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Nuclear renaissance

The Future of Nuclear Energy One Year After the Fukushima Meltdown

One year ago this Sunday a massive earthquake devastated northeast Japan. The Japanese barely had time to catch their breath before waves of water 30 feet high crashed down on the coast.  Twenty-thousand people died; 90,000 were evacuated.  The natural disasters were soon followed by a nuclear crisis.  In the year since the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi […]

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Nuclear Renaissance

The U.S. nuclear energy industry is making a big push to expand with new reactors in the Southeast, despite concerns of cost and what to do with all that radioactive waste.

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Nukes in central and eastern Europe

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Countries in Central and Eastern Europe are taking a new look at nuclear energy. Proponents say the construction of nuclear plants could provide greater energy independence while reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.

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