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Monday, June 27, 2011

Nuclear plants: fires and floods

First we had the nearby Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Station at risk of flooding and then flooding and the concerns that created, at least regionally, if not nationally. Now, news out today tells that the Los Alamos National Laboratory--the nation's nuclear weapons laboratory--is under threat from the New Mexico wildfires and that they had to evacuate the plant. Makes you feel safe and secure all over, doesn't it? Links: http://beta.news.yahoo.com/wildfire-triggers-evacuations-near-los-alamos-002006674.html; http://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/12/us/evacuation-issue-threatening-nuclear-plants.html?scp=1&sq=Ft.+Calhoun+nuclear+power+station&st=nyt

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