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By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsHitomi Kamanaka remembers the reaction she got six months ago when she confronted a top official in the city of Fukushima with her fears about the local nuclear power plant. "I told him the reactors were too old, that they were dangerous, and he didn't say a word," said Kamanaka, 52, a filmmaker who has been on a 13-year crusade to educate Japan about the potential hazards of the country's 54 nuclear reactors. "He was silent. He couldn't answer. And I know why. I know the tremendous pressure he was under and how powerless he was." One of Kamanaka's worries that day in Fukushima concerned the ...
Russia Says It Will Soon Help Fuel Iran's Nuke Plant
By not in system - AOL NewsMOSCOW (Aug. 13) -- Russia's nuclear agency said Friday that it will load fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant next week, moving ahead with launching the facility despite Iran's stubborn defiance of international demand to halt uranium enrichment. Rosatom spokesman Sergei Novikov said that uranium fuel shipped by Russia will be loaded into the Bushehr reactor on Aug. 21, beginning the startup process. "From that moment the Bushehr plant will be officially considered a nuclear-energy installation," he told The Associated Press. Mehdi Ghasemi, ISNA / AP The reactor building of Iran's ...
New Details on Clinton's 'Plant' Problem
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe college student who was fed a question to ask Sen. Hillary Clinton by Clinton campaign staffers at a campaign stop in Iowa has spoken to CNN. Her comments shed more light on the controversy and call into question aspects of the Clinton campaign's explanation for the incident.Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff was approached by a campaign staffer at an event in Newton, Iowa, last week. She said that the staffer asked her if she would like to ask a question to Sen. Clinton. Gallo-Chasanoff agreed and asked the staffer if she could ask about Clinton's energy plan. The staffer reportedly didn't think that ...
Clinton Fields Planted Question in Iowa
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailySen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was forced to admit yesterday that a question about global warming asked during an event in Newton, Iowa, was planted by a Clinton campaign staffer. The questioner, local college student Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff said she was approached by a Clinton campaign staffer before the event and provided with the question to ask the candidate. Sen. Clinton called on Gallo-Chasanoff and the following exchange ensued.Question: "As a young person, I'm worried about the long-term effects of global warming How does your plan combat climate change?Clinton: "Well, you ...
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