Fukushima Lessons Prompt Review of US Evacuation Procedures
March 22, 2012 3 min. read

Taking lessons from the Fukushima nuclear incident in March 2011, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will review standard evacuation procedures in the event of a threat to a US nuclear plant, an NRC official said at a think tank event Thursday (March 22nd). Although current NRC standards require a 10-mile evacuation buffer and […]

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The Immediate and Broader Consequences of the Flood in Pakistan
August 27, 2010 3 min. read

Almost every news outlet is engaged with Pakistan’s flood and the dire needs of her people.  The different ways in which terrible fortunes await those who have just narrowly missed losing their lives is mind-boggling.  Disease is germinating in viral dark, wet corners. Given this attention, it is heart-breaking that the private and public donations […]

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