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A rare and powerful grassroots movement of fishermen, farmers, former judges, scientists and bureaucrats is threatening to scuttle nuclear megaprojects.
NEW DELHI, India—When India's central government passed the long-delayed Indo-U.S. nuclear...
Oct 25, 2011
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Spent fuel also creates new stockpiles of radioactive waste in need of disposal, with few options available
When the Zion Nuclear Power Station in Illinois closed its doors in 1998, plant owner Commonwealth...
Jun 13, 2011
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Last summer, a heat wave forced a TVA nuclear plant to run at 50% capacity for eight weeks, costing ratepayers $50 million, an investigation finds
On July 8, 2010, as the temperature in downtown Decatur, Alabama, climbed to a sweltering 98...
Apr 14, 2011
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Report wary of "French model of nuclear socialism," and calls $36 billion of federal loan guarantees a raw deal for taxpayers
Government subsidies of nuclear power plans could hitch U.S taxpayers to a technology that suffers...
Sep 16, 2010
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Two reactors near Atlanta would be the nation's first in nearly 30 years
The U.S. Department Energy (DOE) and utility giant Southern Co. reached an agreement on a long-...
Jun 28, 2010
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Efforts to Expand Construction in Iowa, California Uncertain; Six States Fight Off Challenges to Atomic Bans
As the federal government continues to push nuclear power as a viable energy alternative for the...
May 5, 2010
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A new era of nuclear power wouldn't be "up to the job" of shrinking America's greenhouse gas...
Nov 30, 2009
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Nuclear power has long been controversial for its radioactive waste, history of dangerous meltdowns...
Sep 18, 2009
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