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Energy

What if? and the Meltdown Threat

Juan Cole 03/17/2011

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If the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant had been a bank of wind turbines, we wouldn’t all be on hanging on every item about radiation release. The talk would just be about rebuilding the turbines.

Germany Offshore Wind Farm
Germany Offshore Wind Farm

Germany is hoping to replace its aging nuclear reactors with offshore wind farms…

Euronews reports that reactor number 3 may already have released radioactive steam…

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About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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