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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Anniversary Of Tsunami In Japan Marked By Mournful Ceremony

Comments (0) | Chernobyl, Fukushima, International, Japan, nuclear disaster, nuclear power, tsunami

Cara Palmer
Executive Producer

Japan is honoring the victims of the disaster, which killed 19,000 people and displaced 300,000 more.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Can We Cope With A Terror Attack In Los Angeles?

Comments (39) | Chernobyl, CREATE, Fukushima, Japan, Japan earthquake, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Financial District, man-made disasters, National, natural disasters, Science

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Reut Cohen
Executive Producer

Public fear has the potential to cost 15 times more than the original wreckage of a "dirty bomb" attack.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Fukushima Radiation Readings Highest Since The Start Of The Crisis

Comments (1) | Chernobyl, Fukushima Daiichi, International, nuclear power plant, radiation

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Jessika Walsten
Deputy Editor

Radiation levels in Fukushima Daiichi's reactor No. 1 were more than four times the yearly allowance for plant employees.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Chernobyl 25 Years Later: Ukrainians Pay Tribute

Comments (0) | 1986, 1986 Chernobyl, 1986 crisis, April 26, Chernobyl, Chernobyl accident, Eastern Europe, nuclear accident, nuclear plant, Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Ukraine

David McAlpine
Executive Producer

Many Eastern Europeans are still feeling the effects of the worst nuclear disaster in history.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Japan Raises Crisis Rating of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Comments (1) | 1986 Chernobyl, 1986 crisis, 8.9/9.0 earhquake, Chernobyl, earthquake, evacuation, Fukushima Daiichi, International, Japan nuclear crisis, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, tsunami, Ukraine

David McAlpine
Executive Producer

Now officials say this crisis is equivalent to 1986's Chernobyl disaster.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Highly Radioactive Water Found Outside Fukushima Plant

Comments (0) | 9.0 earthquake, Chernobyl, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima nuclear plant, International, International, Japan earthquake, Japan nuclear crisis, Japan quake, Japan tsunami, nuclear crisis, Three Mile Island

David McAlpine
Executive Producer

One more setback in the Japanese attempt to curtail the failing nuclear plant.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Death Toll From Japan Quake, Tsunami Tops 10,000; Thousands Still Missing

Comments (0) | 9.0 earthquake, Chernobyl, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima nuclear plant, International, Japan earthquake, Japan nuclear crisis, Japan quake, Japan tsunami, nuclear crisis, Three Mile Island

Smoke billows from the Fukushima Daiichi plant. (Photo from Flickr via daveeza)

Tracy Bloom
Executive Producer

Japan also continues to deal with a nuclear crisis.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Japan Radiation Reaches Iceland, Less Than Chernobyl

Comments (0) | caesium, Chernobyl, Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Iceland, iodine level, Japan, Japan earthquake, National, radioactive

Jenny Chen
Associate News Editor

Experts say minuscule particles from Fukushima have reached Europe.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Japan Increases Nuclear Crisis Level At Power Plant

Comments (0) | Chernobyl, Fukushima, International, Japan, nuclear crisis, nuclear power, Obama

Callie Schweitzer
Editor-in-Chief

VIDEO: Reports of unrest and public anger are on the rise as fear of danger spreads.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Why Japan's Fukushima Is Not Chernobyl

Comments (0) | Chernobyl, disaster, earthquake, Fukushima, International, Japan, meltdown, nuclear plant, Obama

Callie Schweitzer
Editor-in-Chief

How similar are the two disasters? Not very, experts say.

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