Economic Impact of Coal in PA - 0 views
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travla01 on 28 Jul 13PA Coal history
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ExplorePAHistory.com - Stories from PA History - 0 views
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"Coal is to the world of industry what sun is to the natural world." Coal was critical to the United States' industrial revolution. By the late nineteenth century it replaced wood as the preferred fuel for powering factories, locomotives, and ships, and displaced wood for home heating in the northeastern United States.
Bureau of Radiation Protection--Nuclear Safety Section - 0 views
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Radioactive Waste & Emergency Response Section
Three Mile Island Accident - 0 views
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Three Mile Island: In 1979 at Three Mile Island in USA a cooling malfunction caused part of the (TMI 2) core to melt. The reactor was destroyed but there were no injuries or adverse health effects from the Three Mile Island accident.
Chernobyl Accident: Health Impacts - 0 views
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The health effects of the Chernobyl accident have been the subject of unprecedented study by health professionals and unprecedented speculation and exaggeration by parts of the media. This Appendix summarises the following authoritative and expert assessments of the situation:
Costs and Consequences of the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster - 0 views
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The destruction of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011, caused by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami, resulted in massive radioactive contamination of the Japanese mainland.
Roger's World - 0 views
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If it were not for naturally occurring greenhouse gases, the Earth would be too cold to support life as we know it. Without the greenhouse effect, the average temperature of the Earth would be about -2°F rather than the 57°F we currently experience There are over 1,000 surface mines and more than 1,000 underground mines in the US.
What is Mountain Top Removal Mining? - 0 views
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Mountaintop removal / valley fill coal mining (MTR) has been called strip mining on steroids. One author says the process should be more accurately named: mountain range removal. Mountaintop removal /valley fill mining annihilates ecosystems, transforming some of the most biologically diverse temperate forests in the world into biologically barren moonscapes.
Four Major Energy Sources: Their Pros and Cons - 0 views
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RP Siegel frequently contributes to Triple Pundit, a website devoted to sustainability initiatives favoring "people, planet, profits." Recently Triple Pundit posted Siegel's series exploring the advantages and disadvantages of four widely used energy sources that fuel American industry. Whether a fossil fuel or renewable energy, every source presents its own unique set of challenges.
US Energy Information - 0 views
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Statistics on energy sources in PA
Fukashima Nuclear Plant - 0 views
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Three Mile Island - 0 views
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Video on Three Mile Island
Nuclear Energy Video - 0 views
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Prezi - 0 views
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Use the website Prezi for History guiding activity
The Past Is Present at Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - 0 views
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Beyond the cabbage patch and rows of pre-cut Christmas trees, past fruit stands filled with pumpkins and apples, along the bank of the Susquehanna River, sits the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. It's by far the most robust and majestic structure in the neighborhood, an unlikely blend of the Loire Valley Castles in France and Eastern Europe's Communist-era architecture.
Nuclear Energy Institute - careersandeducation - 0 views
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Opportunities exist in the nuclear energy industry like never before. Growing electricity demand and greater concern for the environment are leading to the continued operation and planned construction of new nuclear power plants in the United States.
Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident - 0 views
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Printable Version (does not include Animated Diagram of the Sequence of Events) On this page: The Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) reactor, near Middletown, Pa., partially melted down on March 28, 1979. This was the most serious accident in U.S.