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Protesters in Tokyo Demand End to Nuclear Power
TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in a Tokyo park Saturday, demanding an end to atomic power and vowing never to give up the fight, despite two years of...
Nuclear Power and Superstorms Don’t Mix
Now is the time to assess future risks to our dependence on nuclear energy
Some Last Minute Endorsements: Chris Rock, Will Ferrell and Mr. Burns
A few last laughs (and pitches for your vote) before the polls close.
Report: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster was “Manmade”
An independent parliamentary committee issued a report on Thursday on last year’s crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, concluding the disaster...
Start Your Engines: Japan Gets Ready to Return to Nuclear Power
Japan appears to be on the verge of restarting two of its nuclear reactors after the mayor of the town of Oi, where the reactors are located, gave the government...
Goodbye Nuclear Power -- and Hello More Carbon?
As the only victim of an atomic bombing, Japan has always reacted ambivalently at best toward nuclear power. This is the country of the hibakusha -- the...
Checking Radioactivity? There’s a Phone for That
With various parts of northeastern Japan still closed to visitors more than a year after a major earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear...
In Wake of Protests, India Confirms Commitment to Boosting Nuclear Power
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took his moment at the podium at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul this week to re-assert India’s commitment nuclear energy. “We...
In Wake of Demonstrations, India Confirms Commitment to Boosting Nuclear Power
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took his moment at the podium at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul this week to re-assert India's commitment nuclear energy. "We...
Nuked: A Year After Fukushima, Nuclear Power Is Down — and Carbon Is Up
The Fukushima nuclear disaster didn’t kill a single person, but it may take out an industry: the nuclear power industry. That’s what it looks like — at least in...
