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Aired: Thursday, April 07, 2005 8-9PM ET
Internationally acclaimed author Ian McEwan is known as a masterful communicator of "unease." Since 9-11, the whole world has entered that realm of pervasive unease. It is that feeling of foreboding, the shock of knowing how life can change in an instant, that McEwan explores in his new novel, "Saturday."
In "Saturday," the award-winning novelist of "Amsterdam" and "Atonment" takes us into one day in the life of Harry Perowne, a London neurosurgeon, happy husband and father, who struggles with a new reality where individuals wonder if it is still possible to keep their humanity close as a violent world gets closer.
Hear a conversation with Ian McEwan about his new novel "Saturday," and life in the world after 9-11.
| · | Ian McEwan, winner of the Booker Prize for his 1998 novel, "Amsterdam", and the National Book Critics Circle award for his 2001 "Atonement," among many others. His new book is titled "Saturday." |
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Report Finds Nuke Plants Vulnerable |
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A report by the National Academy of Sciences found that many of America's nuclear power plants are vulnerable to terrorist attack. The findings pointed specifically to the spent fuel rods which are stored on site after use.
The report, commissioned by Congress, concluded that an attack could disrupt the cooling process and recommended that plants take two key steps to prevent the spread of radio activity in the event of an attack.
L.A.Times national correspondent Ralph Vartabedian explains what prompted the commissioning of this report.
| · | Ralph Vartabedian, national correspondent for Los Angeles Times. |
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 Hear author Ian McEwan read from his new book titled "Saturday." (real audio format) |
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