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After Fukushima: Seizing the Chance to Strengthen Nuclear Safety and Security

Op-Ed

September 15, 2011

Author: Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security; Managing the Atom; Science, Technology, and Public Policy

 

If nuclear energy is to have any hope of growing enough to be a significant part of the world’s answer to the climate change challenge, publics, investors, utilities, and governments will have to be convinced that the safety and security issues raised by Fukushima have been resolved.  Far-reaching steps will be needed to build that confidence.

http://www.powerandpolicy.com/2011/09/15/after-fukushima-seizing-the-chance-to-strengthen-nuclear-safety-and-security/

 

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"After Fukushima: Seizing the Chance to Strengthen Nuclear Safety and Security." September 15, 2011.

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