Nuclear power will worsen the wealth gap
Nuclear power has potentially dangerous consequences whereas solar power can solve the power crisis quicker and safer.
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Japan, one year after the tsunami: 'We can't just stay sad'
Japan has marked one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands and set off a radiation crisis that shattered public trust in atomic power.
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UN stamps seal of approval on Japan's reactor tests
The UN's nuclear watchdog gave its seal of approval to Japan's reactor safety checks, but said utilities should beef up plans for managing disasters.
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Doomsday Clock moves a minute closer to midnight
The symbolic Doomsday Clock is creeping closer to the apocalypse as scientists maintaining the device moved it one minute closer to the zero hour.
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Japan probe finds nuclear disaster response failed
Japan's response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and riddled with problems, including erroneous assumptions.
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Bin Laden's death takes top spot in news story of 2011
An Associated Press poll shows the killing of Osama bin Laden was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan's earthquake/tsunami disaster.
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Fukushima's radioactive water leaks into Pacific Ocean
Large quantities of radioactive water from Fukushima might have found its way into the Pacific Ocean and experts believe it could contain strontium.
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2011 in retrospect
The drama in 2011 seemed to unfold on an almost daily basis, with scandals, disasters and political unrest rolling in one after the other.
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Land in Japan 'too radioactive to farm'
Farmland in parts of Japan is no longer safe because of high levels of radiation in the soil, scientists say, following the Fukushima disaster.
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It's safe! Nervous Japanese MP sips on Fukushima water
A Japanese MP has been bullied into drinking water collected from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to back up claims of decontamination progress.
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