Robert Alvarez

Institute for Policy Studies

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Scholar at the Washington, DC-based Institute for Policy Studies; former senior policy adviser to the Secretary of Energy (1993-1999)

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The extent of the damage at Fukushima is still unclear, and nobody knows how much radiation has been released or how more will be.

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The extent of the damage at Fukushima is still unclear, and nobody knows how much radiation has been released or how more will be.

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