On Friday, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) took a sample of water from the Number One reactor's primary containment vessel for the first time since the meltdown last year. The Fukushima Daiichi …
Fukushima was a Manmade Disaster
The official report of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC) is out and it states that Fukushima was a manmade disaster. After the …
The Week in Water: Jan 21-27
The Week in Water brings you the latest news in blue living from around the web. The White House formally withdrew its nomination of geochemist Scott Doney to be chief scientist of the National …
Conserve Water by Conserving Electricity
Saving water directly is an important way to conserve, but did you know that electricity uses billions of gallons of water every year? Coal-fired and nuclear power plants use water. LOTS of …
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NY Proposes Recycling Cooling Water at Nuclear Power Plants
When one thinks of nuclear power, images of cooling towers rising into the sky come to mind. Water is needed in nuclear power production in order to cool the "waste heat" generated and in case an …
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