff like the Chinese spraying us with chemicals, elevated levels of radioactive cobalt from Fukushima, something called the Kardashian affliction (that I neither understand nor wish to), and whether adopted kids…
Your Week in Ocean: ‘One of the Most Influential Surfers in the World’ – on KHUM
…Hot issues have included the Klamath whale, the gutting of the Clean Water Act, saving Widow White Creek, fecal coliform (always a good one!), radiation (or not) from Fukushima and Mike's…
Coastal Currents: The Marine Chemist Who Found Fukushima Radiation 100 Miles West Of Eureka
…and Canada have detected the presence of small amounts of radioactivity from the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident 100 miles (150 km) due west of Eureka, California. Scientists at…
Fukushima Radioactivity Detected Off West Coast
…The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a private, independent organization on Cape Cod, Mass., dedicated to marine research, engineering and higher education, released a statement regarding radiation from the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi…
Magnitude 6.8 Earthquake Rumbles Off Japan’s Eastern Coast, No Tsunami Warning Locally
…Humboldt time, an earthquake believed to measure in the neighborhood of 6.8 on the ol' Richter scale struck 129 kilometers off the eastern coast of Japan nearest the Fukushima prefecture. Minor…
Did A Tsunami Boat Wash Up?
…Another skiff washed ashore in Washington state with the same "MG3-" prefix on the hull, which was said to be from Miyagi Prefecture, north of Fukushima. So, other than it possibly being…
Your Week in Ocean: Fun, Fish and Fukushima
…Coastal Commission staff briefs on Fukushima fallout California Coastal Commission staff has investigated radioactivity released during the partial meltdown of several nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant during…
Your Week in Ocean: Local Films Score, Steelhead Days
…The ICYMI file Still no evidence that Fukushima radiation is troubling the U.S. West Coast Healdsburg restricting water due to drought Japan still allowing dolphin kill The buying and selling of…
Your Week in Ocean: Dunes After Dark, Steelhead Celebration
…West Coast radiation from Fukushima disaster poses no risk, experts say. Thirteen real problems the ocean may not recover from. Random photos of destruction made beautiful – I'm not sure how to…
Your Week in Ocean: Fukushima, Cetofauna and Wasted Sea Stars
Did you miss yesterday's Coastal Currents? The one which answered the question, "So your kooky uncle keeps posting on Facebook that the west coast is getting fried by Fukushima radiation. Sure…
7.3 Magnitude Quake Off Japan’s Eastern Coast — No Tsunamis For Us, HumCo
…Authorities estimated a meager 3 foot tsunami may hit the Fukushima Prefecture. What does that mean for us on the other side of the ocean? Thankfully, it would appear nothing. NO widespread…
LoCO on on the Pot: ‘Free the Weed’ Coming Back to Your Ballot
…He spoke at great length about his fears over fallout from the Fukushima meltdown and the need for research on the potential of cannabis to counteract cancers. Like Jolson, he comes off…
Your Week in Ocean: Past, Present, Future
…On a less obvious threat front, folks have been concerned about the possibilities of inadvertently ending up with radioactive fish on their plates, what with the Fukushima fallout and all. The most…
Let's Not Forget Japan:Radiation Readings 10 Million Times Normal in Leaking Water at #2 Reactor
…Today, it was announced that radiation readings 10 million times usual have been found in leaking water at the number 2 nuclear reactor at Fukushima. Measurements in the sea near the plant…
Links from Japan's Crisis
…60 Minutes dissects the Fukushima crisis. Go here. The interview with the teacher who was in a gym with about 200 kids, parents and teachers as the tsunami swallowed it up is…
Images from Japan's Disaster
…High radiation levels have been detected outside the Japanese Fukushima exclusion zone says NY Post. Above is video released from TEPCO (Corporation that owns the Fukushima power plants) taken yesterday during water…
The Situation Worsens—Japan on the Brink of Nuclear Disaster?
…4 reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant says Reuters. Then they add that France is telling its citizens to leave Japan or head to south of country. NPR tells us that the…
Radiation Leaks from Japan's Nuclear Plants Spreads Panic
…Radiation levels rising slowly detected by a US Naval Carrier 175 miles from Fukushima. See here. Reporters pulling out of areas near nuclear plants because of radiation fears. Some companies leaving Japan…
New Hydrogen Blast at Fukushima and 1000 Bodies Found and Radioactive Particulates Found 60 Miles From Japan's Nuclear Plant
…3 Injured 7 Missing in Explosion at the Unit 3 reactor of Fukushima says AP UPDATE @ 8:15 :International Atomic Energy Agency says, Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) has…
The Japanese Tsunami and Earthquake —Links You Need
…An incredibly easy to understand explanation of how Nuclear Power plants work and how this relates to Fukushima. Here's a decent video, too. Twitter.com search —put in specific terms like…
"At the Precipice of a Massive Nuclear Crisis"
…Al Jazeera is reporting that the situation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant could be very serious. Peter Hayes, the executive director of the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable development in…