I drew four conclusions after reading Hiroko Tabuchi’s article, A Confused Nuclear Cleanup, in the NY Times, and looking at the US Government’s evacuation map, pictured above (obtained at the National Post, here. The Fukushima disaster is bad, really bad. The Japanese want to clean it up; but don’t know how. The nuclear industry in [...]
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There’s no question that nuclear power will be part of our energy supply mix for the foreseeable future. The United States has 104 nuclear power plants in operation at present, according to Matthew Wald on the Green Inc. blog of The New York Times, relying on NRC data. Incidents like this – in which a [...]
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The Washington Post has this report by Sholnn Freeman on the Northwest Pilots who missed their destination by about 150 miles. The plane was also out of contact (that is, not responding to radio hails for over an hour. Northwest pilots say they were distracted by laptops. Interestingly, the pilots don’t allege fatigue as a [...]
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The same messages can be communicated by signalling the letter "K" in Morse code via signal lamp. (While a proper signal lamp may be ideal, a flashlight, probably best employing red LEDs, will certainly fit the bill).
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