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Catholic priests lead a protest march at an anti-nuclear demonstration outside of Seoul in April 2017.

South Korean Catholics take the lead in protesting against nuclear power

The nuclear threat from North Korea is a big deal. But in South Korea, some Catholic leaders see a different nuclear problem, right in their own backyard. Catholic clergy are taking the lead in protests against South Korea's dependence on nuclear energy.

South Korean Catholics take the lead in protesting against nuclear power
A worker works at the Fuel Manufacturing plant at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility 440 km (273 miles) south of Tehran April 9, 2009.

Iran starts to dismantle its nuclear infrastructure as part of agreement with West

Iran starts to dismantle its nuclear infrastructure as part of agreement with West
A global map combining geoneutrinos from natural uranium and thorium decay in the earth’s crust and mantle, and neutrinos emitted by power reactors worldwide. From Usman, S.M. et al. AGM2015: Antineutrino Global Map 2015. Sci. Rep. 5, 13945; doi: 10.1038/

A new map may help scientists figure out how Earth’s inner core formed

A new map may help scientists figure out how Earth’s inner core formed
Employees of nuclear power plant prepare for re-opening

Update: Japan's nuclear plants re-open despite protests, four years after Fukushima

Update: Japan's nuclear plants re-open despite protests, four years after Fukushima
President Barack Obama and India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, talk as they have coffee and tea together in the gardens of Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 25, 2015. Obama is visiting India for three days to attend Republic Day celebrations and

Obama enjoys a Modi bromance during his India trip

Obama enjoys a Modi bromance during his India trip
These residents have been given temporary jobs maintaining public places.

Not everyone wants the clean-up in Fukushima to be over

It's been three and a half years since the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, and clean-up is still going. The area is still too dangerous for residents to return, but an army of decontamination employees has created its own small economy in the area, keeping a small number of businesses alive.

Not everyone wants the clean-up in Fukushima to be over
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A former EPA director is pushing for wider use of nuclear power in the US

Climate change has become such a grave and existential threat that both scientists and concerned citizens say carbon emission reduction must be steep and immediate. This has led many people to call for more nuclear power as part of the solution.

A former EPA director is pushing for wider use of nuclear power in the US
PBS NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien

Science reporter Miles O'Brien on the Fukushima cleanup, irradiated fish and losing his arm on assignment

Three years after the tsunami-induced meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, PBS NewsHour correspondent Miles O'Brien talks about the continuing contamination crisis, and the accident that caused him to lose his arm.

Science reporter Miles O'Brien on the Fukushima cleanup, irradiated fish and losing his arm on assignment
A sign reading "Nuclear Power - The Energy for a Better Future" hangs over a street in the town of Futaba, inside the 12-mile radius exclusion zone around Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in a 2012 photo.

One lesson of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown is that Japan's culture needs to change

Three years after the triple meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, neither local communities nor the country's economy have fully recovered. And one critic says Japan won't be safe again until it's made some fundamental changes in its culture.

One lesson of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown is that Japan's culture needs to change
The government of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is proposing to restore nuclear power to a prominent position in the country's energy mix, nearly three years after a triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

In a post-Fukushima shift, Japan's government charts a path back to a nuclear future

Japan's prime minister has unveiled a plan to restart the country's nuclear energy program almost three years after the Fukushima disaster. But given the country's deep divide over nuclear power, the plan is short of specifics and retains a commitment to developing renewable energy sources.

In a post-Fukushima shift, Japan's government charts a path back to a nuclear future

US sailors sue over radiation illnesses they blame on Fukushima

More than 70 people, mostly sailors, have sued the Tokyo Electric Power Company for making them sick. Naval personnel claim the company, which ran the Fukushima nuclear reactor, failed to warn the US Navy that its ships were sailing into dangerously radioactive waters.

US sailors sue over radiation illnesses they blame on Fukushima
An aerial view of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks, taken August 31, 2013. Japan pledged nearly $500 million to contain leaks and decontaminate radioactive water fro

Fukushima Leaks Up the Ante for Japanese Government

Host Marco Werman speaks with Jeff Kingston of Temple University Japan about the status of the cleanup, what's at stake for the government, and the government's delicate relationship with TEPCO, the company that owns the plant.

Fukushima Leaks Up the Ante for Japanese Government

A Missile Base Called Home

A Missile Base Called Home

The Good Nuclear

The Good Nuclear

Eugene Hutz

Eugene Hutz