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Safety is a vital global issue. A nuclear power accident anywhere stirs public fears about nuclear plants everywhere. Executives of U.S. utilities shuddered in February when the failure of a valve caused the worst mishap in the 20-year history of Japan's atomic power industry, crippling a plant in...
That endorsement marks one of the few recent positive developments for an industry that has been mired in misery for more than two decades. Faced with an endless round of challenges, U.S. utilities have walked away from 120 nuclear plants since 1974 -- more than all the plants now in operation...
Proponents claim that the MHTGR (one type of which is shown here) is nearly idiot-proof. The key is to load a new form of nuclear fuel capable of withstanding very high temperatures -- up to 3,300 degrees F (1,800 degrees C) -- into reactor vessels so small that they...
On the first number, Madonna's "Material Girl," Patty Kornfield's lead sounded unnaturally strained and was occasionally drowned out by background vocals, but she gave a remarkably professional performance. Kornfield remained in character despite an unusual accident stemming from the large "sack of wheat" which dropped on her while...
His desire to freeze accident remained with Ernst until the end of his life. After he escaped from Europe to America in 1941 -- his ticket was paid by Peggy Guggenheim, who was sexually obsessed by Ernst -- he lived for some years in Arizona, whose vast skies and mesas repeated the...