Japan May Quit Nuclear, But not Soon, Minister Says
Although opinions among the Japanese are very different, the country's economy minister's Yukio Edano told Reuters in Paris that they will reduce the reliance...
Nuclear Power Remains Vital to Combat Global Warming, UK Expert Claims
Britain's chief scientific adviser, John Beddington, recently declared that nuclear power remains vital in the fight against global warming, also referring to Japan's Fukushima...
Geobacter Bacteria Cleaning up Nuclear Waste and Generating Electricity
Some microbes may be able to clean up nuclear waste and at the same time generate electricity. Michigan State University (MSU) researchers have recently...
NASA May Build Nuclear Reactors on Moon and Mars
Nuclear power has originally been designed for use in terrestrial environments, but scientists at NASA think people could use nuclear fission reactors in extra-terrestrial...
Coal Mining Produces More Deaths Per TWh Than Nuclear, Study Says
Everybody's been talking lately about the threat that nuclear power poses to humans, that's a known fact. Another fact which few think of is the number of deaths coal mining produces, both direct and indirect, through the various diseases triggered by the fine carbon dust.
Nuclear Power Surpassed By Renewables In 2011
While some political forces in the U.S. still press for funding more nuclear power more, renewable energy production has exceeded nuclear during the first three months of 2011.
France To Build More Nuclear Power Plants, Also Invests in Renewables
In a total defiance to what happened in Fukushima, and the negative reaction of Germany, Italy and Sweden to nuclear power, French president Nicolas Sarkozy reaffirms the country's reliance on nuclear power by announcing the investment of a billion euros in this field.
Beznau Protest Success: All Swiss Nuclear Power Plants To Go Offline Until 2034
In a recent article I published, I've been saying that it's hard to almost impossible for a country like France, which depends heavily on nuclear power, to give up using it. Well, it looks like the democratic process worked after all in Switzerland, where crowds peacefully demonstrating near one of the oldest nuclear power plant in Beznau succeeded convincing the authorities to give up nuclear for good until 2034.
Nuclear Power Plants Vulnerable to Effects of Climate Change
Lately, nuclear power has proven itself vulnerable not to terrorist attacks, but to nature itself. Disasters such as the well-known from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan raise questions about how safe nuclear power really is and how current and future plants will be able to cope with climate change.
Possible Solution for Storing Nuclear Waste Comes From MIT
The earthquake that hit Japan recently has got every state with nuclear waste thinking: what if the leak should happen to us? What then? So the United States are currently reviewing their nuclear waste policy in search of a better way to store residues. Otherwise, the current facilities are a somewhat easy target for natural disasters and terrorist attacks.
