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Can environmentalists learn to love – or just tolerate – nuclear power?

  • Written by David K. Hecht, Associate Professor of History, Bowdoin College
imageNo nukes: a 1979 rally against the construction of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, which is slated to shut down by 2025. Jessica Collett/Shaping San Francisco Digital Archive, CC BY-NC-SA

In June, California utility Pacific Gas and Electric announced plans for phasing out its Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, located on the central California...

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