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Germany has a moratorium on Nuclear Energy for the next 3 months, and the salt mine that was its experiment in storage of Nuclear Waste COLLAPSED. Where are the Nuclear Geologists in this current conversation about Nuclear's future? No Nukes, ever - its waste is a scourge, forever. Infant mortality is high around nuclear reactors that have had calamities, and further afield, as well.

California voted by referendum in the 1980s never to start a new nuclear plant.

News Sources
British Broadcasting Corporation - http://www.bbc.co.uk/

The New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/

Der Spiegel - http://www.spiegel.de/

Spiegel International - http://www.spiegel.de/international/

Tagesschau.de - http://www.tagesschau.de/

Select Blogs
Wescott, Daniel. 2011 USA: Science Bloggers Explain Fukushima. March 15. Globalvoicesonline.org

Select Books
Brown, Jerry and Rinaldo Brutoco. 1997. Profiles in Power: The Anti-nuclear Movement and the Dawn of the Solar Age. Twayne Publishers.

Caldicott, Helen. 2006. Nuclear Power is Not the Answer. New Press.

Chernus, Ira. 2002. Atoms for Peace.

Europa Publications. 2001. The environment encyclopedia and directory 2001. (3rd ed.). Surrey, UK: Unwin Brothers Limited.

Lovins, Amory B. and Price, John H. 1975. Non-Nuclear Futures: The Case for an Ethical Energy Strategy. Ballinger Publishing Company.

Walker, J. Samuel. 2004. Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Select Data Sources
Berman, Lex. 2011. Japan Sendai Earthquake Data Portal. (http://cegrp.cga.harvard.edu/japan/?q=content/home). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis.

UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Air Monitoring Station. 2011. UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Air Monitoring Station. March 19. Berkeley, CA: UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering.

Select Libraries
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Select Maps
Nuclear Free Planet. 2011. Nuclear power stations and reactors operational around the world: listed and mapped. March 18. Nuclear Free Planet.

Select Photos
McLEAN, ALAN, KEVIN QUEALY, MATTHEW ERICSON and ARCHIE TSE. Before/after slider by JASON ALVICH. 2011. Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami. March 15. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Select References
Canellos, Peter S. 2011. CHARACTER SKETCH: Dr. Helen Caldicott. March 21. Boston, MA: The Boston Globe.

Davies, Andrew. 2011. Nuclear crisis in Japan worsens and effects depend on wind. March 15. San Francisco, CA: GreenPeace International.

Friends' Committee on National Legislation. 2010. FCNL's Nuclear Calendar. Washington DC: Friends' Committee on National Legislation: A Quaker Lobby in the Public Interest.

German nuclear dispute. 2011. German nuclear dispute sharpened by Japan mishap. March 12. (Associated Press). Berlin, Germany: Yahoo.

Justin. 2010. Nuclear News: U.N. nuclear agency mulls more "special inspections". November 2. greenpeace.org/international.

Justin. 2011. Wind and solar power are leaving nuclear in the dust. March 8. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Lovins, Amory. 2011. Learning From Japan's Nuclear Disaster. March 19. Rocky Mountain Institute.

Mirsky, Steve. 2011. [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fukushima-core Nuclear Experts Explain Worst-Case Scenario at Fukushima Power Plant: The type of accident occurring now in Japan derives from a loss of off-site AC power and then a subsequent failure of emergency power on-site. Engineers there are racing to restore AC power to prevent a core meltdown]. March 12. New York, NY: Scientific American.

Lewis, Russell, Christopher Joyce, Richard Harris and Tom Bowman. 2011. Japan Races To Reconnect Power To Nuclear Plant. March 19. Tokyo, Japan, and Washington, DC: National Public Radio.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Center for Tsunami Research. 2011. Tsunami Event - March 11, 2011 Honshu (northeastern Taiheiyou). Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce.

Oehmen, Josef. 2011. Why I am not worried about Japan’s nuclear reactors - Modified version of original post written by Josef Oehmen. (first published here: https://morgsatlarge.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/why-i-am-not-worried-about-japans-nuclear-reactors/). March 13. Cambridge, MA: MIT NSE Nuclear Information Hub.

Peacay - Paul. 2010. Nuclear Reactor Cutaways. Sydney, Australia: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. Complexity + Complacency = Calamity. March 18. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. Crowd-Created Video Uses ‘Poo’ to Explain Japan’s Nuclear Crisis. March 21. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. The ‘Dread to Risk’ Ratio on Radiation and Other Discontents. March 17. New York, NY: The New York Times. March 23. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. On Nuclear Power in a Post-Tsunami World. March 17. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Schell, Jonathan. 2011. From Hiroshima to Fukushima. March 16. New York, NY: The New York Times.

California and Nuclear Energy

Kirkham, Chris. 2011. At California Nuclear Plant, Emergency Response Plans Don't Include Earthquakes. March 16. TFD News.

Weissman, Steven. 2011. Multiple Failures Exposed Diablo Canyon to Higher Risk. March 18. legalplanet.wordpress.com

Nuclear Accidents

Barry, Ellen. 2011. Lessons From Chernobyl for Japan. March 20. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Black, Richard. 2011. Struggle to stabilise Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant. March 13. London, UK: BBC.

Justin. 2011. Fukushima nuclear disaster. March 12. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Justin. 2010. Radioactive spill at AREVA Uranium mine in Niger. December 18. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Kotlikoff, Laurence, and Eugene Stanley. 2011. Nuclear Power Runs Amok: Laurence Kotlikoff and Eugene Stanley. Mar 21. New York, NY: Bloomberg.com.

Miller, Jess. 2011. Building pressure at reactor 3 increasingly dangerous, fuel pool cooling slowly progressing. March 20. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Sanger, David, Keith Bradsher, Matthew Wald et all. 2011. Q. and A. on the Nuclear Crisis in Japan. March 16. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Scolforo, Mark and Josef Hebert. 2011. Stark differences in US, Japan nuclear crises. March 19. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Chronicle.

Der Spiegel. 2011. Reaction to Japan Catastrophe: Accident Triggers Nuclear Power Debate in Germany. March 14. Germany: Der Spiegel.

Tabuchi, Hiroko, Keith Bradsher and Matthew L. Wald. 2011. Japan Faces Prospect of Nuclear Catastrophe as Workers Leave Plant. March 14. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Wald, Matthew. 2011. Japan Orders Evacuation Near 2nd Nuclear Plant. March 11. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Nuclear Accidents and Health Effects

Matson, John. 2011. How Far from Fukushima Will Fallout Pose a Health Risk?: Amid conflicting evacuation recommendations, radiation experts say that exposures to date have been relatively low outside the power plant and that people in the U.S. will not face any danger. March 18. Scientific American.

Nuclear and Wind Energy

Mims, Christopher. 2011. Japan’s wind farms save its ass while nuclear plants founder. March 18. Grist.org

Nuclear Free Planet. 2011. Battle-proof Wind Farms Survive Japan's Trial by Fire. March 18. Nuclear Free Planet.

Nuclear Arsenal

Noonan, 2011. In Nuclear Silos, Death Wears a Snuggie. January 14. Wired Magazine.

Nuclear Data

Sanger, David E. and William J. Broad. 2011. U.S. Flights Over Plant Gather Crucial Data. March 17. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Nuclear Economics

Greenpeace. 2011. Take Nuclear Giveaways Out of the Budget. Washington, D.C.: Greenpeace International.

Palast, Greg. 2011. Tokyo Electric to Build US Nuclear Plants: The no-BS info on Japan's disastrous nuclear operators. March 14. Britain: gregpalast.com.

Sommer, Jeff. 2011. Japan, a Crisis That Markets Can’t Grasp. March 19. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Timmons, Heather and Vikas Bajaj. 2011. Emerging Economies Move Ahead With Nuclear Plans. March 14. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Nuclear Energy and Climate Change

Justin. 2010. Nuclear News: No change for nuclear in Cancún. December 15. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Justin. 2010. Message from Cancun: Nuclear power cannot save the planet. December 14. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

McKibben, Bill. 2011. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/18/japan-horror-thin-edge-climate-change Japan's horror reveals how thin is the edge we live on Climate change may not be responsible for the tsunami, but it is shrinking our margin of safety. It is time to shrink back ourselves]. March 21. Manchester, England: The Guardian.

Monbiot, 2011. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/21/pro-nuclear-japan-fukushima Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power: Japan's disaster would weigh more heavily if there were less harmful alternatives. Atomic power is part of the mix]. March 21. Manchester, England: The Guardian.

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. Divergent Lessons from Japan’s Calamity for McKibben, Monbiot. March 22. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Nuclear Entombment

Nuclear Geology

Nuclear News

Cooper, Michael, and Dalia Sussman. 2011. Nuclear Power Loses Support in New Poll. March 22. New York, NY: The New York Times.

DiSavino, Scott and Kate Kelland. 2011. UPDATE 4-Japan nuclear progress tempered by seawater concern. March 21. Reuters.

Global Security Newswire. 2011. Heat Building in Japan Plant Reactor. March 22. Global Security Newswire.

Justin. 2011. Nuclear News: Bulgarians, Romanians Building Nuclear Reactor in France Face Ruthless Exploitation. January 12. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Justin. 2011. Nuclear News: Green Investment Bank could help to build nuclear reactors. January 13. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Justin. 2010. Nuclear News: Nuclear Energy Suffers Another Big Blow. December 30. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Justin. 2011. Nuclear News: Schools to shut for two days against Jaitapur nuclear power plant. January 11. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Justin. 2011. Nuclear News: Switzerland - New nuclear plant put to a test ballot. January 24. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Sample, Ian. 2011. Japan's nuclear battle continues as extra workers drafted in: Race is on to restart cooling systems with emergency power after dropping water on damaged reactors has little effect. March 17. Manchester, UK: Guardian.

Nuclear Oceanography

Harms, Ingo H. 1996. Modelling the dispersion of 137Cs and 239Pu released from dumped waste in the Kara Sea. Harmburg, Germany: Institut für Meereskunde, Universität Hamburg.

Nuclear Personal Safety

Cass MD, Hyla. 2011. How to Protect Yourself From Radiation. March 16. VT: Huffington Post

Center for Disease Control Radiation. 2011. Radiation Emergency Preparedness and Response. Center for Disease Control.

Miller, Jess. 2011. Update: Call for improved evacuation and radioactivity plans. March 20. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Nuclear Protesting

Justin. 2011. Nuclear News: 2010 was the year of the anti-nuclear movement in Germany. January 7. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Justin. 2010. Nuclear protesting works and we’re not going to stop. December 17. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Schneider. Mycle. 2011. Nuclear Fallout Comes With Aura of Arrogance: Mycle Schneider. Mar 22. New York, NY: Bloomberg News.

Nuclear Rationales

Justin. 2011. Nuclear Power – Why Not?. January 14. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Nuclear Free Planet. 2011. Saying No to the Nuclear Option. March 19. Nuclear Free Planet.

Nuclear Regulation

McDermott, Quentin. 2011. WHISTLEBLOWER SLAMS JAPAN NUCLEAR REGULATION. March 21. Four Corners, ABC.

Nuclear Safety

AsiaOne. 2011. Contamination at Fukushima plant to last 'decades and decades': experts. March 21. Singapore: AsiaOne.

Jolly, David and Denise Grady. 2011. Tokyo Says Radiation in Water Puts Infants at Risk. March 23. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Justin. 2010. Nuclear News: WikiLeaks cables: Bulgarian nuclear project 'dogged by safety concerns'. December 21. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Lochbaum, David. 2011. The NRC and Nuclear Power Plant Safety in 2010: A Brighter Spotlight Needed. March. Union of Concerned Scientists.

MSNBC. 2011. FDA halts imports of dairy, produce from Japan. March 23. msnbc.msn.com

Physicians for Social Responsibility. 2011. Physicians for Social Responsibility Deeply Concerned About Reports of Increased Radioactivity in Food Supply. March 23. Washington, DC: Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Nuclear Treaties and Pacts

Justin. 2010. Nuclear News: India, Russia Agree Jet Fighter, Nuclear Power Pacts. December 22. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Nuclear Waste

Justin. 2010. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/nuclear-news-nuclear-waste-faces-uncertain-fu/blog/28150 Nuclear news: Nuclear waste faces uncertain future in Europe]. November 3. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Klump, Edward, and Mike Lee. 2011. Atomic Fuel Stored at U.S. Plants Poses Risks Similar to Japan Facilities. March 18. Nuclear Free Planet.

Macfarlane, Allison. 2011. An explosive mix: Uncertain geologic knowledge and hazardous technologies. March 17. Chicago, IL: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Radiation Information

Crowdsourcing Radiation Data RDTN.ORG: a collective voice helping others stay informed. We have created this site in an effort to display the reliable data readings as they become available. While we are careful to evaluate new data sources, we welcome new reliable data from those on the ground in this crisis.

Radiation Dose Chart.

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part020/ http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/tritium-radiation-fs.html http://www.nema.ne.gov/technological/dose-limits.html http://www.deq.idaho.gov/inl_oversight/radiation/dose_calculator.cfm http://www.deq.idaho.gov/inl_oversight/radiation/radiation_guide.cfm http://mitnse.com/ http://www.mext.go.jp/component/a_menu/other/detail/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2011/03/18/1303727_1716.pdf http://blog.vornaskotti.com/2010/07/15/into-the-zone-chernobyl-pripyat/ http://dels-old.nas.edu/dels/rpt_briefs/rerf_final.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sievert

Jordans, Frank. 2011. WHO: Real risk if radiation contaminates food. March 21. Associated Press.

White, Charlie. 2011. New Website Crowdsources Japan Radiation Data. March 20. Mashable.com

Radiation Monitoring

Nuclear Free Planet. 2011. [http://www.nuclearfreeplanet.org/what-do-the-radiation-doses-from-japan%E2%80%99s-reactor-explosions-mean-for-you-and-for-the-japanese--even-low-levels-of-radiation-may-cause-harm.html What do the radiation doses from Japan’s reactor explosions mean for you and for the Japanese? Even Low Levels of Radiation May Cause Harm]. Nuclear Free Planet.

Nuclear Information and Resource Service. 2011. What is MOX?. Washington DC: Nuclear Information and Resource Service.

Radiation Network. 2011. http://radiationnetwork.com/

Rosenthal, Elizabeth. 2011. Radiation, Once Free, Can Follow Tricky Path. March 21. New York, NY: The New York Times.

US Radiation Monitoring Map in Real Time. 2011. http://www.seismologik.com/journal/2011/3/17/us-radiation-monitoring-map-in-real-time.html

Watson, Paul Joseph. 2011. Swedish Government: Radiation To Cover Entire Northern Hemisphere. March 17. PrisonPlanet.com.

Select Video and Audio
Amano, Yukiya. 2011. IAEA Director General's Update on Tsunami and Earthquake Emergency Response - Japanese version. March 12. Vienna, Austria: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Amano, Yukiya. 2011. IAEA Director General's Update on Tsunami and Earthquake Emergency Response. March 12. Vienna, Austria: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Caldicott, Helen. 2011. Repeating Nuclear History. March Nuclear Free Planet.

Cirincione, Joe. 2011. Joe Cirincione - Japan's radiation could spread to U.S.. March 13. Nuclear Free Planet.

Fukushima nuclear plant before and after explosion (2011-03-12) 2011. Fukushima nuclear plant before and after explosion (2011-03-12). Japan: www.youtube.com.

Gundersen, Arnie. 2011. Arnie Gundersen: News on Fukushima Daiichi. March 22. Fair Winds Associates.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). 2011. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) VIDEO. Vienna, Austria. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Letterman, David and Michio Kaku. 2011. David Letterman and Michio Kaku - No Indian Point in NY. March 21. CBS David Letterman Show.

Kaku, Michio. 2011. Physicist: Time for Chernobyl (Entombment' Option). March 18. CNN

Miller, Jess. 2011. Video: Questions and answers on radiation and the Fukushima nuclear crisis. March 23. San Francisco, CA: GreenPeace International.

Oppenheimer, Robert. 1945. J. Robert Oppenheimer, "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds". Nuclear Free Planet.

Select Websites
All Things Nuclear. 2011. All Things Nuclear: Insights on Science and Security. (All Things Nuclear is the blog of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists - http://allthingsnuclear.org/about). Union of Concerned Scientists.

Beyond Nuclear. 2011. Working for a World Free From Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons. Takoma Park, MD: Beyond Nuclear.

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). 2011. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. New York, NY: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization.

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). 2011. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization External Links. New York, NY: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization.

Environmental Protection Agency. 2011. RadNet - Tracking Environmental Radiation Nationwide. Washington, DC: Environmental Protection Agency RadNet.

Environmental Protection Agency. 2011. Environmental Protection Agency - Monitoring Radiological Incidents.

The Helen Caldicott Foundation. 2011. Nuclear Free Planet. Nuclear Free Planet.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). 2011. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Vienna, Austria: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Masters, Jeff. 2011 Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog. (Weather Underground is committed to delivering the most reliable, accurate weather information possible). Wunderground.com

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Center for Tsunami Research. 2011. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Center for Tsunami Research. Seattle, WA: U.S. Deparment of Commerce.

Nuclear Energy in California. 2011. Nuclear Energy in California - Nuclear Plants in California. Sacramento, CA: The California Energy Commission.

Nuclear Energy Institute. 2011. [http://www.nei.org/newsandevents/information-on-the-japanese-earthquake-and-reactors-in-that-region/ Nuclear Energy Institute. - News and Events]. March 13. Washington DC: Nuclear Energy Institute.

Nuclear Information and Resource Service. Nuclear Information and Resource Service. Takoma Park, MD: NIRS.org

Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 2011. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Radiation Information. Rockville, MD: NRC.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Radiation. 2011. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Radiation Information.

Wright, David. 2011. More on Spent Fuel Pools at Fukushima. (in Japan Nuclear). March 21. All Things Nuclear.

Select Wikis
Anti-Nuclear Movement in California - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-nuclear_movement_in_California - no new reactors can be built thanks to this movement, - because of storage issues!

Castle Bravo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bravo

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Effects: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster_effects

Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Disaster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant_Exclusion_Zone

Fukushima I Nuclear Accidents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_I_nuclear_accidents

Nuclear Free Zone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-free_zone

Three Mile Island Health Effects: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident_health_effects

Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident

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