nuclear power

Imagine if instead of having a nuclear power plant, that uses Uranium, produces heavy water, radioactive waste, a certain amount of carbon emissions, and could be converted to be used as a weapon, we had a thorium power plant. Why would we have a thorium power plant? I hear...

Yasuteru Yamada proposes that the elders take over the radioactive cleanup and his arguments are absolutely in-discussable. The 72 year old retiree is recruiting other elders based on the premise that, on average, they have at most 12-15 years left to live, and it would be difficult to catch,...

With all the alternative power sources currently available, and those being discovered on an almost daily basis, isn’t it about time, on the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear incident, that someone talks at least some sense into those boneheads. Earlier I was watching a press conference that was...

While the government of Japan does their best to assuage our fears, the situation at TEPCO’s Daiichi nuclear power plant seems nothing short of dire. Nuclear energy has a polarizing effect on scientists; they either love it or hate it, often in equal measure. The facts: the reactor designs...

The Government of Japan has been working hard on convincing us that everything is almost under control at TEPCO’s troubled Daiichi power station. As long as they keep the water pumping, they will be able to keep the nuclear reaction from spiraling out of control and keep an accident...