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After Fukushima is the sun setting on nuclear energy?

Nuclear Power One Year after the Fukushima Disaster

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Richard Matthews | 1 Comments

The March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that led to the explosions at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan sent shock waves that are still being felt around the world. The fallout from this tragic event is driving countries away from nuclear power and increasing GHG intensive coal-fired energy production. This abandonment of nuclear energy could add a billion tonnes…

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Can Thorium provide an answer to the problems of nuclear power?

EarthTalk: The Promise of Thorium – Real or Hype?

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

EarthTalk® is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Thorium is a naturally occurring element that is supposedly more available, more efficient and safer to use than uranium for generating nuclear energy. Is this true and, if so, why haven’t we made the switch?    — Jane Westermann, Austin,…

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Nuclear Power - playing with fire

Considering the Nuclear Option

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

The Weekly Mulch from the Media Consorium by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger (reposted with permission) Faced with the nuclear crisis in Japan, governments around the world are confronting the vulnerabilities of their nuclear energy programs. And while some European countries, such as Germany and France, are already considering more stringent safety measures–or backing off of nuclear development altogether–in the…

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