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China Syndrome

Atomic Rate Rigging and the New China Syndrome

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 07.02.2012 | Green
Read More: Peaceful Atom, Solartopia, Ussr, Fukushima, Vogtle, V.C. Summer, China Syndrome, Japan, Atomic Power, Rate Rape, Atomic Energy, Nuclear Renaissance, Green Power, Georgia, South Carolina, Russia, India, Chernobyl, Koodankulam, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

Small wonder the death knell of new U.S. nukes may be upon us. Two reactors proposed for Florida will now, say its would-be builders, cost $24 billio...

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The Tokyo Syndrome

Adario Strange | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Tokyo, Tokyo Earthquake, Japan, Nuclear Disaster, Japan Tsunami, China Syndrome, Earthquakes, Three Mile Island, Nuclear Power, World News
Adario Strange

There is the resolute determination to remain in Tokyo no matter what. I will never forget seeing Tokyo going about its business in a slow, orderly, dignified fashion.

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We Almost Lost Detroit: Round Two

Michael Rose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Fermi, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Nuclear Power, China Syndrome, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Detroit, Dte, Business News
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.

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

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Anti-Trust, Tmi, Pennsylvania, Nuclear Power, Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Ithaca, Federal Trade Commission, Harrisburg, China Syndrome, Three Mile Island, Harrisburg-Pennsylvania, Business News
Meathead

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.

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Sierra Club RAW: Last Week's Campaign McMeltdown

Josh Dorner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: John Mccain Sturgis, John McCain, Enrico Fermi Generating Station, Nuclear Power, Mccain Gaffes, No Nukes Campaign, China Syndrome, Sierra Club, Move On, Three Mile Island, Nuclear Meltdown, Exxonmccain, Green News
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."

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Freakonomics Authors Link Jane Fonda With Global Warming

Editor & Publisher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Jane Fonda, Freakonomics, China Syndrome, Media News

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...

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