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The folly of atomic power
RON JACOBS recommends a frank and honest assessment of the corrupt and profit-hungry nuclear industry
CHEAP PLUTONIUM FOR THE ARMS INDUSTRY: The South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) VC Summer Nuclear Station Unit 1, October 2013
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MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Nuclear is Not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change
MV Ramana, Verso, £20
THIS past June, a couple of my sisters and I drove from California to Minnesota. One of the states we traveled through was Idaho. We gassed up in a town called Atomic City, which advertised itself as the first city in the United States to have nuclear-powered electricity.
This town is inside what grounds of the Idaho National Laboratory, an 890 square mile research site run by the Department of Energy together with various commercial and military interests. Its website currently touts its scientific expertise and its mission devoted to carbon-free nuclear energy, alternative energy and military security.
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