Tag: Nuclear Power - Page 5
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Renewable Energy Gets One-Tenth Government Support As Nuclear Power Did When Beginning
The conventional environmental wisdom (not unwarranted) on energy subsidies is that fossil fuels got way more government support in their infancy than renewable energy is getting today. A new report, highlighted by
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10 Nuclear-Powered Superheroes and Supervillains (Video Slideshow)
In the 1940s and 50s, when comic books surged in popularity, a great number of superheroes had origin stories rooted in the fear of nuclear power gone wrong. Whether via spider bite, cosmic storm, or experiment gone
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Europe's Largest Engineering Company Quits Nuclear, Will Focus on Renewables
Siemens, Europe's largest engineering conglomerate, is severing its ties to nuclear power. CEO Peter Löscher has announced that effective immediately, the company will no longer make any investments in nuclear power. A
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Kenyan Oil Pipeline, French Nuclear Site Explode + Earthquakes, Flooding, Fracking & Fukushima
From today's pipeline explosion in Kenya and nuclear plant explosion in the south of France, to word coming late last week about the effects of the Virginia earthquake on nuclear power, to the amount of radiation released into the sea in the Fukushima
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The Week in Pictures: Greenland Disappearing, Floating Pod Hotels, and More (Slideshow)
Despite protests from climate change deniers, proof that the world's glaciers are melting keeps piling up. In just two years, large stretches of Greenland have disappeared into the ocean, and the comparison of photos from 2009 and
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Energy Efficiency Makes Nuclear Power Seem Like A Waste of Money, Energy & Jobs (Infographic)
With all the talk among the Republican hopefuls for President about opening up more of the US for energy exploration in the name of job creation, here's an infographic laying out in stark terms how many
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Most Popular Articles of August: 13-Year-Old's Science Project, 121-Year-Old's All-Natural Diet, and More (Slideshow)
The long Labor Day weekend (for our American readers, at least) is a bittersweet moment; the extra day off also signals the end of summer. In honor of another season gone, here are the 10 most popular stories we covered in August,
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Radioactive Waste Is Piling Up in Japanese Sewage Treatment Plants, Some Sold as Fertilizer
The disaster at Fukushima may have faded from the news cycle, but the radioactive waste it left behind isn't going anywhere. At the Saitama sewage treatment plant, 169 miles from Fukushima, workers are dealing with tons of
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Glowing "Soldiers" Represent Nuclear Threat in Creepy Art Exhibit
In the wake of the disaster at Fukushima, the German parliament voted overwhelmingly to rid the country of nuclear power by 2022. But while anonymous artistic group Luzinterruptus applauds the
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Dr. Michel Gelobter on Nukes, Republicans, Tech, and the Future of Energy (Podcast)
After seven years in government, seven years in non-profits, and seven years in business, Michel Gelobter jokes that he's headed for the clergy next. And why not? He's led Redefining Progress, been a professor at Rutgers, and run environmental quality
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Virginia's Earthquake-Triggered Nuclear Reactor Shutdown Explained
After yesterday's earthquake on the US East Coast, two nuclear reactors at the North Anna Power Station in Louisa County, Virginia, were shut down. I know many people will have questions about what this mean (is it a routine precaution or
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How Shutting Down Nuclear Power Is Different Than Wind Power Intermittency
Right after the Fukushima nuclear disaster began I wrote about how wind turbines survived unscathed in the earthquake zone and began producing power again quickly, while the nuclear power plant... well, we know what happened. Most
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Residents Near Fukushima Power Plant May Not Be Able To Go Home For Decades
It may have slipped from the headlines for most of us, but the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster is still front and center for people who used to live nearby. Citing Japanese government sources, The Guardian reports that the area around the plant
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Studying Radioactive Sulfur From Fukushima Teaches Us About Coal Pollution From China
In amongst all the coverage of and concern about the Fukushima nuclear disaster the fact that air pollution from coal power plants in normal operation kills far more people each year than does nuclear power rose to the top. As for the fallout of that
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Anti-Nuclear Protest Uses Bikes, Boats and a Mock Evacuation of NYC (Photos)
At 7:45 yesterday morning, a group of cyclists rode from Manhattan's Lower East Side to Grand Central Terminal. They were activists, wearing white jumpsuits painted with anti-nuclear slogans and pinwheels
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Monbiot Says Greens Must Fight Carbon Emissions, Not Nuclear
The war of words between the now pro-nuclear George Monbiot and decidedly anti nuclear green veteran Jonathan Porritt continues. Having claimed that Monbiot was part of the problem for uncritically swallowing nuclear industry research, and ignoring
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Man Arrested for Attempting to Split the Atom in his Kitchen
People take up some crazy hobbies out there: building elaborate model trains, collecting dusty old stamps, attempting to split the atom
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A Nuclear Engineer on Fukushima And The Future Of The Industry
I was sitting on the deck talking to a young nuclear engineer, J, who suggested that the Fukushima disaster may actually be good for the nuclear industry. He remembers reading
