Reactors Put Us at Risk for Nuclear Terrorism
Nuclear power plants are already rife with operational safety issues. Now security questions render them unacceptably perilous, too.
Virginia Is for Dirty-Energy Lovers
Dominion is skimping on solar and wind as it aims to build a fracked-gas pipeline and another nuclear reactor.
The Storage and Disposal Challenges of High Burnup Spent Power Reactor Fuel
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has bowed to the wishes of nuclear reactor operators, motivated more by economics than safe spent nuclear fuel storage and disposal.
The Nuclear Industry’s Meltdown
The former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says every single reactor in the nation should be shut down, starting with the riskiest.
Just Follow the Oil
Washington’s fuss over Iran has more to do with its natural gas and oil reserves than anything else.
Minding the Nuclear Fault Line
The federal government should transfer the spent nuclear fuel held at a shuttered nuclear power plant in Southern California before the next earthquake strikes.
Report: Reducing the Hazards of High-Level Radioactive Waste in Southern California
A new IPS report addresses the potential risks of spent nuclear fuel storage at the San Onofre Nuclear Station (SONGS).
Cleaning Up Our Portfolios
A new movement is putting pressure on people and institutions to dump their investments in dirty energy companies.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (4/18)
From the alternative energy that’s not so alternative to victory for Iran.
Iran’s Weak Emergency Infrastructure Would Only Compound Effects of an Attack
Why are states allowed to implement nuclear energy without a sufficient emergency preparedness program?
A Nuclear Strike on States’ Rights
Vermont’s Yankee reactor would have closed this year had a power company kept a decade-old promise.
Marching Orders for Japan’s Reactionaries
A new CSIS report is indicative of the American foreign policy establishment’s contempt for Japan.
America’s Own Loose Nukes
The government can’t simply bury its uranium-233 problem.
U.S. on a Pedestal of Nuclear Immorality
What did Iran do to us to merit heavy U.S. sanctions? The media doesn’t ask this question.
Radioactive Ties
Whether corporate political money shouts or whispers, it still corrupts.