Threat to Campus Reactors Cited
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The risk of a terrorist attack on a nuclear research reactor on a college campus has been underestimated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, according to Congressional auditors.
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The threat of terrorists stealing a nuclear device remains high in many parts of the world, a private study concluded Wednesday
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The signs say "KEEP OUT" and warn of radiation contamination, but the mushroom-pickers trudge right past them carrying their pails. Eighteen years after the reactor at Chernobyl in neighboring Ukraine exploded, spewing a cloud of radiation that blew north and contaminated 22 percent of this ex-Soviet republic, activists warn of a new threat facing Belarusians: the longing to return to normal life.
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As Arizona State University today dedicates the first of its Biodesign Institute buildings, Director George Poste is sounding a public health warning.
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A university campus was shut down early Tuesday as police surrounded a campus building because of a threat involving a student, a university spokeswoman said.
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The world's biggest nuclear power plant may be shut for more than a year for safety checks after an earthquake in Japan caused radiation leaks, prompting speculation of power shortages and prompting a run on the firm's shares.
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Despite progress on security, tons of nuclear material are &quot;dangerously vulnerable&quot; to theft by terrorists across the globe, a private group contends.
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The U.S. government should replace more than 1,000 irradiation machines used in hospitals and research facilities because terrorists could use the radioactive materials inside them to make "dirty" bombs, a government advisory panel has concluded.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - Officials at the world's biggest nuclear power plant said on Tuesday there had been more minor radiation leaks after an earthquake in Japan that killed nine people and forced thousands from their homes.
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Environmental scientist and author James E. Lovelock is coming under attack from some environmentalists for his support of nuclear power.
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NEW YORK  - Workers at one U.S. nuclear facility have suffered higher-than-average rates of certain cancers, a study shows -- suggesting that on-the-job exposures are to blame.
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A power failure with potentially devastating consequences at a new high-security research center provokes a critic's call for change.
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The owners of a Japanese quake-hit nuclear plant admit a radioactive leak was worse than previously reported.
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Police have confirmed that two suspects were arrested yesterday for contravening the Nuclear Energy Act. Police spokesperson Sally De Beer said one suspect was arrested in Randburg, Johannesburg and another
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UW-Madison students studying abroad this year in Thailand and India appear to be safe, although the scope of Sunday&#39;s earthquake and tidal waves in southern Asia made for some tense moments for friends and faculty advisers in Madison.
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A small amount of water used to cool radioactive spent fuel rods at a Japanese nuclear reactor leaked into the Sea of Japan as a result of a massive earthquake that struck the country yesterday, though officials of Tokyo Electric Power insisted it posed no danger.
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Two decades after an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent clouds of radioactive particles drifting over the fields near her home, Maria Urupa says the wilderness is encroaching. Packs of wolves have eaten two of her dogs, the 73-year-old says, and wild boar trample through her cornfield. And she says fox, rabbits and snakes infest the meadows near her tumbledown cottage.