I am disappointed at the lack of conviction in both John Hinkson's editorial 'Nuclear Contradictions', and Alan Roberts' article 'Fukushima' in Arena Magazine no. 111. Both authors seem bemused by what occurred at the four Daiichi reactors on 11 March 2011, and neither seems able to spell out the consequences with any confidence. 'There is no description here or elsewhere', writes Roberts, 'of what happened at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant - or indeed what is…
