With the nuclear crisis in Japan growing hourly, The Daily Beast rates the vulnerability of all 65 U.S. nuclear facilities based on safety records, potential disasters, and nearby populations. Plus, full coverage of Japan's nuclear crisis.
As the crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant grows daily, the safety of domestic nuclear reactors is under serious scrutiny. Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman Gregory Jaczko reassured Congress earlier this week that American nuclear reactors can survive major natural disasters, but some critics argue that U.S. reactors may be even more vulnerable than the ones in Japan. Nuclear reactors are engineered to withstand certain levels of disaster, based on projections beyond what the area has experienced. But should an unprecedented disaster take place, as with Japan, it's impossible to definitively establish whether the operating reactors in the U.S. would remain safe.
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As the crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant grows daily, the safety of domestic nuclear reactors is under serious scrutiny. Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman Gregory Jaczko reassured Congress earlier this week that American nuclear reactors can survive major natural disasters, but some critics argue that U.S. reactors may be even more vulnerable than the ones in Japan. Nuclear reactors are engineered to withstand certain levels of disaster, based on projections beyond what the area has experienced. But should an unprecedented disaster take place, as with Japan, it's impossible to definitively establish whether the operating reactors in the U.S. would remain safe.
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- 3/16/2011
- by The Daily Beast
- The Daily Beast
After watching The Indian, it’s easy to see why it was selected as Best Screenplay at Breckenridge Festival of Film, Best Feature at the Cinema City International Film Festival and Best Ensemble Cast at the Monaco Film Festival, along with several other awards. This independent film, written and directed by James R. Gorrie, features Matt Dallas (of Kyle Xy fame) as Danny, a troubled teen raised by his aunt when his father ditches him. But when Danny is arrested for breaking a window at a motorcycle shop after being tossed out of a party, his Hepatitis infected father Skip, played by Sal Landi, pays the bail money and reenters his life in hopes that Danny will agree to be a partial liver donor.
Danny doesn’t trust Skip, or really, anyone else, so when Skip suggests they bond by putting together an old Indian motorcycle that belonged to Danny’s grandfather,...
Danny doesn’t trust Skip, or really, anyone else, so when Skip suggests they bond by putting together an old Indian motorcycle that belonged to Danny’s grandfather,...
- 12/1/2009
- by Jessica Guerrasio
- JustPressPlay.net
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