The Party Line – September 23, 2011: In Post-Fukushima Reality, What is the...
Beginning a story with a correction for what might seem a technical detail might not provide the most attention-grabbing lede, but it opens the door to a broader, and important, observation. Last...
View ArticleToo Cheap to Meter, Too Expensive to Compete
“Clean, safe, and too cheap to meter.” This sunny tagline from the early days of atomic energy has more recently become the quickest way to sum up how dark and dismal its prospects are today–as in,...
View ArticleDoes the Netroots Care about Nuclear Power?
Van Jones speaking to the faithful at this year’s Netroots Nation conference in Providence, RI – June 9, 2012. On Thursday, June 7, as hundreds of online journalists and activists gathered in...
View ArticleFor Nuclear Power This Summer, It’s Too Darn Hot
You know that expression, “Hotter than July?” Well, this July, July was hotter than July. Depending on what part of the country you live in, it was upwards of three degrees hotter this July than the...
View ArticleEnd-of-Summer News Puts Nuclear Renaissance on Permanent Vacation
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 & 2, near Lusby Maryland. (photo: NRCgov) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission cannot issue a license for the construction and operation of a new nuclear...
View ArticleBook Salon – Joseph Mangano, Author of Mad Science: The Nuclear Power Experiment
[Note: On Saturday afternoon, I hosted FDL Book Salon, featuring a live Q&A with Joseph Mangano, author of Mad Science: The Nuclear Power Experiment. This is a repost of that discussion.] In...
View ArticleOyster Creek Nuclear Alert: As Floodwaters Fall, More Questions Arise
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in pre-flood mode. (photo: NRCgov) New Jersey’s Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station remains under an official Alert, a day-and-a-half after the US Nuclear...
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