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October 24, 2011

Nuclear Threatens Japan's Very Existence

Roger Pulvers, The Japan Times


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Every year when I was a child, my parents would take my brother and me from our Los Angeles home to Las Vegas on vacation. Back then in the 1950s, Vegas was still a family-oriented holiday destination. Dad would drop a few bucks at the crap table while the rest of us basked in the sun. . .

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TAGGED: Japanese energy policy, Fukushima, Japan, nuclear security, nuclear energy, Japan Times

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