Looking Back at Our Nuclear Future
The Los Angeles Times heralds the nuclear age in January 1957. (photo via wikipedia) On March 11, communities around the world commemorated the first year of the still-evolving Fukushima Daiichi...
View ArticleSomething Fishy: CRS Report Downplays Fukushima’s Effect on US Marine...
(photo: JanneM) Late Thursday, the United States Coast Guard reported that they had successfully scuttled the Ryou-Un Maru, the Japanese “Ghost Ship” that had drifted into US waters after being torn...
View ArticleEdison Con? San Onofre Nuclear Plant Owner Proposes Reactor Restart
Containment domes or shell game? (Aerial view of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station by Jelson25 via wikipedia) Southern California Edison (SCE), the operator of the troubled San Onofre Nuclear...
View ArticleOyster Creek Nuclear Alert: As Floodwaters Fall, More Questions Arise
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in pre-flood mode. (photo: NRCgov) New Jersey’s Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station remains under an official Alert, a day-and-a-half after the US Nuclear...
View ArticleTwo Years On, Fukushima Raises Many Questions, Provides One Clear Answer
Fukushima’s threats to health and the environment continue. (graphic: Surian Soosay via flickr) You can’t say you have all the answers if you haven’t asked all the questions. So, at a conference on the...
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