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Thursday, March 1, 2012

What Future Does Nuclear Have in Japan?

What Future Does Nuclear Have in Japan?

Wieland Wagner, Der Spiegel
An icy wind blows through the center of Rikuzentakata. Standing in front of the remains of his town hall, Mayor Futoshi Toba, 47, looks out on a scene of utter desolation. Only a few ruins of steel and concrete dot the landscape: a school, a hospital, a post office and a supermarket. Along the shoreline, four floodlight towers stand like ghostly sentinels. The sports arena that they once illuminated has been largely swallowed by the sea.

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