The Insanity of Expanding Nuclear Energy
A lifelong environmentalist weighs the pros and cons of whether we should be building more nuclear power plants…
nuclear
The Environmental Toll Of Russia’s War On Ukraine
As the Russian military continues its invasion on Ukraine, environmentalists worry about the toll on the environment.
More Nuclear Is No Solution To Climate Crisis
If you live on planet earth, you’re wise to be tracking domestic and foreign moves to increase reliance on nuclear energy.
How Renewables Are Surpassing Coal And Nuclear
Renewables are finally surpassing coal and nuclear as viable, economic energy sources, and it couldn’t have happened at a better time.
Dust-ups Continue Over Radioactive Waste Storage At San Onofre
The decommissioning of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) has been riddled with controversies since it was shuttered in 2013, undermining public confidence in Southern California Edison’s management of highly radioactive nuclear waste which will be stored on-site for the foreseeable future.
The Misguided Exile of Nuclear Power How Banishment of a Safe Technology Will Keep Fossil Fuels in the Driver’s Seat
Nuclear power could and should be our climate savior; instead its banishment will keep fossil fuels in the driver’s seat for the foreseeable future.
Ticking Time Bomb at San Onofre Nuclear Plant What happens to SoCal radioactive waste is anybody's guess...and everybody's worry
The seaside nuclear reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in San Clemente were permanently shut down in 2013 following steam generator malfunction. What to do with the 3.6 million pounds of highly radioactive waste remains an epic problem.
Chernobyl Wildlife Thriving 30 Years Later
These days, wildlife is thriving around the site of the nuclear reactor meltdown at Chernobyl in the Ukraine three decades ago. Biologists say the lack of people in the “Exclusion Zone” thirty kilometers around reactor has made it easier for the animals that did survive — and their progeny — to now flourish.
Fusion Energy: Nuclear Gone Good?
Nuclear fusion may be the most promising energy source that most of us have never heard of. Scientists first discovered fusion as a potential energy source in the 1930’s and have been quietly working on it ever since. Only recently, given societal pressure to find alternatives to fossil fuels, has fusion started to capture the attention of the media and policymakers—and now researchers are hoping the process can become a key source of safe, clean, reliable energy in the near future.
A Nuclear Power Resurgence?
I thought Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown would have sealed nuclear power’s fate, but I keep hearing otherwise. Can you enlighten?