Vermont Yankee is a lady who loves trouble. Last year part of one of the nuclear power plant’s cooling towers collapsed. At one point in … Vermont Yankee: lady who loves troubleRead more
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Hungary’s first stage of nuclear waste disposal facility
The completed first stage of a nuclear waste disposal site — the first in Hungary — was inaugurated in Bataapati, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) … Hungary’s first stage of nuclear waste disposal facilityRead more
Posted inChernobyl
Remembering Chernobyl
It is April 25th 1986 Technicians at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine are ordered to test the safety emergency reactor core cooling system … Remembering ChernobylRead more
Posted inArctic / Oil
Stop oil companies
The U.S. Interior Department will designate within two years protected areas of the Arctic that are considered critical habitat for polar bears and cannot be … Stop oil companiesRead more
Posted inChina / Transportation
Post-Olympics Beijing car restrictions
Beijing has announced a series of post-Olympics car restrictions, which will take effect next month and hopefully sustain the hard-won smooth traffic and good air … Post-Olympics Beijing car restrictionsRead more
Posted inSocial / TV
TV-Free Life
David Burke is a man with a mission: he wants to rid the world of television. Thirteen years ago, Burke decided the time had come … TV-Free LifeRead more
Posted inSoftware
How to enable hibernate on gnu system
Check whether swap partition is enabled or not. Run swapon -s. This will show the swap partition if any. If there is no swap partition … How to enable hibernate on gnu systemRead more
Posted inEnergy / Renewable / Wave
Huge wave energy potential of Australia
Clean power developer Carnegie Corporation says more than a third of Australia’s base-load power needs could be economically generated by wave technology, according to a … Huge wave energy potential of AustraliaRead more
Posted inGlobalization / Imperialism / Social / Somalia
Pirates of Somalia
By Johann Hari Pirates have never been quite who we think they are. In the “golden age of piracy” – from 1650 to 1730 – … Pirates of SomaliaRead more
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Second-Gen Green Hard Drives from WD
According to WD, the new hard drives, Caviar Green, “consume up to 20 percent less power and offer a 10 percent increase in performance over … Second-Gen Green Hard Drives from WDRead more