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		<title>The Great Pacific Invasion</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/09/28/the-great-pacific-invasion/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 21:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When the big tsunami hit Japan in 2011, many objects were washed out to sea. This flotsam provided for a giant &#8220;rafting event.&#8221; A rafting event is when animals, plants, etc. float across an otherwise uncrossable body of water and end up alive on the other side. With this particular event, I don&#8217;t think very &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/09/28/the-great-pacific-invasion/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Great Pacific Invasion</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Natural Hazards and Risk Reduction in the Modern World</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/02/06/natural-hazards-and-risk-reduction-in-the-modern-world/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Book review]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Great disasters are great stories, great moments in time, great tests of technology, humanity, society, government, and luck. Fifty years ago it was probably true to say that our understanding of great disasters was thin, not well developed because of the relative infrequency of the events, and not very useful, not knowledge that we could &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/02/06/natural-hazards-and-risk-reduction-in-the-modern-world/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Natural Hazards and Risk Reduction in the Modern World</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Return to Fukushima</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/08/07/return-to-fukushima/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2014 20:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Three years after the disaster at Fukushima, science correspondent Miles O&#8217;Brien returned to the Daiichi nuclear plant for an exclusive look at the site. Follow Miles on a never-before-seen tour of Daiichi&#8217;s sister site, Fukushima Daini, which narrowly avoided a meltdown during the Tohoku earthquake. As the country debates turning its reactors back on, Miles &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/08/07/return-to-fukushima/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Return to Fukushima</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>UPDATE Chance Typhoon Neoguri Will Hit Nuke Plant Increases?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/07/07/will-a-super-typhoon-hit-a-japanese-nuclear-power-plant/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 21:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Update: The new forecast track of Neoguri is shown above as well as the location of two nuclear power plants. The forecast track has moved south, and is now in a very good (and here good means bad) position to strike the Sendai nuclear power plant very directly. Keep in mind that this forecast may &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/07/07/will-a-super-typhoon-hit-a-japanese-nuclear-power-plant/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">UPDATE Chance Typhoon Neoguri Will Hit Nuke Plant Increases?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Fukushima Alternative</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/03/11/the-fukushima-alternative/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On March 11th, 2011, a large earthquake caused a large tsunami in Japan, and the two historic events wrecked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The power plant had six boiling water reactors of the kind used around the world in many nuclear power plants. Three of the six reactors suffered a meltdown, and containment &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/03/11/the-fukushima-alternative/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Fukushima Alternative</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Removing the fuel rods at Fukushima: Video</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/11/22/removing-the-fuel-rods-at-fukushima-video/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2013 00:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TEPCO is removing some of those famous spent fuel rod assemblies, here&#8217;s some video:]]></description>
		
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		<title>Removing the #Fukushima Spent Fuel Rods.  Or not.</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/11/15/removing-the-fukushima-spent-fuel-rods/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2013 22:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TEPCO was going to start removing the fuel rods from the less-damaged reactor building Numnber 4 over the next few days. Today, it was announced that damage to the fuel rod assemblies, some or most of which predated the tsunami and earthquake, this could not be done. There is now uncertainty as to what is &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/11/15/removing-the-fukushima-spent-fuel-rods/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Removing the #Fukushima Spent Fuel Rods.  Or not.</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fukushima Update #70: If you can&#8217;t measure it &#8230; (UPDATED)</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/09/15/fukushima-update-70-if-you-cant-measure-it/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fukushima Update #70: If you can&#8217;t measure it, you can&#8217;t analyze it. by Analiese Miller and Greg Laden It has been suggested, by various commenters on the internet, that the problem with Fukushima is not that there is a dangerous radioactive mess there, but rather, that the authorities in charge have decided that exposure to &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/09/15/fukushima-update-70-if-you-cant-measure-it/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fukushima Update #70: If you can&#8217;t measure it &#8230; (UPDATED)</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>News From The Forbidden Zone Is Alarmingly Bad (Fukushima)</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/08/24/news-from-the-forbidden-zone-is-alarmingly-bad-fukushima/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2013 02:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[News from Fukushima Update # 69 by Ana Miller and Greg Laden Over the last several weeks we’ve heard repeated, alarming, and generally worsening, news from Fukushima Diachi, the Japanese nuclear power plant that suffered a series of disasters that make The China Syndrome look like a Disney family movie. One question is this: Has &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/08/24/news-from-the-forbidden-zone-is-alarmingly-bad-fukushima/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">News From The Forbidden Zone Is Alarmingly Bad (Fukushima)</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fukushima Update</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/08/16/fukushima-update-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Patrick J. Kiger at National Geographic News has an excellent summary of the current situation at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The plant continues to leak radioactive material into the sea, though at a rate much lower than the massive release that happened at the time of the accident. Strontium-90 (Half-life 28.79 years) has increased &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/08/16/fukushima-update-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fukushima Update</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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