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The future of nuclear energy in the US and worldwide
The future of nuclear energy includes US plant restarts backed by tech money and a Chinese reactor-building boom that's now roughly half the world's total.
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What happened at Fukushima Daiichi, explained simply
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Japan's coast triggered a tsunami that knocked out power and cooling at Fukushima Daiichi, and the fuel in three reactors melted down within days.
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What Germany’s nuclear phase-out did to emissions and coal
Germany shut down its last three nuclear reactors on April 15, 2023, and for most of the decade after Fukushima, the power nuclear used to supply went mostly to coal, not to wind and solar.
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Is Nuclear Power Safe? What the Death-Rate Data Shows
Measured by deaths per unit of electricity produced, nuclear power is one of the safest sources there is, well below coal, oil, gas, and large hydropower. That holds even with Chernobyl and Fukushima counted in.