Climate Change China’s losing its taste for nuclear power. That’s bad news. Once nuclear’s strongest booster, China is growing wary about its cost and safety. by Peter Fairley 2018-12-12T07:00:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy Six Years On, Fukushima’s Cleanup Looks Harder Than Ever And the safety concerns embodied by the disaster still plague the nuclear industry. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-03-10T14:00:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy Three Decades On, Chernobyl’s Specter Haunts Nuclear Power More nuclear plants could combat climate change, but safety concerns plague the industry—fairly or not. by Richard Martin 2016-04-26T16:43:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy The Effects of Fukushima Linger after Five Years, but Not from Radiation While hundreds died in the evacuation, none perished as a result of exposure to radiation. by Richard Martin 2016-03-10T13:53:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy New Nuclear Fuel Could Boost Reactors, But Also Safety Worries A new fuel rod design will be tested in a full-size reactor, but some worry it could bring fresh safety problems. by David Talbot 2014-09-29T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Going Nuclear: The Global Power Picture Three years after the Fukushima disaster, some countries are pulling back from nuclear power while others grow capacity. by Mike Orcutt 2014-04-09T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Japan’s Floating Wind Turbines Show the Challenges of Renewables There’s a huge amount of wind off the coast of Japan, but harnessing it will be fantastically expensive. by Kevin Bullis 2013-10-28T17:07:54-04:00
Sustainable Energy How the Fukushima Ice Barrier Will Block Radioactive Groundwater Japan plans to stop leaking radioactive groundwater at Fukushima with an underground wall of ice. Here’s how it would work. by Peter Fairley 2013-08-30T14:58:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Volunteers See Fukushima Radiation on the Move Crowd-sourced data provides a high-res view of radiation levels in Japan. by Aviva Hope Rutkin 2013-07-23T13:41:04-04:00
Sustainable Energy Japan’s Economic Troubles Spur a Return to Nuclear Some of the nuclear power plants shut down after the Fukushima disaster could restart soon. by Kevin Bullis 2013-03-08T00:00:00-05:00
