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81) Nuclear power
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Introduces the history, uses, production, advantages and disadvantages, and future of nuclear energy as a power resource.
82) Indian Point
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"Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant looms just 35 miles from Times Square. With over 50 million people living in close proximity to the aging facility, its continued operation has the support of the plant's operators and the NRC--Nuclear Regulatory Commission--yet has stoked a great deal of controversy in the surrounding community, including a vocal anti-nuclear contingent concerned that what happened at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant could happen...
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April, 1986. While the #4 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station was destroying itself and the way of life for millions of people in that area, Patricia Cox, an American nurse and psychologist, was barely 60 miles away from the reactor site, in Kiev, Ukraine. Like others affected by the disaster, Patricia was told almost nothing about what had happened. None of them knew then the impact it would have. Millions of lives were changed forever....
84) Crisis without end: the medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe
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"On the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts assembled at the prestigious New York Academy of Medicine. A project of the Helen Caldicott Foundation and co-sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility, this gathering was a response to widespread concerns that the media and policy makers had been far too eager to move past what are...
88) Chernobyl
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"This title will help readers understand the causes, timeline, and aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster. The title is complete with glossary, index, and additional facts"--
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"The threat of nuclear terrorism has never been greater, yet, as this devastating exposé makes clear, America's leaders, including the last two Presidential administrations, have been shockingly lax and often chillingly reckless when it comes to protecting the United States--and the world--from the spreading threat of nuclear proliferation and the very real possibility that terrorists will stage a nuclear bombing or meltdown on American soil . ....
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Good times: A biographical film about singing duo Sonny and Cher. This is the only film in which they appeared together.
Chastity: Cher plays a reckless rebel in this romantic adventure film.
Silkwood: A nuclear power plant is exposed by a free-spirited worker who risks everything.
Moonstruck: A woman unexpectedly falls in love with her fiance's brother.
Mermaids: A flamboyant mom and her two unique daughters learn that even though their personal...
94) Chernobyl 1986
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After the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the USSR and all of Europe is faced with an even greater threat a steam explosion that would eject radioactive material over the entire continent. Firefighter Alexey volunteers for what seems like a suicide mission: manually drain the plant's reservoir before the melting reactor collapses. With time running out, this team of ordinary citizens turned heroes must use all their strength and bravery...
96) Burst City
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A rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest the construction of a nuclear power plant. The arrival of the disgruntled construction crew makes for a situation that spirals dangerously out of control.
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In 2010, the United States approved the first new nuclear power plant in 32 years, heralding a "Nuclear Renaissance". But that was before the Fukushima accident in Japan renewed a fierce public debate over the safety and viability of nuclear power. As the nation stands at the crossroads of a possible Nuclear Renaissance, the atomic states of America inspires informed discussion on the safety, viability and future of nuclear power in the United States....
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In the desperate hours and days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the fate of thousands of Japanese citizens fell into the hands of a small corps of engineers, firemen and soldiers who risked their lives to prevent the Daiichi nuclear complex from complete meltdown. This is their story, with rare footage from inside the plant and eyewitness testimony from the people on the frontlines.