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China Syndrome

We Almost Lost Detroit: Round Two

Michael Rose | Posted 07.14.2009 | Business


Michael Rose

Michigan may become one of the early adopters of a new round of nuclear power plants, a move some say is not only dangerous but economically foolhardy.

30 Years After TMI, A Lesson For Today's Economists

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business


Our new test for any enterprise, be it a financial institution, a power plant, or a war, must be, "Is it too large to be allowed to fail?" If the answer is "yes" then we cannot proceed.

Sierra Club RAW: Last Week's Campaign McMeltdown

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green


Josh Dorner

The McCain campaign visited the Enrico Fermi nuclear generating station in Michigan -- the site of a 1966 partial meltdown that resulted in the coining of the phrase "China Syndrome."

Freakonomics Authors Link Jane Fonda With Global Warming

Editor & Publisher | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


In their regular "Freakanomics" column which will appear in this Sunday's edition of The New York Times Magazine, Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levi...