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Nuclear future still bright following Fukushima catastrophe
China trains its reactor operators extensively on computers, very much like astronauts on simulators. This should reduce the probability of human error to a minimum. Since the Fukashima reactors were built, research on new designs has focused heavily
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:33P
VirnetX Adds Avaya to Lawsuit
KG, and Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc. VirnetX Holding Corporation is an internet security software and technology company. The Company's software and technology solutions, including its secure domain name registry and GABRIEL Connection
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:32P
World Health Organization Says Health Risk from Japan Still Small
UPI/Keizo Mori The risk to public health from Japan's radioactive accident is no greater following the change in the disaster's status on Tuesday, the World Health Organization said. "Our public health assessment is the same today as it was yesterday,"
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:32P
No change in health risks at Japan nuclear plant: WHO
The reassessment to a 'major accident' with 'widespread health and environmental effects' was based on the total radiation released, which officials said was one-tenth of the 1986 accident in the then Soviet Union. -- AFP.
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:32P
FIRST ON 6: Boating Accidents Kills One at Lake Thurmond
WJBF News Channel 6 has learned that an afternoon boating accident on Lake Thurmond has killed one person. The boat capsized around 5:00 pm on the McDuffie County portion of the lake. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Rangers
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:32P
Why lawyers' fees took centre stage in Money Mart case
The lawsuit, launched on behalf of about 210000 Money Mart payday loan borrowers in Ontario, accused the company of breaking the criminal code. At the time, annual interest rates higher than 60 per cent were illegal. Money Mart disputed the plaintiffs'
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:32P
Why lawyers' fees took centre stage in Money Mart case
The lawsuit, launched on behalf of about 210000 Money Mart payday loan borrowers in Ontario, accused the company of breaking the criminal code. At the time, annual interest rates higher than 60 per cent were illegal. Money Mart disputed the plaintiffs'
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:32P
Why lawyers' fees took centre stage in Money Mart case
The lawsuit, launched on behalf of about 210000 Money Mart payday loan borrowers in Ontario, accused the company of breaking the criminal code. At the time, annual interest rates higher than 60 per cent were illegal. Money Mart disputed the plaintiffs'
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:32P
NRC chairman: Reactor situation in Japan is static but not stable
On the day that Japan bumped up the seriousness of its nuclear accident from a Level 5 to a Level 7 priority, on par with the Chernobyl disaster, a Senate committee heard from US environmental officials, scientists and NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko.
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:32P
DNC Interim Chair Donna Brazile's Statement on Equal Pay Day
Despite decades of progress to break down barriers, American women still earn only about 77 cents for every dollar men earn, and that number is even worse for minority women and those with disabilities. Equal pay is an issue of fairness that affects
Updated: 04/12/2011 07:32P
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