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In the wake of Japanese nuclear crisis, President Barack Obama said Thursday U.S. officials do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the West Coast of the continental U.S., Hawaii or Alaska.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Obama: Harmful radiation not expected to reach US

CAPTION: In the wake of Japanese nuclear crisis, President Barack Obama said Thursday U.S. officials do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the West...
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Curated Video

President Obama on Japan quake and tsunami

Higher Ed
1. Wide of Obama walking out to White House, into Rose Garden

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US Presi
dent:
"For the last several days, the American people have been both heartbroken and deeply...
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Curated Video

The Obama administration's most vocal advocate for nuclear power says the nuclear disaster unfolding in Japan will eventually help the United States strengthen safety at its 104 reactors.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Energy chief: US will learn from Japan disaster

CAPTION: The Obama administration's most vocal advocate for nuclear power says the nuclear disaster unfolding in Japan will eventually help the United States strengthen...
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Bloomberg

How Mt. Ontake Volcano Could Snag Nuclear Restarts

Higher Ed
Sept. 30 ""Bloomberg's Jacob Adelman reports on how the volcanic eruption of Japan's Mt. Ontake may strengthen the argument of activists campaigning to keep the country's 48 nuclear reactors shut. He speaks to Angie Lau on ""Asia Edge.""...
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AFP News Agency

CLEAN : US economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin on the end of the fossil fuel era

9th - Higher Ed
American author and economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin states in his new book The Green New Deal that the era of fossil fuel is collapsing in real time (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Curated Video

RR7917A AMERICA: THE ENERGY ISSUE

Higher Ed
The USA Department of Energy is pushing ahead with

its Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a project to bui
ld up
a store of one billion barrels of oil,
much of it
underground in old salt-mines. At
the same...
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Curated Video

American experts and officials comment on Japan's nuclear crisis

Higher Ed
AP Television

Washingto
n, DC
1. Japanese Embassy exterior, zoom in to flag at
half mast
2. Bouquets of flowers left to honour quake and tsunami victims
outside embassy
3....
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Bloomberg

Can Plunging Oil Prices Sustain Japan's Energy Needs?

Higher Ed
Dec. 11 -- Clavis Energy's Junzo Tamamizu discusses Japan's energy needs with Bloomberg's Angie Lau on ""First Up."" (Source: Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg

Finding Room for Nuclear Energy in the 'Green New Deal'

Higher Ed
Feb.11 -- Gregory Jaczko, former chairman of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and author of "Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator," discusses the safety of nuclear energy and whether it should play a potential role in Democrats'...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Assessing Nuclear Power's Safety

9th - 10th
Physicist Tom Cochran discusses the nuclear situation caused by the 2011 Tsunami in Japan, and says it's time for an independent commission to review U.S. nuclear safety.
Instructional Video
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: #Ask Mit: What Does the Future of Nuclear Science Look Like?

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Senior reactor operator at the MIT Research Nuclear Reactor, Sarah Don discusses what the future of nuclear science looks like. [2:00]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Germany Phases Out Nuclear Power

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Learn about Germany's controversial decision to end its nuclear energy program. [4:45]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Frank Oppenheimer Biography

9th - 10th
Physicist and Exploratorium founder Frank Oppenheimer is profiled in "Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens". Author K.C. Cole, a friend of Oppenheimer's, digs into FBI files and personal memories to describe the complex man also called...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Approved Reactors Could Power Up Nuclear Industry

9th - 10th
Federal agency approves a license to build two nuclear reactors designed to provide cooling in absence of electricity.