From Henry- Undetonated Atomic Bomb?

http://news.yahoo.com/japanese-airport-closed-wwii-bomb-found-141653204--finance.html

With hurricane SANDY news surrounding us and causing mayhem, can't help but think about if it hit a nuclear plant.  Did a quick google search... I guess we will find out more about the aftermath from Sandy in the says to come.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2012/10/121029-nuclear-plants-brace-for-hurricane-sandy/

(by Rosa)

Voting information

If you are registered in Cook County (Chicago), you can get a sample ballot for your district by going to this website: 
http://www.chicagoelections.com/voterinfo.php
And filling in your address and last name.  It can take a few clicks to get the address in the form the web page requests, but it is nice because you can see exactly what your ballot will look like.

Interested in learning more about the electricity referendum that is on the ballot? 
Here's an article from the Sun Times about it.
Here's an article from the Tribune about it.
Here's a link to the Citizen's Utility Board, which is trying to educate people about it.

Also, I mentioned a useful resource for researching judges:  www.voteforjudges.org

Carbon footprint graphic!

Ever want to know what the "carbon cost" is of a hamburger?  Wedding?  Roll of toilet paper?  This GE visualization tool has a bunch of thought-provoking stats on the contribution of different activities to our carbon footprints.

previous blog posts on Chernobyl...

Here are a few interesting things about Chernobyl:

Previous blog post on the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl - links to photo essays and an article on Chernobyl tourism.

A Vice Magazine tourism video on visiting Chernobyl (involving supposedly hunting radioactive bears) that a student brought in for a previous semester of this class.  Keep your skeptical hat on while watching this - a lot of the information is twisted for shock value.  However, it's an interesting video to critique.

Another photo essay of Pripyat

oh...

the last three posts are from me (Anthony)...sorry bout that!

The debates

They are certainly talking about Iran and nuclear tech tonight

Romney even talks about the amount of centrifuges Iran has "spinning" right now.

Also says Ahmedinejad should be tried for genecide, since calling for the complete destruction of Israel amounts to "verbal genecide"

as a bonus, my father in law has this image on a coffee mug...more relevant than ever?