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MIT: We've Got Plenty of Uranium

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100

Nuclear power advocates have a new weapon against detractors who claim that there isn't enough uranium to support a growing nuclear habit.READ»

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Is Solar Power Now Cheaper Than Nuclear Energy?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100

Solar power took a big step toward becoming the alternative energy of choice with this week's news that energy from sunlight might be cheaper than nuclear power. The analysis, which comes from a Duke University report entitled Solar ...READ»

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Bill Gates-Backed Nuclear Power Startup, TerraPower, Gets $35 Million

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100

Nuclear power, that oft-maligned source of clean energy, got a boost earlier this year when TerraPower announced plans to team up with Toshiba to build a hot tub-sized traveling-wave nuclear reactor. Now TerraPower is moving even ...READ»

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The Nuclear Fig Leaf is Falling

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 100

The US and EU nuclear industry has been covered by a number of fig leaves, but they’re falling away fast. READ»

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Hooray! Vermont Senate Will Not Extend VT Yankee's License

BY Shel Horowitz
Relevancy Score: 100

Not extending the license is indeed a people's victory. Closing, once and for all, this dangerous plant that should have been shuttered decades ago is long overdue. And President Obama would do well to reconsider his ill-advised push for nukes.READ»

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Nuclear Plant Pre-Bailout: Obama's Dumbest Move Yet?

BY Shel Horowitz
Relevancy Score: 100

Nuclear power is not necessary. It is not sensible. It opens great risks for small returns that can be much more easily achieved in other ways. It is a gift to the terrorists, a robbery from the taxpayers, a diversion of resources away from better and far more proven technologies that could meet all of our energy needs safely, and a serious threat to the well-being of future generations.READ»

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Obama Goes Nuclear With $8 Billion in Loans

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100

We knew something like this was coming. Obama said it in his State of the Union address: "To create more of these clean-energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives, and that means building a new generation ...READ»

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What Does Obama's 2011 Budget Have in Store For the Environment?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100

The Obama Administration released its proposed 2011 budget this week, and, unsurprisingly, there is plenty of cash in store for sustainable initiatives--and not so much for oil and natural gas companies. Some of the highlights: ...READ»

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NuScale Wants to Bring Modular Nuclear Reactors to the Mainstream

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100

As energy prices rise and the environmental effects of major power sources like coal become more apparent, the reliability and relative safety of mini nuclear energy systems is beginning to look more and more attractive. Hyperion ...READ»

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Buckminster Fuller Still Relevant in Today's Energy Crisis--Nukes are Not

BY Shel Horowitz
Relevancy Score: 100

Yeah, here we go again: gas gets expensive, and people who should know better start talking about nuclear. If ever there was a really dumb idea, splitting atoms to generate electircity is it. This is something I know about: ...READ»

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The Next Big Thing: Mini Nuclear Reactors?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100

Like it or not, nuclear reactors will be part of our energy future. They're clean, reliable, and provide more consistent power than wind and solar sources. So it should come as no surprise to learn that Babcock & Wilcox, a ...READ»

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Attention, Cities: You Can Sell Your Excess Wastewater to Nuclear Power Plants

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 91

The problem: Five Arizona cities--Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale, Scottsdale, and Tempe--are facing severe cash shortages. The solution: selling billions of gallons of wastewater to the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in a move that ...READ»

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What Will a Post-Waxman Markey Energy Future Look Like?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 81

What would happen if we actually followed through on Waxman-Markey's emission cut requirements as they stand today? The Electric Power Research Institute, a non-profit consortium of electricity-generating companies, takes a look in a new report. READ»

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Radiation on the High Seas: First Floating Nuclear Power Plant Due in 2012

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 75

Nuclear power is one of the most controversial energy-generating methods, mainly because of safety and terrorism concerns. But that hasn't stopped the United Industrial Corporation, a Russian manufacturer, from pressing forward with ...READ»

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Bill Gates Goes Nuclear With Toshiba's 4S Reactor

BY Addy Dugdale
Relevancy Score: 65

Bill Gates is going atomic. The Microsoft founder's startup TerraPower is partnering with Toshiba to build a traveling-wave reactor. These reactors run on depleted uranium, rather than the enriched sort found in light-water reactors, ...READ»

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Did North Korea Test Hydrogen Bomb Technology?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 63

North Korea may have lost control of their World Cup game against Portugal (7-0!), but the nation's also lost control of something much more deadly: Waste products from its attempts to build a hydrogen bomb have been detected in South ...READ»

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Is DARPA Working on a Handheld Nuclear Fusion Device?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 52

The Pentagon's DARPA arm is known for its attempts to reduce devices to microchip size. Projects have included multi-purpose sensors, cryogenic coolers, video cameras, and apparently, "Chip-Scale High Energy Atomic ...READ»

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How Green Is The U.K.’s New Government?

BY Grist Staff
Relevancy Score: 50

Britain's got a new prime minister, Conservative David Cameron; a new deputy prime minister, Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg; and an odd new governing coalition kludged together with both of their parties. The new government has ...READ»

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Coming Soon: Portable Poop-Powered Nuclear Reactors?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 49

DARPA is our favorite source for off-the-wall yet compelling technology. We've seen proposals for flying cars, handheld nuclear fusion devices, and now poop-powered nuclear reactors. It's not as crazy at seems.Wired explains that ...READ»

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Tech Watch: Nukes In Your Yard and Fuel Cells In Your Pocket

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 48

Two companies are doing two very different things to address the energy problem in America. How about a mini-reactor giving your neighborhood nuclear power? Or would you like thin fuel cell chips to give your gadgets juice?READ»

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Super X Divertor Eats Nuclear Waste, Generates Clean Power

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 47

The Super X Divertor sounds like some fantasy invention from a 1950s Popular Mechanics. But it's a real device that helps enable two eco-friendly processes: Generating zero carbon-footprint power, and eating up dangerous nuclear waste ...READ»

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Nuclear Waste Management Problem Remains

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 42

Americans have good reason to be scared of nuclear power. After being pummeled for decades with images of nuclear war, nuclear winter, and now nuclear terrorism, it's hard to stay calm about the subject. But according to a report ...READ»

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Still No Good Reason to Develop Nuclear ∏ower

BY Shel Horowitz
Relevancy Score: 35

Triple Pundit's been getting lots of comments on a post <a href="http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/magic-beans-for-100-nuclear-power-plants.php">questioning whether nuclear power plant decommissioning schemes can work ...READ»

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The Green Guide to Obama's State of the Union Address

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 35

President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address on Wednesday covered a lot of ground, but a significant portion of the speech was dedicated to the all-important topic of energy security. Below, some choice quotes from the ...READ»

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The Impact of Google’s "China Syndrome" on Your Business Strategy

BY Lisa Nirell
Relevancy Score: 34

Google's short-term decision to redirect Chinese searches may feel like a huge commercial meltdown. In reality, they are paving the way for more companies to courageously lead from our values, not our wallets.READ»

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