It's hard for non-techies to understand why keeping fuel rods covered with water is a problem.
Issues / Environment
Remember the threat of terrorist attacks on nuclear power plants?
By the eminent British environmental writer's calculation, nuclear energy may be preferable to coal.
Fukushima has been but a minor inconvenience to nuclear energy advocates.
Nuclear reactors fail you just when you need them most.
Will Japan's crippled reactors slow the renewed rush to nuclear energy?
The video of Fukushima exploding gone viral can't be good for the nuclear energy industry.
The next 50 years are not going to be pretty if we don't act fast on climate change.
Levying a tiny tax on financial transactions could help build a healthier and more stable future.
Democrats and civil society groups won important concessions on the free trade agreement with Peru. But politicians in both countries have undermined those gains.