Nuclear industry explores accident-resistant fuel
By RAY HENRY FILE – In this March 21, 2011 file photo provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), smoke rises from the Unit 3 reactor of the tsunami-damaged Fukushima…
Materials industry
POLICE ARREST MAN IN JAPAN TAINTED FOOD SCANDAL
In this Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 photo, Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. President Toshio Kushiro, left, and subsidiary Aqli Foods President Yutaka Tanabe, second from left, bow in apology during a…
AFTER 5 DAYS, W.VA.’S WATER CRISIS NEARS ITS END
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Workers at Freedom Industries continue through the night to empty storage tanks of chemicals into tanker trucks at it’s plant in Charleston, Va., Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014.…
MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS NOW MAKE MONEY EXPORTING ORE
By MARK STEVENSON In this Aug. 14, 2013 photo, Mexican army soldiers enter the iron ore mine in the town of Aquila, Mexico. A resident of Aquila, said that since…
IRAN INVITES UN EXPERTS TO ARAK HEAVY WATER PLANT
By GEORGE JAHN Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano of Japan addresses the media during a news conference after a meeting of the IAEA board…
A look at Iran nuclear sites from mine to reactor
By The Associated Press In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader’s office on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers…
The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s green power push
By DINA CAPPIELLO and MATT APUZZO In this July 20, 2013, photo, a plant that produces ethanol is next to a cornfield near Coon Rapids, Iowa. Government mandates to increase…
Small Tenn. town aims to become the real Rocky Top
By TRAVIS LOLLER In this Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 photo, a sign welcomes people to Lake City, Tenn. Residents are considering changing the town’s name to Rocky Top in order…