Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery Since 2002

You Are Here: Home » Archives: November 2011

Daily Archives: November 5, 2011

IEEE – A blow-by-blow account of the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl

by on

24 Hours at Fukushima – A blow-by-blow account of the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, By Eliza Strickland / November 2011 [Editor’s Note: This is part of the IEEE Spectrum special report: Fukushima and the Future of Nuclear Power].

  • “The world’s three major nuclear accidents had very different causes, but they have one important thing in common: In each case, the company or government agency in charge withheld critical information from the public. And in the absence of information, the panicked public began to associate all nuclear power with horror and radiation nightmares. The owner of the Fukushima plant, the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), has only made the situation worse by presenting the Japanese and global public with obfuscations instead of a clear-eyed accounting. Citing a government investigation, TEPCO has steadfastly refused to make workers available for interviews and is barely answering questions about the accident. By piecing together as best we can the story of what happened during the first 24 hours, when reactor 1 was spiraling toward catastrophe, we hope to facilitate the process of learning-by-disaster.”

    • New World Bank Group Strategy to Help Brazil Lift 16 Million from Extreme Poverty by 2014

    by on

    News release: “A new World Bank Group initiative will help Brazil’s efforts to eradicate extreme poverty in the country, the World Bank announced today. The Bank’s Board approved a US$ 8 billion new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Brazil, which will guide the Group’s overall program in the country for the fiscal years 2012-2015. The… Continue Reading

    Engineers: The Next Generation – Do we need more? Who will they be? What will they do?

    by on

    Charles M. Vest, National Academy of Engineering: The Next Generation Do we need more engineers? “The distinguished National Academy volunteers who wrote the influential report Rising Above the Gathering Storm believed that we need to increase the number of engineers graduating in this country. Not everyone agrees with this assessment and I am frequently asked,… Continue Reading

    Employment by Federal Reserve District

    by on

    September 2011: The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas produces estimates of monthly payroll employment by Federal Reserve District. These data are now available to the public and will be updated monthly – Data for employment by Federal Reserve District “The 50 states and the District of Columbia are divided among 12 Federal Reserve districts. With… Continue Reading

    ADL Poll Finds Anti-Semitic Attitudes on Rise in America

    by on

    News release: “A nationwide survey of the American people released today by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found that anti-Semitic attitudes have risen slightly in America, demonstrating once again that “anti-Semitic beliefs continue to hold a vicegrip” on a small but not insubstantial segment of America. The ADL survey found that 15 percent of American’s nearly… Continue Reading