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Despite threats, Africa is looking to nuclear with Russia and China’s help

Despite threats, Africa is looking to nuclear with Russia and China’s help

Scott Firsing, Monash University Many African countries are in the grip of a nuclear fad. They believe nuclear energy will bring with it an international currency of prestige. Countries with nuclear energy programs are seen as rich and technologically advanced and as a result possess advanced status compared to otherRead More

Svetlana Alexievich: The lesson of Chernobyl has not been learned

Svetlana Alexievich: The lesson of Chernobyl has not been learned

Chernobyl, Editor's choice, Fukushima February 13, 2016 at 12:57 pm 0 comments

March and April of 2016 will mark the 5th and 30th anniversaries of the Fukushima-Daiichi and Chernobyl nuclear power plant catastrophes. Normally, spring is the time when we celebrate the coming of another chance to harvest the benefits of nature, but for the people affected by these disasters, these monthsRead More

Responses of Officials and Popular Academics to Disaster Victims after TEPCO’s Fukushima Nuclear Accident

Responses of Officials and Popular Academics to Disaster Victims after TEPCO’s Fukushima Nuclear Accident

Editor's choice, Fukushima, Latest February 11, 2016 at 6:46 pm 0 comments

On Fukushima Prefecture and Hiroshi Kainuma: How Officials and Popular Academics Have Responded to Disaster Victims in the Wake of the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Nuclear Accident Originally published by Japan: Fissures in the Planetary Apparatus, February 4, 2016. Published here with permission. By Toshinori Shishido About the authorRead More