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Isles' radiation risk low, experts say -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Isles' radiation risk low, experts say -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser

(2011-03-15) Toufiq Siddiqi, who has a doctorate in nuclear physics and is an adjunct senior fellow at the East-West Center, said yesterday that he felt that at the moment, the risk to Hawaii from the Japanese nuclear reactor radiation leaks was minimal. "What would be the greatest concern, really, is if the containment vessels broke. Then it would be a much larger concern," Siddiqi said. "But at the moment, it seems that it is holding out."

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Isles' radiation risk low, experts say -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser
'Under cover' buyers -- New York Post
'Under cover' buyers -- New York Post
(2011-03-17)"There are a lot of people with the money now, and they want to be the first kid on the block with the new toy," said Eric Harwit, a political-science professor with the East-West Center. "Apple had been pretty unknown in China until recent years but iPhones and iPads are now the hot products to have."
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'Under cover' buyers -- New York Post
Managing Japan's Power Crisis -- The Conversation (Harvard Business Review blog)
Managing Japan's Power Crisis -- The Conversation (Harvard Business Review blog)
(2011-03-21)The power supply shortage resulting from the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan's Tohoku region on March 11, along with the threat of nuclear disaster that's followed, has created widespread chaos in the country. The threat to public health is the top concern, of course, but the situation also has widespread business implications: it's disrupting everything from rail transportation to manufacturing activities, including the auto industry.-- Also appears in: Eurasia Review
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Managing Japan's Power Crisis -- The Conversation (Harvard Business Review blog)
Japan's Nuclear Dilemma -- Eurasia Review (Op/Ed)
Japan's Nuclear Dilemma -- Eurasia Review (Op/Ed)

(2011-03-21)Monday morning quarterbacks are already asking why Japan, a country known for its frequent earthquakes and occasionally severe Tsunamis (a word that originated in Japan), would decide to build so many nuclear power plants, and site so many of them in coastal areas.

Japan's lack of domestic oil resources was a principal contributor to its role in the World War II, and the end of that war did not change the country's feeling of vulnerability to oil supply disruptions. A program to develop the peaceful uses of nuclear energy was initiated in 1954, and the first commercial reactors were built during the 1970s in cooperation with General Electric and Westinghouse.

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Japan's Nuclear Dilemma -- Eurasia Review (Op/Ed)