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Security guards look at outbound vehicles moving toward them at a security checkpoint where part of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen in the background in Okuma town in Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Feb. 25, 2021. An official

The world rethought nuclear energy after Fukushima. Climate change complicates it.

Fukushima 10 Years Later

Some advocates see the carbon-neutral energy source as a powerful tool to combat climate change, but renewables are increasingly a cheaper option. 

Nuclear reactors of No. 5, center left, and 6 look over tanks storing water that was treated but still radioactive, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Plan to dump Fukushima’s radioactive water into ocean causes outcry

Energy
A mushroom cloud from a nuclear bomb.

How the race for nuclear power began

Nuclear
Salem and Hope Creek nuclear plants

Nuclear energy gets a ‘green’ boost in New Jersey

Environment
President Barack Obama and Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, are seen in this combination photo as they attend the opening ceremony of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on March 24, 2014.

Relations with Russia chill, and nuclear security cooperation gets put on ice

Science
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif both say a landmark nuclear deal might still be possible.

Talks failed to produce a deal on Iranian nukes, but negotiations will go on

Global Politics

Iran and the West couldn’t reach a deal on Iran’s nuclear program, but they did agree to continue talks on a nuclear deal for seven more months. While it’s not what policymakers hoped for, John Kerry and other leaders still seemed positive that a deal is in the making.

Three MIle Island

A former EPA director is pushing for wider use of nuclear power in the US

Environment

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.

The World

Regional Reactions to Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions

Conflict & Justice

Less than a week after Wikileaks revealed the level of nervousness amongst regional leaders about Iran’s apparent aspirations for nuclear power, the country announced it had produced yellowcake uranium domestically. Just in the past hour, key talks between Iran and world powers on Teheran’s disputed nuclear program ended in Geneva, where Iran’s negotiator continued to […]

Obama’s climate plan targets coal, but it will face challenges

Environment

The Obama administration’s big new move on climate policy would cut climate pollution from power plants by 30 percent over the next 16 years, with the biggest reduction coming from coal-fired plants. But opponents promise a fight on many fronts.The Obama administration’s big new move on climate policy would cut climate pollution from power plants by 30 percent over the next 16 years, with the biggest reduction coming from coal-fired plants. But opponents promise a fight on many fronts.

PBS NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien

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

Environment

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.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.