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Japanese Nuclear Emergency: Radiation Monitoring: Honolulu, Hawaii

by Paul Garrett Hugel on March 22, 2011 with No Comments

Japanese Nuclear Emergency: Radiation Monitoring Last night preliminary monitor results in Hawaii detected minuscule levels of an isotope that is also consistent with the Japanese nuclear incident. This detection varies from background and historical data in Hawaii. This isotope … Read More

World Water Day. Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge

by Paul Garrett Hugel on March 22, 2011 with No Comments

This is the first time in human history that most of the world’s population live in cities: 3.3 billion people …and the urban landscape continues to grow. 38% of the growth is represented by expanding slums, while the city populations are increasing faster … Read More

China launching thorium-based molten salt reactor system

by Paul Garrett Hugel on March 21, 2011 with No Comments

China’s Academy of Sciences said it had chosen a “thorium-based molten salt reactor system”. The liquid fuel idea was pioneered by US physicists at Oak Ridge National Lab in the 1960s, but the US has long since dropped the ball. … Read More

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