02 May 2011
Will the nuclear power industry melt down?
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Harvey Wasserman
In the wake of the apocalyptic nightmare at Fukushima, the multi-trillion-dollar global nuclear power industry is looking over the abyss at a long-overdue extinction.

But the issue is far from decided. Japan's horrifying...
29 April 2011
Why Atomic Energy Should Not be Used to Generate Electricity
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Albert A. Gabel
Dear President Obama,
Why Atomic Energy Should Not be Used to Generate Electricity:
The plants are inherently unsafe
· Most of the current plants are operating beyond their age limit.

· Failure to...
28 April 2011
It’s time to close California’s nuclear power plants
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Norman Solomon
The facts all point to this “inconvenient truth” -- the time has come to shut down California’s two nuclear power plants as part of a swift transition to an energy policy focused on clean and green renewable sources and conservation....
20 April 2011
Beyond Nuclear petitions Nuclear Regulatory Commission for suspension of 21 U.S. atomic reactor operating licenses in wake of Japanese nuclear catastrophe
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Kevin Kamps
Watchdog group alleges General Electric Boiling Water Reactor Mark 1 design’s weak containment, inadequate experimental venting back fit, and radioactive waste storage pool are accidents waiting to happen

Takoma Park,...
12 April 2011
Japan disaster to level seven: "The explosion of nukespeak"
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Karl Grossman
The Japanese government has raised the emergency at the Fukushima nuclear plant to level seven, from a level five. This puts it at the highest level, as was Chernobyl.

Grossman and others have been advocating raising the...
31 March 2011
Deconstructing nuclear experts
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Chris Busby
Since the Fukushima accident we have seen a stream of experts on radiation telling us not to worry, that the doses are too low, that the accident is nothing like Chernobyl and so forth. They appear on television and we read their articles...

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