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Radioactive Mouse on Loose at Nuclear Test Site
By Michael McLaughlin - AOL News
(Nov. 23) -- Just because a mouse has been doused with radiation at a nuclear weapons site doesn't mean that it has acquired superpowers, can shoot laser beams from its eyes and will soon come to subjugate humanity. But at the same time, it's more than a bit unsettling. Workers at a former plutonium-production facility in Hanford, Wash., are hunting for a radioactive mouse after finding polluted droppings. Earlier this month workers also trapped a radioactive rabbit in what is the nation's most contaminated nuclear site, according to The Washington Post. Getty Images A radioactive mouse ...
McCain Calls Kerry-Graham-Lieberman Climate Change Plan 'A Joke'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Tuesday derided as "a joke" a bipartisan proposal being crafted by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), and John Kerry (D-Mass.) to address climate change since it does not spell out what to do with toxic waste that would be generated by proposed new nuclear plants. "There's no nuclear power, there's no recycling, there's no storage," McCain said. "It's a joke when there's no site recycling and there's no storage. Nuclear power is not viable without recycling and without storage. Period." The proposal from Graham, Lieberman, and Kerry calls for ...
Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site Killed by Senate
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyFulfilling Barack Obama's campaign promise to close Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada, the Senate has passed a measure that will prevent further construction. ...
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