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Japan Crisis: The Nuclear Energy Backlash

Japan’s ongoing crisis is putting new scrutiny an energy source once trumpeted by Obama. Tara McKelvey on why nuclear power may not be as safe as we’ve been told—and D.C.’s scramble to tamp down the crisis.

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Evacuees from a nursing home which is located in evacuation area around the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant, rest at a temporary shelter in Koriyama, March 13, 2011. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters via Landov),KIM KYUNG-HOON

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