Tag: Nuclear Power - Page 2
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Obama, Romney, or Stein: Who Has the Greenest Energy Policy?
Hint: One's dark green, one greenish with some brown spots, and one a solid dark brown.
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US Nuclear Regulators Freeze 19 Power Plant Licensing Decisions, After Court Ruling on Waste Storage
Storing spent fuel on-site at nuclear power plants does indeed pose dangerous long-term health and environmental risks, a US Appeals Court has ruled.
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Fukushima Disaster Declared 'Manmade' in Final Report
The final Japanese government report on the Fukushima nuclear disaster has some harsh words for TEPCO, the Japanese nuclear regulators, as well as the government body pushing nuclear power.
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Coal & Nuclear Power Have Over 15x the Water Footprint of Renewable Energy Sources
A new report from the River Network looks at the water footprint of various energy sources, striking another black mark on coal and nuclear's green credentials.
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Radioactive Pet Bowls Sold at Chicago Petco Store
Stainless steel pet bowls contaminated with traces of cobalt-60 found in Illinois Petco stores.
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Crowdsourced Measurements Create a Global Map of Radiation Levels
The Safecast geiger counter is about the size of a phone, and enables a global network for measuring radiation.
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Why Nuclear Power is Not an Energy Solution
With clean energy prosperity in sight, there are well-meaning people who suggest that nuclear power could be part of the solution. The Sierra Club vehemently disagrees with them.
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Japan Switches Nuclear Power Back On, Extends Generous Support for Solar & Wind Power
46% of Japan opposes the move of the Prime Minister to restart two nuclear reactors. At the same time, Japan's new feed-in tariff will double Germany's.
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Fukushima Nuclear Plant Wall Bulge Raises New Concerns About Another Disaster
"The No. 4 reactor is visibly damaged and in a fragile state, down to the floor that holds the spent fuel pool."
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New Smartphone Comes With Radiation Detector
With the concern over radiation contamination, this might prove to be a popular selling point for the new phone.
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There Will be Another Nuclear Meltdown Every 10 Years, Report Says
There's going to be a major nuclear reactor meltdown every 10-20 years, a new report argues. But that doesn't necessarily mean we need despair.
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Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power
For the first time in over 40 years, Japan has not a single nuclear power plant generating electricity. The March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown shattered public confidence in atomic energy.
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Ask the Experts: Where's the Green Outrage Over Nuclear Weapons?
Why aren't nuclear weapons such a top concern of environmentalists like they used to be? Satish Kumar of Resurgence magazine answers.
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From Environmentalism's Future to the Politics of Bread: TreeHugger Talks With Resurgence Editor Satish Kumar
"I'm optimistic that in the next 40 years we'll see a big change in consciousness. People will turn to a lifestyle that is elegant and simple, where you can live well within the means of the Earth. All of that is to come."
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Japan's Second-to-Last Nuclear Plant Shuts Down - Nation Will Be Nuclear Free By May
TEPCO will not be restarting the final reactor of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, leaving just one nuclear power plant operational in the entire nation.
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Arizona Tribe & Enviro Groups Defend Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban Against Industry Lawsuit
"We intend to defend these lands from this ill-considered attack by the uranium industry.”
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Japan After Fukushima, One Year Later
Here's a tally of the damage Fukushima has wrought on Japan thus far—and what that damage means for nuclear power around the world.
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Fukushima's Fog: Nuclear Power One Year After Crisis
On the anniversary of Fukushima, we take a look at how the crisis has shaped the role of nuclear power around the world.
