Nuclear Power

The Problem With Nuclear Waste Storage

July 23, 2021 by Sage Edwards
Last updated on: July 23, 2021

Professors at MIT have referred to the San Onofre nuclear power plant as a “Chernobyl waiting to happen”. The San Onofre nuclear power plant is full of nuclear waste and is located along the coast of southern California on “Earthquake… [read]

Renewable Energy Reduces Carbon Emissions More Than Nuclear Energy, Says New Study

October 23, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: October 27, 2020

A new study compared the carbon emissions of nuclear power versus renewable energy and finds that renewables resulted in a more serious reduction of national carbon emissions. Scientists analyzed data from 123 countries from the years of 1999 to 2014.… [read]

Large Scale Nuclear Fusion In 10 Years? The Ultimate Game-Changer

March 13, 2018 by Michael Edwards

The holy grail of clean energy is fusion power. Researchers at MIT have just received $50 million in funding to help make it happen. MIT has joined forces with a startup called Commonwealth Fusion Systems, and together they paln to… [read]

No More Nuclear!

March 11, 2011 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

I have never understood why anyone would buy into the belief system that nuclear energy is clean, unless invisible but deadly contamination doesn’t count. Before recent events in Japan reminded us of the global threat of radiation due to a… [read]