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Regarding letter writer Paul Burton's thoughts on the nuclear waste storage problem (Nov. 26): The alleged nuclear waste problem was solved long ago. Nuclear “waste" can be encased in glass, and the glass encased in titanium — iron or steel rust and can leak — and stored in Yucca Mountain. Opponents say it may leak in time. It won't leak for approximately 500 years; after 500 years, any possible leaked radiation will be at a nonharmful level. Anyone worried about the unlikely scenario of nuclear waste leaking into the water supply need only buy a $200 water filter for their home; because the plutonium molecule is too big to get through the filters, and that's what is radioactive. Plutonium, which has a long half-life and emits alpha radiation, is relatively safe to handle, unlike other more lethal radioactive elements.
IT No YouTube for You: Cut Undersea Cable Wrecks Middle East Internet
The article didn't mention where this cable was cut. I'm guessing it was in a shipping lane though.The bank looks like they got caught with their pants down too. In the U.S. any financial institution usually have several backups; one of which is always HughesNet Satellite. .
U.S. flu season worsens as new vaccines ordered
In brief, seasonal influenza activity has increased during the past week," Cox told reporters in a telephone briefing. Flu has killed 22 children so far this season, Cox said. She did not have details on any of the cases. Cox said the CDC was watching the epidemic and asking state health departments to collect data on who gets sick, whether the were vaccinated, and whether influenza drugs were effective in fighting the infections. Several European countries have reported that people are becoming infected with strains that resist the effects of Tamiflu, the antiviral drug made by Roche AG and Gilead Sciences. Cox said the CDC had seen little evidence that flu was resisting Tamiflu in the United States. "We have actually seen antiviral resistance only sporadically in eight states," she said. Continued...
January 2002 Archives
He does have some pop in his bat and he is a brilliant base stealer, in terms of quality if not quantity. Does Pokey Reese make the Pirates better than they were a year ago? Given the "production" the Pirates got from their second basemen in 2001, he probably does. So paying Pokey Reese $5 million over two years is nothing like giving $14.5 million to Pat Meares or $9 million to Derek Bell (two of former GM Cam Bonifay's more unfortunate brainstorms). On the other hand, the Pirates' biggest problems last year did not include defense at second base, or team speed. The Pirates' biggest problems were pitchers who didn't strike anybody out and hitters who didn't get on base. Pittsburgh pitchers struck out 908 hitters, fewest in the National League. Pittsburgh hitters combined to post a .313 on-base percentage, lowest in the major leagues.
Govt dithers over Nabha thermal plant
The government has been dithering over the construction of 1200-MW thermal plant proposed to be set up at Nabha in Patiala district. Initially, the government had planned two mega thermal plants at Nabha and Talwandi Sabo (1800 MW). While a notification for acquiring 2,100 acres under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act has been issued for the Talwandi Sabo thermal plant, the notification for the Nabha plant has been withheld. Director of the company, which has been entrusted the construction of the plants, K.P. Kansal said they had sent the case for issuing notification for acquiring 1,196 acres for the Nabha thermal plant to the government. However, till date the government has not acted on it, he added. Sources in the PSEB said the government was dithering over the Nabha plant in the face of a stiff resistance by the farmers whose land is likely to be acquired.
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