Since Nevada has balked at storing nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, spent fuel rods are piling up in U.S. nuclear plants.
Fukushima: Where Do Aliens Store Their Spent Fuel Rods?
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Thanks to Fukushima Light Shed on U.S. Nuclear Facility Located on a Volcano
Like the Fukushima reactors, U.S. nuclear labs lie on faults.
In the End, Fukushima a Gift to the Nuclear Energy Industry?
The Fukushima reactors survival of both an earthquake and tsunami with minimal radiation release can be a powerful selling point for nuclear power plants.
For Clue to How U.S. Would Respond to Its Own Fukushima, Look at Financial Crisis
The U.S. response to the financial crisis showed scant evidence that we learned from our mistakes.
Commentary Urges Congress to Investigate PBS for Linking to Right Web!
Now we know why the House voted to kill emergency funding for PBS — it linked to Right Web.
Japan Nuclear Crisis Obscures Greatest Nuclear Energy Threat of All
On 9/11 Flight 111 flew over New York’s Indian Point power plant.
U.S. Military Spending Marches On
With a new Congress with a House controlled by Republicans who have trumpeted deficit reduction as one of their central priorities, it would be logical to expect that there might be trimming in one of the largest and most bloated areas of US government spending: the nation’s $700bn military budget. However, the realities of Washington, DC are different than the rhetoric.
Time for Intervention Running Out
With Libyan government forces advancing towards the rebel capital of Benghazi, the time for possible military intervention by the U.S. and its NATO or other allies appears to be running short.
How the Tiny Kingdom of Bahrain Strong-Armed the President of the United States
Just how American bullets make their way into Bahraini guns, into weapons used by troops suppressing pro-democracy protesters, opens a wider window into the shadowy relationships between the Pentagon and a number of autocratic states in the Arab world.
Pro-Nuclear Energy Forces Barely Pause to Rubberneck at Fukushima
Global warming and financial considerations fuel the proliferation of nuclear energy.