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Costs soar for new nuclear power plants Strict safety guidelines cause construction delays at nuclear plants in Finland and Taiwan	Joseph Romm	06 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Bloomberg has a very long article on the troubles plaguing Finland's Olkiluoto-3, 'the first nuclear plant ordered in Western Europe since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.' The plant has been delayed two years thanks to 'flawed welds for the reactor's steel liner, unusable water-coolant pipes and suspect concrete in the foundation.' It is also more than 25 percent over its 3 billion euro ($4 billion) budget. The article notes: If Finland's experience is any guide, ...
Topics: energy, Finland, nuclear power, Taiwan, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Tomb Aiders Taiwan freeway officials help butterflies find their way		27 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Tomb Aiders Taiwan freeway officials help butterflies find their way Bracing for the migratory peak of millions of purple milkweed butterflies, officials in Taiwan are closing one lane of a major highway, installing netting to encourage the butterflies to rise above traffic, and using ultraviolet lights to guide them under a busy bridge. "Human beings need to coexist with the other species, even if they are tiny butterflies,&qu ...
Topics: news, Taiwan, wildlife (all these topics)

Pain in the Acid Neighboring Nations to Blame for Acid Rain in Taiwan		20 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Pain in the Acid Neighboring Nations to Blame for Acid Rain in Taiwan More than half of the acid rain that falls on Taiwan is the result of pollutants blown in from neighboring countries, according to a study released yesterday by the nation's Environmental Protection Administration. Between January and July of this year, the average acidity of rain in Taiwan was 4.5 pH -- just a little less acidic than vinegar. Algae cannot sur ...
Topics: pollution and waste, Taiwan (all these topics)

The Boys, a Bummer, Are Gone		12 Jul 2002	Daily Grist
The Boys, a Bummer, Are Gone Boys exposed to certain pollutants during adolescence are far less likely to have sons in adulthood, according to a study published in today's edition of the British scientific journal the Lancet. The study looked at thousands of people in the Taiwanese city of Yucheng who used cooking oil containing high concentrations of PCBs. It found that young men exposed to PCBs before the age of 20 were 35 percent ...
Topics: health, Taiwan, toxics (all these topics)

Taipei Personalities		24 May 2002	Daily Grist
Taipei Personalities More than 200 former employees of an RCA television and semiconductor plant in northern Taiwan have died of cancer and at least 1,000 others are suffering from the disease, in what industry watchdogs are calling the worst cancer cluster in the history of high-tech. A group of former plant workers arrived in Silicon Valley yesterday to tell their ...
Topics: business, environmental justice, health, politics, pollution and waste, Taiwan, toxics (all these topics)

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