Tant: Nuclear power presents grim realities
When Japan was bludgeoned by the natural disasters of earthquake and tsunami earlier this month, the world was shown the grim portent of an unnatural disaster with nuclear power and the possibility of a man-made catastrophe in a high-tech nation. As technicians fought to dampen the fires that threatened nuclear reactors and radioactive fuel-rod storage pools, the world watched and wondered.

Nuclear power plant reflects shift in strategy
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's planned loan guarantee to build the first nuclear power plant in the U.S in almost three decades is part of a broad shift in energy strategy to lessen dependence on foreign oil and reduce the use of other fossil fuels blamed for global warming.

Forum: Nuclear power is way to a post-carbon era
If America is on the verge of a "nuclear renaissance," as proponents of nuclear power contend, our nuclear Dark Age has cost us dearly. The nuclear industry provides 19.7 percent of America's electrical power, a remarkably small share for a country with our industrial capacity and energy needs. There were 112 reactors operating in the United States in 1990. Today, there are just more than 100.