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Is your WiFi killing your houseplants?

December 17, 2013

The lack of a green thumb may not be the only contributing factor to the early deaths of your houseplants. A recent experiment conducted by high school students in Denmark suggests that Wi-Fi routers may be dam...

Japan nuclear site winds direct leaked radiation off shore

John M. Guilfoil

March 16, 2011

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- AccuWeather reports winds at the ill-fated Fukushima nuclear power plant will remain essentially off shore through at least Friday, thereby steering any leaked radioactive matter out to se...

Japanese nuclear worker treated for radiation exposure

John M. Guilfoil

March 16, 2011

An employee of Tokyo Electric Power Co. working at the doomed Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant is being treated for exposure to radiation, according to Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Bloo...

Japan Govt. spokesman: Partial meltdown likely underway in at least one nuclear reactor

John M. Guilfoil

March 12, 2011

Japan's top governmental spokesman told the media Sunday (late Saturday in the U.S.) that radiation at a besieged nuclear plant briefly rose above the legal limit and that a "partial meltdown" of one reactor ma...

Protective winds could aid residents near evacuated Japanese nuclear power plant

John M. Guilfoil

March 11, 2011

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- AccuWeather reports officials have shut down a nuclear power plant in earthquake-ravaged north-central Japan. Winds could help protect nearby residents in the event of a radiation leak. ...

Vermont nuclear plant to restart

John M. Guilfoil

November 8, 2010

Vermont Yankee, the nuclear power plant that was shut down on Sunday after a radioactive water leak, will be restarted as early as tomorrow as crews effect repairs. The leak, discovered Saturday during routi...

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