Edwin Lyman

Physicist; director of nuclear power safety, Union of Concerned Scientists

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Physicist and director of nuclear power safety for the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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What are the risks of keeping the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open? And an atheist and Muslim agree on what happens when people find religion through politics.

Diablo Canyon: Can the nuclear plant work safely for 10 more years?

What are the risks of keeping the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open? And an atheist and Muslim agree on what happens when people find religion through politics.

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Seventy years ago, Japan became only nation ever hit with an atomic weapon. Four years ago, it suffered one of history's worst nuclear accidents.

Japan Set to Reactivate Nuclear Reactors Next Week

Seventy years ago, Japan became only nation ever hit with an atomic weapon. Four years ago, it suffered one of history's worst nuclear accidents.

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"Decommissioning" nuclear reactors means cleaning up all radioactivity and progressively dismantling the plant.

Japanese Consider Entombing Four Malfunctioning Reactors

"Decommissioning" nuclear reactors means cleaning up all radioactivity and progressively dismantling the plant.

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