2011 Cooling Radiation 
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 26, 2022
Depending on the nature and extent of the damage, the plant could experience one or more core meltdowns or spent nuclear fuel pool fires, which could trigger a radiological release rivaling that of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident or even the larger release from the 1986 Chernobyl accident.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 30, 2024
Some SMR designs, such as NuScale, are modified versions of operating water-cooled reactors, while others are radically different designs that use coolants other than water, such as liquid sodium, helium gas, or even molten salts. To date, however, theoretical interest in SMRs has not translated into many actual reactor orders.
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Real Climate
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Manabe’s early focus was on radiative-convective equilibrium, and his seminal 1967 paper (with his longtime collaborator Richard Wetherald, who passed in 2011 ). In this, he is in violent agreement with Isaac Held, his colleague at GFDL, and indeed most climate scientists. But let’s go back to the beginning.
Physics World
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Extreme heat is not just an abstract notion: if we can’t cool our bodies enough, we’re in danger of neurological failure, organ failure and even death, with the risks highest for children and the elderly. On balance, clouds nearer the stratosphere warm us, whereas low-lying clouds tend to cool us because their greenhouse effect is smaller.
PA Environment Daily
JULY 11, 2023
“During the permitting process, the permittee misrepresented a lot of things in the application, specifically ongoing water pollution, the fact that this would include oil and gas waste, and it would be a radiation source,” said Johnson “That's just the tip of the iceberg on the permitting issues we've seen in this one case.
Environmental Progress
JANUARY 20, 2022
Those technical screening criteria should reflect the highest standards of nuclear safety, radiation protection and radioactive waste management, building upon requirements laid down in the Euratom Treaty and in Union legislation adopted under that Treaty, and in particular in Council Directive 2009/71/Euratom.
HumanNature
MARCH 31, 2021
This balance describes how much energy is being reflected back into space versus how much is being absorbed by our atmosphere; a positive change in the balance indicates that we’re taking more energy in (net warming) and a negative balance indicates that we’re reflecting more energy out (net cooling). link] Jacobson, Mark Z.
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