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Reconstructing nuclear confidence in a post-Fukushima world is a long and painful process. Russian experience in this field can offer some interesting solutions to decision-makers.[read more]

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It is high time for the communicators to get to work on reducing the outrage that causes the perceived risk of nuclear energy to remain high for the public, the government, and the investment community.[read more]

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It's important we learn the "right" lessons from Fukushima. This will lead to improving the response following accidents, and then ultimately starting a meaningful dialogue to reduce the public fear of nuclear energy.[read more]

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For many people who have not deeply thought about the issue, the idea that nuclear energy saves lives certainly qualifies as a “mind-bending story” from a unique perspective.[read more]

Since the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011, and which resulted in one of the worst nuclear accidents in recent history, Japan has signaled its intentions to transition towards clean, alternative energy.[read more]

Tepco has recently released measurements that provide convincing evidence that virtually all of the corium in Fukushima Daiichi unit #1 remains safely stored inside an intact reactor pressure vessel. Despite all claims to the contrary, no substantial quantities of that material have melted through the pressure vessel to fall onto the...[read more]

Guest Post by Tom Blees. Tom Blees is the author of Prescription for the Planet – The Painless Remedy for Our Energy & Environmental Crises. Tom is also the president of the Science Council for Global Initiatives and a board member of the UN-affiliated World Energy Forum [wef21.org]. Many of the goals of SCGI, and the methods to...[read more]

Delays at Watts Bar 2 push back start up at Bellefonte While the rest of the country focuses on the NRC’s approval of four new Westinghouse AP1000 reactors at two sites, the Tennessee Valley Authority has its own in-house version of the nuclear renaissance and right now it is running late. TVA CEO Tom Kilgore told the utility’s board of...[read more]

Democracy Now's June 10th airing of an interview with Robert Alvarez from the Institute for Policy Studies and Aileen Mioko Smith ED of Green Action, provides excellent dialogue on the nuclear consequences from Fukushima, with specifics on ocean and land contamination, and why nuclear waste is a concern in Japan and elsewhere. After...[read more]

The Japanese Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry's (METI) Embassy in Brussels has released a 43 page report today providing an overview of the Tsunami/Earthquake, Rescue Efforts and Foreign Assistance and challenges of their affected Nuclear Power Stations.Key Challenges identified are the cool down of reactors, containing the spread...[read more]

The nuclear fallout from the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami that rocked Japan on Friday continues to escalate.  After a third reactor explosion occurred early Tuesday morning at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, a fourth reactor started on fire causing more radioactive material to be released. Radioactive material...[read more]