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How Small Reactor Fires Could Result in U.S. Nuclear Disasters Worse Than Fukushima
2014-02-18 19:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: No matter the size, a nuclear reactor pool fire is dangerous enough to change millions of lives forever. The Nuclear Information Resource and Service and dozens of other organizations on Tuesday uncovered an unpublished study by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that suggests that even a small nuclear reactor pool fire could render up to 9,400 square miles uninhabitable, displacing more than 4 million Americans. The study examined spent fuel storage at the Peach Bottom reactor in Pennsylvania...
Warming from Arctic Sea Ice Melting More Dramatic than Thought
2014-02-17 21:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Melting Arctic sea ice has contributed considerably more to warming at the top of the world than previously predicted by climate models, according to a new analysis of 30 years of satellite observations. Sea ice helps cool the Arctic by reflecting incoming solar radiation back into space. Because of its light color, sea ice has what is known as high albedo, which is the percentage of solar radiation a surface reflects back to space. Dark ocean water left behind by melting sea ice, on the other...
The Trouble in Europe Shows Why Some U.S. Steel Makers are Better than Others
2014-02-17 16:18:14| Steel - Topix.net
The European Union has been scaling back its aggressive environmental targets. But not enough for some, including heavy energy users like steel manufacturers.
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Apple's Sapphire-Screen iPhone Less 'If' Than 'When'
2014-02-11 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
If the latest sapphire tech rumor is true, Apple's exclusive manufacturing partner, GT Advanced Technologies, is gearing up its Mesa, Ariz., manufacturing facility with enough furnaces to forge up to 200 million iPhone displays. Previously, most super-hard sapphire crystal rumors were limited to small component usage in Apple products, like scratch-proof Touch ID sensors or camera lens covers.
02.12.14 -- Report: New Automobile Refrigerant Has Lower Global Warming Potential Than Carbon Dioxide
2014-02-11 00:10:09| pollutiononline News Articles
02/12/14 Pollution Online Newsletter
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