Tag: nuclear energy
Iran's nuclear ambitions have the world on edge
Iran's controversial nuclear plans continue to raise tensions. Israeli, European, and American leaders have slightly different policies regarding the threat of an armed Iran. The situation could come to a head this weekend when negotiations with Iran resume....
Proposed budget cuts domestic funding for fusion research, may delay 'energy of the future'
President Obama's proposed budget for the 2013 fiscal year would cut funding for domestic fusion research in order to fund ITER, a multi-national fusion research project in France. That could mean lost jobs and a more limited market for physicists at research facilities like the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center....
Obama hits the road to defend energy policies as political controversy swirls around gas prices
President Barack Obama's energy policy is described by his energy as an all-of-the-above policy, but by his critics as more of a none-of-the-above. This week, Obama is visiting four states to defend his plan as his re-election bid looms....
As Japan tries to clean up radiation contamination, some question whether it's possible
In Japan, there's a massive effort under way to figure out how to clean up the contamination from the radiation release at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Some wonder if it can even be done....
Journalists allowed up-close look at efforts to dismantle Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
As Japan approaches the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that rattled the island nation and very nearly caused a complete and total meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, work continue on defueling, decommissioning and dismantling the damaged power station....
Reports: North Korea agrees to suspend some nuclear activities in exchange for food aid
Relationships between North Korea and the United States may have thawed dramatically on Wednesday with the U.S. State Department and North Korea's state-run media announcing a suspension of nuclear enrichment in exchange for U.S. food aid....
New report says Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster narrowly avoided being much worse
A new independent report from Japan details just how close that country came to a "devil's chain reaction" of nuclear plant after nuclear plant melting down and sending a plume of radiation over the city of Tokyo and its 30 million inhabitants....
Tensions rise between Iran and Israel as flurry of action continues
There was good news on Iran — at least in the estimation of U.S. intelligence officials — on Thursday. The U.S. believes Iran will not intentionally provoke a violent reaction from the United States and Israel has not decided whether it needs to make a pre-emptive strike on Iran....
VIDEO: Tens of thousands remain evacuated nearly a year after Fukushima nuclear disaster
In the days after the Fukushima Daiichi plant was ravaged by an earthquake and tsunami, causing its reactors and spent fuel rods to overheat, catch fire, cause explosions and leak radiation, thousands of Japanese were evacuated from their homes. Now, more than a year later, they're still wondering when they'll get to go home....
U.S. moving forward on construction of two new nuclear reactors
Georgia is set to be the home of the first new nuclear reactors in nearly 30 years, with U.S. officials giving the green light for two new reactors to be built there. The reactors will generate more than 1,000 megawatts of electricity each -- but they're expecting a court challenge....
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