Mar 18 Photo Essay: Destruction in Japan By News Desk A look at the aftermath of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that devastated northern Japan and damaged nuclear reactors. Continue reading
Mar 18 Nuclear Plant Control Room Simulator: Learning to Avoid Future Disasters EmbedVideo(142, 482, 304); The massive earthquake in Japan knocked out the power grid around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, then its backup generators failed amid the ensuing tsunami. Then came the explosions, radiation emissions and dangerously hot nuclear… Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch Beyond Japan: Nuclear Energy's Future Hari interviews NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien on nuclear safety. Continue watching
Mar 18 Destruction in Japan A 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered a massive tsunami that left thousands dead and Japan's nuclear facilities in peril. Continue reading
Mar 18 President Obama Defends Use of Force Against Gadhafi, Libya Announces Cease Fire After U.N. Vote 2:40 p.m. ET | President Obama delivered remarks Friday to address the crisis in Libya and the U.N. Security Council's resolution, defending the use of military force and calling on Gadhafi to back down. "Moammar Gadhafi clearly lost… Continue reading
Mar 18 Nuclear Alert Level Raised, Official Says Response Should Have Been Quicker 5:55 p.m. ET | Photo Essay: Destruction in Japan 3:50 p.m. ET | Tokyo Electric Power Company, known as Tepco, announced its powerline had reached the plant and could supply electricity, raising hopes that it could restore… Continue reading
Mar 18 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Nuclear Health Concerns, Transplant Patient Given HIV By Talea Miller Checking radiation levels in Koriyama city in Fukushima prefecture. Photo by Ken Shimizu/AFP/Getty Images Nuclear Health Fears in Japan Japan raised the nuclear alert level at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant to five out of a seven level international scale… Continue reading
Mar 18 Mixed Signals: When to Send Them, How to Read Them I was sitting behind the wheel on Pennsylvania Avenue Thursday afternoon in the kind of traffic clog that those of us who live in Washington, D.C., have become accustomed to. The clamor of sirens signaled that President Obama's motorcade… Continue reading
Mar 18 Rating Nuclear Accidents and Incidents: Which Were the Worst? By Talea Miller With three reactors having at least partial meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan, the country raised the alert level from four to five on a seven-point international scale for atomic incidents Friday. The International Atomic Energy Agency… Continue reading
Mar 18 Reporter's Notebook: Syria's 'Red Lines' By Fred de Sam Lazaro Poster of President Bashar al Assad in Syrian street. Photo by Nicole See Syria's government is not usually hospitable to Western journalists, and officials in Damascus' Ministry of Information seemed as surprised as my teammates, Nikki See, Tom Adair and… Continue reading