“The Only Reason Nuclear Is Attractive”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she might run for another term next year, but for our purposes, this stands out from a recent interview: A...

"Nuclear energy rarely kills and causes little illness"

The Washington Post makes a point that is easy to lose sight of while all eyes are turned to Fukushima Daiichi: History suggests that nucle...

News Coverage: The Post and the Times (NYC and LA)

How are our major newspapers reporting on the situation in Japan today?  The New York Times still has it at the front of its site, but Libya...

Answering the Question: Yes, But…

The Washington Post has up a collection of articles asking the question: After Japan’s disaster, will nuclear energy have a future in Ameri...

The Clean Energy Standard

The most striking element (from an energy perspective, certainly) of the State of the Union speech was President Barack Obama’s embrace of ...

Hans Blix, Psychological Tricks, Editorial Picks

Here’s a story we certainly had no reason to expect: The United Arab Emirates said Monday it had appointed former United Nations chie...

A Snapshot in Nuclear Time

Let’s take a snapshot of the legislative landscape as it relates to nuclear energy: Last week, Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Jim We...

The Washington Post on Yucca Mountain

The editorial board takes a look at the Obama administration’s decision to reduce funding for Yucca Mountain: If the president's ...

Yucca Yuks

Via Tom Toles in today's Washington Post .

Calvert Cliffs Expansion: The Response

This story, Little Outcry on Nuclear Reactor Proposal , in today's Washington Pos t caught our collective eye. As Maryland regulators b...