Worldwide spread of nuclear reactors fuels policy debate
Washington faces growing concern over expanding global reactor construction and the resulting rise in plutonium access. Experts say US policy must balance domestic energy needs with tighter international controls to prevent bomb-making material from proliferating, amid rising oil prices and competing foreign reactors.
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Waterborne disease prompted mistaken appendectomies in New York
About a dozen children underwent surgery last month after doctors misdiagnosed an intestinal illness as appendicitis. The illness, likely giardiasis, affected at least 32 Holland Patent schoolchildren and was traced to polluted village water. Health officials, with National Center for Disease Control researchers, continue investigating the source as a boil-water advisory remains in effect.
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