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Over at Slate, Nina Shen Rastogi has a nice primer on the pros and cons of nuclear energy. The pros are pretty obvious—nuclear is a low-carbon energy source that, unlike wind or solar, can run ...
Looking closely at the pros and cons There are legitimate arguments for and against nuclear power plants. But while it is agreed that a few nuclear power plants are way past their usefulness, like ...
A nuclear engineer discusses the pros and cons of nuclear energy, and ongoing concerns about nuclear security.
It can be hard to make up your mind about nuclear power. Two scientists help you sort through the arguments and come to your own conclusions.
Nuclear energy is far safer than its reputation implies. It's also clean and reliable -- yet power plants are being phased out around the world.
The Alberta government has appointed a panel of scientific, business, economic experts to study the pros and cons of nuclear power as one developer considers a C$10 billion ($9.8 billion) plant ...
For nearly a century, scientists have been tantalized by the prospect of attaining an inexhaustible source of energy through nuclear fusion. Unfortunately, engineering a controlled environment ...
The US researchers calculated that nuclear power had prevented an average of 1.84 million deaths between 1971 and 2009 that would have been caused by air pollution resulting from burning fossil fuels.
Nuclear power is having a moment. After decades of plant closures, "the long controversial power source is gaining backers," Evan Halper writes at The Washington Post. In California, officials ...
Nuclear power has been in the headlines a lot in New York state. The Fitzpatrick plant’s back-and-forth over closing generated particular interest, as the potential closure represented a hit to ...
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