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The Unclear Fate of Nuclear Power
The Unclear Fate of Nuclear PowerTwo years after the accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi, can the nuclear renaissance regain its momentum?
By Josie Garthwaite
Smithsonian.com, May 23, 2013
....Nuclear has sometimes been promoted as an important weapon in the fight against climate change, but "the level of deployment of nuclear power you would need over the next couple decades to make a dent in global warming emissions would be so enormous, it's just not feasible," ....
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ideas-innovations/The-unclear-fate-of-nuclear-power-208386481.html#ixzz2UGsoh4OH
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