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Roger Witherspoon
Mar 15, 201316 min read
A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission: Part 4 Living with the Aftermath
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article The large black sailor was naked in the middle of a roped-off area below decks, and he...
Roger Witherspoon
Feb 11, 20139 min read
A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission: Part 2: The Navy Life – Into the Abyss
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article To the US Government, Operation Tomodachi was just another big humanitarian aid and...
Roger Witherspoon
Mar 27, 20126 min read
When Redundant Safety Systems Fail: Bi-Annual Nuclear Meltdowns
The statistics of nuclear reactor meltdowns are stark. Despite improvements in technology and upgrades in safety, on average one of the...
Roger Witherspoon
Dec 31, 20117 min read
Simulated Oyster Creek Emergency Postponed Due to Real Disasters
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Operators of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant have been granted a year’s delay in...
Roger Witherspoon
Sep 26, 20117 min read
Nuclear Poison in the Land: A Farm Family from Fukushima Loses it All
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Killing the chickens was the worst. For a 53-year-old organic farmer like Sachiko...
Roger Witherspoon
Sep 2, 20114 min read
America’s Quake-Proof Nukes
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article As the Japanese struggle to prevent a widening disaster in its nuclear fleet from...
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