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    May 30, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Japan may face debt rating cut, Moody's warns

    Money & Company
    Bond rating firm Moody’s Investors Service formally warned Japan on Tuesday that its rating might be cut as the country sinks deeper into debt. Moody’s said it put Japan’s Aa2 rating on review for a possible downgrade, citing in part.......
    2. May 21, 2011 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  2. What will Florida nuclear power plants learn from Japan?

    As federal regulators continue to look for lessons from Japan's nuclear disaster, critics are pleading for changes in three key nuclear emergency areas.
    As federal regulators continue to look for lessons from Japan's nuclear disaster, critics are pleading for changes in three key nuclear emergency areas. It matters to Floridians because the state has five reactors, four of which are slated to expand,...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, 2010 Census, National Government, Natural Disasters, South Miami

    3. Mar 16, 2011 |Story| Glendale News Press

  3. I'm Just Sayin': Are we really ready for 'The Big One?'

    The tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan last week and the subsequent and ongoing nuclear crisis have made many of us ask how well the U.S., and even more importantly, Southern California, is prepared to handle these kinds of cataclysmic events. What...

    Tags: Advanced Training, Disasters, Natural Disasters, Fires, Japan

    4. Mar 11, 2011 |Story| Reuters

  4. Huge Tsunami Slams Japan, Sweeps Across Pacific Basin

    The biggest earthquake to hit Japan since records began 140 years ago struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships, cars and farm buildings on fire.
    Reuters
    The biggest earthquake to hit Japan since records began 140 years ago struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships, cars and farm buildings on fire. The Red Cross in...

    Tags: New Zealand Earthquake (2011), American Red Cross, Industrial Accidents, Natural Disasters, Vehicles

    5. Mar 19, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Electric power partially restored at Japan nuclear plant

    Working overnight into Sunday, engineers have successfully restored power to cooling pumps in two reactors at the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the first genuinely hopeful sign in the week-long battle to prevent a full-scale meltdown at any of the six reactors at the site.
    Los Angeles Times
    Working overnight into Sunday, engineers have successfully restored power to cooling pumps in two reactors at the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the first genuinely hopeful sign in the week-long battle to prevent a full-scale meltdown...

    Tags: Employees, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Japan, Nuclear Power, Electricity Production and Distribution

    6. Mar 17, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. California has failed to identify thousands of buildings vulnerable to quakes

    California has failed to identify and retrofit thousands of brittle concrete buildings despite years of warnings from scientists that the structures are highly vulnerable to collapse during a major earthquake.
    California has failed to identify and retrofit thousands of brittle concrete buildings despite years of warnings from scientists that the structures are highly vulnerable to collapse during a major earthquake. Officials have known as far back as the 1971...

    Tags: Greig Smith, Employees, New Zealand, Crime, Law and Justice, Industrial Accidents

    7. Mar 17, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. For one quake survivor, self-help in the face of seeming helplessness

    Most of the dozens of tsunami-battered towns along Japan's northeastern coast remain mired in mud, but the situation in Ishinomaki is a bit different. Nearly a week after the massive earthquake and tsunami hit the city of 162,000, large portions remain underwater, an instant lake clearly visible on NASA satellite photographs.
    Most of the dozens of tsunami-battered towns along Japan's northeastern coast remain mired in mud, but the situation in Ishinomaki is a bit different. Nearly a week after the massive earthquake and tsunami hit the city of 162,000, large portions remain...

    Tags: Disasters, Natural Disasters, NASA, International Organizations, Japan

    8. Mar 14, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Japan's crisis may have already derailed 'nuclear renaissance'

    The nuclear crisis in Japan, even if authorities are able to bring damaged reactors under control, has cast doubts on the future of nuclear power as a clean-energy solution in the United States and around the globe.
    The nuclear crisis in Japan, even if authorities are able to bring damaged reactors under control, has cast doubts on the future of nuclear power as a clean-energy solution in the United States and around the globe. Before the recent events in Japan, the...

    Tags: Chernobyl Disaster (1986), Princeton University, Natural Disasters, CBS Corp., Defense Equipment

    9. Mar 29, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Japan rethinks tsunami safety

    Structural engineer Kit Miyamoto was giving a speech in Japan on earthquake safety when this month's record quake struck, giving him a front-row seat for the unfolding disaster and what steps might save lives next time.
    Structural engineer Kit Miyamoto was giving a speech in Japan on earthquake safety when this month's record quake struck, giving him a front-row seat for the unfolding disaster and what steps might save lives next time. "This disaster basically paralyzed...

    Tags: Disasters, Natural Disasters, Colleges and Universities, Petroleum Industry, Japan

    10. Mar 19, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Japan still struggling to restore power to cool down reactors

    Fighting exhaustion and radiation fears, engineers struggled anew Saturday to complete the crucial task of hooking a crippled nuclear plant to the electricity grid to help cool down damaged reactors. The official count of dead and missing in the quake and tsunami soared above 18,000, making this Japan's worst disaster since World War II.
    Fighting exhaustion and radiation fears, engineers struggled anew Saturday to complete the crucial task of hooking a crippled nuclear plant to the electricity grid to help cool down damaged reactors. The official count of dead and missing in the quake and...

    Tags: Employees, Stress, Nuclear Policy, Chernobyl Disaster (1986), Symptoms

    11. Mar 27, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Officials Retract Reports Of Extremely High Radiation At Fukushima Plant

    Officials at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant late Sunday retracted their announcement that they had found puddles at the facility's No. 2 reactor containing 10 million times more radioactivity than would be found in water in a normally functioning nuclear reactor.
    Los Angeles Times
    Officials at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant late Sunday retracted their announcement that they had found puddles at the facility's No. 2 reactor containing 10 million times more radioactivity than would be found in water in a normally...

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Japan, Nuclear Power, Health and Safety at Work

    12. Mar 20, 2011 |Story| Reuters

  12. Japan Sees Some Progress In Race To Cool Nuclear Reactors

    Japan restored power to a crippled nuclear reactor on Sunday in its race to avert disaster at a plant wrecked by an earthquake and tsunami that are estimated to have killed more than 15,000 people in one area alone.
    Reuters
    Japan restored power to a crippled nuclear reactor on Sunday in its race to avert disaster at a plant wrecked by an earthquake and tsunami that are estimated to have killed more than 15,000 people in one area alone. Three hundred engineers have been...

    Tags: National Government, Natural Disasters, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Automotive Equipment, Tsunamis

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