Nuke Energy: The Next Casualty of Japan
The aftershocks from the Japan quake are being felt around the world: Nuclear energy projects are being suspended with knee-jerk swiftness and little thought. It's like watching a Japanese Monster B-Movie: Battered by two epically-scaled natural disasters and now a human-made emergency in the form …Japan's Damaged Reactors: No Chernobyl
UPDATED: The quake-damaged reactors still haven't released enough radiation to harm the public, a testament to good design and emergency planning. "The first quality for a commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by …
Nuke Critic: U.S. Has 23 Fukushima-Type Reactors
Could a Japanese style nuclear disaster happen in the United States? Could a Japanese style nuclear disaster happen here? There are currently 23 GE nuclear plants currently operating in the United States with a design that is identical to the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi installation which has …The Right Way to Defend Nuke Power
The accident in Japan shouldn't make us abandon nuclear energy. The nuke industry though is doing a poor job convincing the public. The tragedy in Japan has led to much criticism of nuclear energy (mostly by the left), attempts to defend it (mostly by the right), and a lot of confused and …China's New Wave Nuke Plants
Japan's damaged nuclear reactor may be grabbing all the headlines, but in China, a new generation of nuclear plants are powering up. Evan Osnos in the New Yorker on the design of China's new generation of nuclear plants: [H]ow do some of these Chinese plants look up close? For that, I …The Fake Japanese Nuke Scare
An explosion at an earthquake damaged nuclear plant in Japan has raised fears of a nuclear incident. How worries should we be? An explosion at an earthquake damaged nuclear plant in Japan has raised fears of a nuclear incident. But how realistic are the fears? This dramatic headline blasts out …