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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Nuclear Power Offers Different Solution

Nuclear Power Offers Different Solution

Dani Hupper October 31, 2013
After Fukushima, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island (nuclear power plants that unintentionally exposed thousands to radioactivity), it has been taboo for an environmentalist to be pro-nuclear. While I don’t mean to be unsympathetic to the victims of radioactivity-caused cancers, we should not forget nuclear’s enormous benefits. The hysteria these disasters have caused (and maybe America’s phobia for just the word "nuclear") may be blinding us from a readily available and relatively less pollutant-intensive energy source.

Dr. Frannie Smith Gives Mind-Blowing Lecture on Nuclear Energy

Quin Nelson October 25, 2012

Dr. Frannie Smith, who works with Pacific Northwest National Labs, delivered an engaging and insightful lecture on the past, present and future of nuclear energy Wednesday night in the Brattain Auditorium. Dr....

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