Used Nuclear Fuel and the Fission-Fusion Cycle

President-elect Obama often mentions the "safety" of used nuclear fuel as a block to a whole-hearted embrace of nuclear energy, s...

Arjun Makhijani and Nuclear Absolutism

The Wall Street Journal's Environmental Capital blog has an interesting post of a debate between two environmentalists with, shall we...

Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Home to One-Fifth of the Nation's Crocodiles

Florida Power & Light (operator of Turkey Point ) has the best idea when it comes to nuclear plant security: host hundreds of crocodile...

Legends and Facts: Steven Chu on Nuclear Energy

[Edit: Click here for coverage of Steven Chu's confirmation hearing .] So how is Steven Chu playing as the purported candidate for Dep...

NBC Reports Energy Secretary, EPA Chief

NBC's First Read has the story first: From NBC's Savannah Guthrie Obama will name Steven Chu his choice for Energy secr...

Spiraling Around Constellation Energy

CNN reports that Electricite de France is in discussions with Constellation Energy to take over half its nuclear business. Now, it should...

Thinking Twice in Scotland

Nuclear energy supplies about 40% of the energy in Scotland, but its two plants are due to be retired in 15 years. What then? The Scots hav...