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The Nuclear Crisis in Japan
March 16, 2011 2 min. read

In a previous post, I flagged an analysis by Robert Alvarez on the situation with the spent fuel pools.  Here is a look from this morning at the situation from another expert, David Wright, at the Union of Concerned Scientists:  Spent Fuel Pools at Fukushima.  Wright concludes that the indications are that the water level […]

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Japan and the Nuclear Nightmare
March 14, 2011 4 min. read

The events of the past several days in Japan are in many ways beyond the scope of the mind to comprehend.  Thousands of lives were swept away in an instant.  I walked around the World Trade Center on September 12, 2001 and had a very hard time then being able to grasp the enormity of […]

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Nuclear Power: Running On Fumes?
December 1, 2010 5 min. read

I went to a debate on nuclear energy on Monday evening sponsored by the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia.  The Center is headed by Mike Gerrard, a force of nature in environmental law for over thirty years. “Should nuclear power be an important component of U.S. strategy to combat climate change?” The pros, […]

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