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Fukushima
June 30, 2022
Audra J. Wolfe
Is Nuclear Power Just Too Dangerous?
A survey of the world’s worst nuclear disasters highlights the catastrophic consequences of technical hubris.
November 17, 2020
Eric Margolis
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Put Japan’s Climate Policy in a Decade-Long Purgatory
Ten years after the meltdown, the country’s nuclear reactors remain shut down, and there’s no clear path to reducing emissions to net zero.
July 8, 2016
Jacob Silverman
Could Fukushima Happen Here?
"Indian Point," a new documentary about the nuclear power plant in New York, raises unsettling questions about the safety of atomic energy.
June 20, 2016
Magazine
Steve Featherstone
The Ghosts of Fukushima
It’s been five years since the meltdown forced them to abandon their village. Now they’re going home. Can a town devastated by nuclear disaster be brought back to life?
March 12, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
At the time of the Fukushima disaster, there were 442 nuclear reactors in the world. Today, there are 440.
March 11, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
The Fukushima Fearmongers
What unites the left and right: a radioactive plume headed for the West Coast
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