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June 20, 2011
Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem
The spent-fuel pools at our reactors, containing thousands of tons of poorly protected but highly radioactive waste, are a catastrophe waiting to happen.
Robert Alvarez
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April 26, 2011
Chernobyl: 25 Years Later
To mark the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl's disaster and the lessons it still holds for us today, The Nation has assembled a collection of articles from our archives.
The Nation
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April 21, 2011
China Rethinks Nuclear Power
The world’s second-largest economy is emerging as a pacesetter in solar and wind technology.
Lucia Green-Weiskel
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April 20, 2011
Video: Revisiting Chernobyl’s Nuclear Dead Zone
On April 26, 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine exploded, precipitating the worst nuclear disaster in history. Now, on the twenty fifth anniversary of the explosion, it is worth revisiting this horrific episode and to reflect on the lessons we still have not learned.
On The Earth Productions and The Nation
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March 30, 2011
Christian Parenti: The Nuclear ‘Sacrifice Zone’ in Japan
In Japan, fears about nuclear fallout have only been getting worse as disaster cleanup crews struggle with radioactive water leaking out of the Fukushima plant.
Press Room
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March 24, 2011
Obama Loves Nukes
Even as Fukushima threatens to unleash the greatest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl, the president champions nuclear power in the United States.
Mark Hertsgaard
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March 22, 2011
After Three Mile Island: The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Safety Culture
The 1979 partial meltdown prompted more regulations and greater enforcement. Then in the 1990s, a Republican Congress took aim.
Christian Parenti
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March 18, 2011
Jonathan Schell: Using Nuclear Energy Is ‘Playing With Fire’
Joining Charlie Rose, Schell explains that nuclear power has no place in a world so vulnerable to widespread disaster.
Press Room
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March 17, 2011
The Nuke Lobby has the US Regulatory Commission in Their Pocket
According to Christian Parenti, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "culture" of bowing to industry demands prevents it from keeping plants truly safe.
Press Room
