We’ve been having the wr...

Jul 28, 2020 by

We’ve been having the wrong debate about nuclear energy

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The Smaller Is Better Movement...

Mar 9, 2020 by

The Smaller Is Better Movement in Nuclear Power

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Failing nuclear industry pushi...

Oct 24, 2019 by

A bailout proposed by the nuclear industry would cost tax and ratepayers billions, while starving demand for wind and solar

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Fewer Inspections for Aging Nu...

Jul 18, 2019 by

A new report by staff members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees the safety of the nation’s 59 aging nuclear power plants, recommends that the commissioners significantly weaken or reduce safety inspections of the plants.

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New study reaches a stunning c...

Nov 20, 2017 by

[Translate] Building new renewables is now cheaper than just running old coal and nuclear plants. Joe Romm    THINKPROGRESS.ORG...

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ALARMING FINDINGS ON SAFETY IS...

Jun 29, 2017 by

[Translate] In the summer of 2011, Los Alamos National Laboratory presented a happy self-portrait to the public. The lab’s news...

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NUCLEAR INDUSTRY PRICES ITSELF...

May 29, 2017 by

NUCLEAR INDUSTRY PRICES ITSELF OUR OF POWER MARKET, AND DEMANDS TAXPAYERS KEEP IT AFLOAT

[Translate] Joe Romm Dr. Joe Romm is Founding Editor of Climate Progress, Nuclear power is so expensive even some conservatives are...

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EMERGENCY DECLARED AT WASHINGT...

May 9, 2017 by

EMERGENCY DECLARED AT WASHINGTON STATE NUCLEAR SITE

[Translate] By Devin Henry   THEHILL.COM   © Getty The Department of Energy declared an emergency Tuesday at the Hanford nuclear site...

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NUCLEAR POWER GIANTS LIMP TOWA...

Apr 17, 2017 by

NUCLEAR POWER GIANTS LIMP TOWARD EXTINCTION

[Translate]   By Paul Brown / Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG     Sunset over the Sellafield power plant in Cumbria,...

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FUKUSHIMA REACTOR #2 PRESSURE ...

Feb 4, 2017 by

FUKUSHIMA REACTOR #2 PRESSURE VESSEL BREACHED, RISING TO ‘UNIMAGINABLE’ LEVELS OF RADIATION

[Translate]   By Orcas George  DAILYKOS March 14, 2011 explosion at Fukushima #2 power plant Radiation at Fukushima Reactor #2...

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FRENCH PROTESTERS SHAKE FISTS ...

Oct 6, 2016 by

FRENCH PROTESTERS SHAKE FISTS AT NUCLEAR GOLIATHS

[Translate] Environment An unprecedented country-wide protest infuses new energy into the antinuclear movement. By Clare Kittredge /...

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Endless War, Endless Greed: Th...

Jun 19, 2016 by

Endless War, Endless Greed: The Pentagon Is Lining Its Pockets with Taxpayer Dollars

[Translate] World A military plan focused not on peace but profitable production contracts for our weapons-making cartels. By Andrew...

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Nuclear ‘Ticking Time Bo...

Jun 13, 2016 by

Nuclear ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ Is a Real Threat to New York, But the Feds Don’t Seem to Care

[Translate]   An aging nuclear power plant suffers a spate of mishaps, but the NRC claims it’s all good. By Cliff Weathers /...

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‘Catastrophic Leak’...

Apr 25, 2016 by

‘Catastrophic Leak’ Found at Hanford Nuclear Site in Washington State

[Translate] Environment “This is probably the biggest event to ever happen in tank farm history.” The Watchers...

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NUCLEAR POWER COSTS ENTER UNCH...

Apr 21, 2016 by

NUCLEAR POWER COSTS ENTER UNCHARTERED TERRITORY

[Translate]   By Paul Brown / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Many international businesses are hoping to cash in on...

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WHILE THEY WERE SHOUTING ̵...

Apr 10, 2016 by

WHILE THEY WERE SHOUTING — A BOTANIST’S LAMENT ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS

[Translate]  By Andrew C. Revkin   Photo Clockwise from top left, Donald J. Trump, Hillary Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont...

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CANTAROW AND LEVY, COULD NUCLE...

Apr 7, 2016 by

[Translate] On March 11, 2011, following a massive earthquake and a devastating tsunami, the cores of three of the reactors at...

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POLITICIANS PUSH NUCLEAR ̵...

Mar 23, 2016 by

POLITICIANS PUSH NUCLEAR ‘POISON PILL’

[Translate]   By Paul Brown / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Construction of a nuclear reactor in Flamanville, France,...

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FEDS CANCEL STUDY OF CANCER RI...

Sep 11, 2015 by

[Translate]   By Sue Sturgis, Facing South | Report This week the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced it was canceling a National...

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Nuclear Hair-Trigger and Launc...

Apr 27, 2015 by

Nuclear Hair-Trigger and Launch-on-Warning: The World Says “No”

[Translate] Lisbeth Gronlund, physicist & co-director, Global Security Almost all the world’s nations gather today at the UN in...

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Global Conference Urges Ban on...

Apr 24, 2015 by

Global Conference Urges Ban on Uranium Mining and Nuclear Power

[Translate]   By Paul Brown, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     The deep scar of an open cast uranium mine in Namibia....

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Netanyahu Slips and Reveals th...

Apr 7, 2015 by

Netanyahu Slips and Reveals the Real Reason He Opposes the Iran Deal

[Translate]   By Juan Cole   TRUTHDIG   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP / Ilia Yefimovich) This post originally...

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Don’t panic! Fukushima radiati...

Jan 7, 2015 by

Don’t panic! Fukushima radiation just hit the West Coast

[Translate] Shutterstock By Amelia Urry GRIST Nuclear energy gives plenty of people the heebie-jeebies: Like horror-movie ghosts and...

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