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Daily Report: Environment

Diablo Canyon nuclear plant should survive magnitude-7.2 quake

July 22, 2011, 12:05 AM

Last week, California Watch, the Center for Investigative Reporting, Capitol Public Radio and Need to Know aired a report on seismic safety at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant operated by PG&E. We didn’t have a lot of time to go into it in the television show. So, I’d like... + read more

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Scientists concerned about fault system near Diablo Canyon plant

July 15, 2011, 8:59 AM

After the devastating tsunami damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, seismologists in the United States are focusing on a potentially dangerous fault system near the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California. + read more

Researchers map population densities around nuclear power plants.

Daily Report: Environment

Google Earth tool shows proximity of nuclear plants

May 31, 2011, 12:05 AM

Nuclear power plants are often located in highly populated areas. That’s because they were designed to provide electricity for people. And the closer the plants are to those people, the less energy required to get that power there. So, just how close are these plants to people? And... + read more

Daily Report: Environment

Threat posed by radioactive milk tough to measure

April 5, 2011, 1:36 AM

Analyses indicate radiation from Japan’s nuclear “fallout” has found its way into the California milk supply. Last week, samples taken from a farm in San Luis Obispo and Spokane, Wash., showed contamination with low levels of the radioactive isotope, iodine 131. Not... + read more

Japan's state-of-the-art nuclear reactor may be the future of nuclear power.

Daily Report: Environment

In Japan, a glimpse into a possible nuclear energy future

November 16, 2010, 12:05 AM

As part of my whirlwind "energy" trip across Japan, I went to visit the crown jewel of the nation's nuclear future: an experimental fast-breeder reactor called Monju. The remarkable thing about Monju is that it “breeds” fuel, instead of just consuming it. So, in the... + read more

MORE ON: nuclear energy

Diablo Canyon nuclear plant should survive magnitude-7.2 quake

Scientists concerned about fault system near Diablo Canyon plant

Google Earth tool shows proximity of nuclear plants

Threat posed by radioactive milk tough to measure

In Japan, a glimpse into a possible nuclear energy future

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