Word: factly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...your article "A Fallout of Nuclear Fear" [March 12], you stated that unlike the U.S., France has not stopped nuclear tests in the atmosphere. In fact, the last French above-ground tests were conducted in the summer of 1974. President Giscard d'Estaing announced at that time that France had reached the stage in its nuclear defense program that permitted it to switch to underground testing. This has been the case ever since...
Inescapably parodying The China Syndrome, Herbein expressed concern over the fact that the plant could be shut down for several weeks and over the multimillion dollar cost of decontaminating the two buildings. He did not rule out the possibility that consumers might have to shoulder the expense. Both company officials and investigators from NRC again assured the public that the reactor was cooling and should be down to its normal shut-off temperature within...
...might cause panic, even while remaining skeptical of the utility company's pacifying pronouncements, decided it was time to warn people living near Three Mile Island to take prudent precautions. First, he asked all residents within ten miles to remain inside their homes with their windows closed (though in fact that provides scant protection from radiation). Then he urged pregnant women and young children within a five-mile radius to move out, and closed schools. He also took the broader step of advising the four counties in the area, where nearly 900,000 people live, to prepare for evacuation...
...suggested similarly troubling effects, especially high incidences of leukemia, among people who were exposed to considerably lower levels of radiation. Among the possible victims: residents of Arizona, Nevada and Utah who witnessed early atomic tests in the atmosphere and were showered with fallout, and workers in nuclear shipyards. In fact, many experts now believe any radiation carries with it some risks, as yet undefined, that may take years to show up. As Harvard University's Nobel-Prizewinning Biologist George Wald, an antinuclear activist, puts it: "Every dose is an overdose. There is no threshold where radiation is concerned...
...have come through difficult times. Let your loving hand be on us," Carter said. At another table, Brzezinski leaned over to the President's mother. "You and I know that he means it," he said. For Brzezinski, one of the marvels of the day was the fact that he, only a few months ago accused of antiSemitism, was constantly being asked to pose for pictures with rabbis. Peace, concluded Brzezinski, was amazing...