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The Party Line – June 3, 2011: A Tale of Two Countries
It isn’t the best of times; how can we keep it from being the worst of times? In one country, a government that campaigned on a move to green energy reacts to the nuclear crisis in Japan by...
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The Party Line – July 22, 2011: Fixing a Hole
Focusing on broad, long-term goals while ignoring obvious, near-term problems is order of the day, be it in the Fukushima reactors or deficit-obsessed DC. I feel like I am saying this every week, but...
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The Party Line – August 19, 2011: Japan Nuclear Crisis Continues,...
Imagine, if you will, living somewhat close to a nuclear reactor—not right next door, but close enough—and then imagine that an accident at that reactor causes a large release of radioactive isotopes...
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The Party Line – August 26, 2011: Virginia Quake Yet Another Wakeup Call for...
Late Thursday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) made this observation over at The Huffington Post: Uninterrupted electricity is essential for nuclear safety. Without electricity, nuclear power plants are...
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The Party Line – September 2, 2011: Earthquakes, Hurricane Highlight Serious...
On Friday, August 26, as Hurricane Irene began its slow journey up the US central Atlantic coast, power companies operating 20 nuclear reactors in nine states made plans to deal with the storm and its...
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The Party Line – September 9, 2011: Shaken, But Still Not Stirred
Sunday, September 11, will of course be the tenth anniversary of a tragedy that fundamentally changed America in ways we are still trying to understand. But this 9/11 is also a day for other...
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The Party Line – September 16, 2011: Though Nuclear Crisis Continues, IAEA...
On Monday, September 12, an incinerator explosion at a French nuclear waste processing center killed one, injured four, and created just enough nuclear news to edge this week’s other nuclear story...
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