11620GDACS EMM News Feed Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material How US should prepare for nuclear event | The Conversationhttps://www.news-herald.com/opinion/how-us-should-prepare-for-nuclear-event-the-conversation/article_5e382318-1fa9-537d-9a38-1968eb30e4b0.htmland that the U.S. is not very well-prepared for nuclear and radiological events. I’ve been studying the effects of nuclear events – from detonations to accidents – for over 30 years. This has included my direct involvement in research, teaching and humanitarian efforts in multiple expeditions to Chernobyl- and Fukushima-contaminated areas.Sun, 09 Aug 2020 18:47:00 +0200news-herald-56cd3e3c4348744f652ee28bc00572e020200809184700Shake alert: Why New Zealanders want an earthquake early warning systemhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12354941&ref=rssAfter one of New Zealand's shakiest decades in history, Kiwis overwhelmingly want the country to build a system to give us all a heads-up when future quakes hit. Earthquake early warning (EEW) systems work by detecting and reacting to an earthquake's fastest-travelling P-waves before the slower but....Sun, 09 Aug 2020 04:10:00 +0200nzherald-9c8672d1d3a2b9089f1717fc19c159a220200809041000Nuclear threats are increasing – here's how the US should prepare for a nuclear eventhttps://techxplore.com/news/2020-08-nuclear-threats-event.html, which I proposed in 2017. Such a group could bring together nuclear and nonnuclear technical and health professionals for education and training, and help to meet the preparedness, coordination, collaboration and staffing requirements necessary to respond to a large-scale nuclear crisis.Sat, 08 Aug 2020 15:52:00 +0200phys-3c1a3aa9598f399e7d06a1205406a71620200808155200Nuclear threats are increasing – here’s how the US should prepare…https://qnewshub.com/technology/nuclear-threats-are-increasing-heres-how-the-us-should-prepare-for-a-nuclear-event/What would this workforce need to be prepared to manage? For that we can look back at the legacy of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as nuclear accidents like Chernobyl and Fukushima. What happens when a nuclear device is detonated over a city? Approximately 135,000 and 64,000....Fri, 07 Aug 2020 15:01:00 +0200qnewshub-c95aa3c2ef60713fca3e009e95d2a97320200807150100