Nuclear Accidents

The Deadly Folly of Nuclear Power Overhead

Karl Grossman | Posted 04.12.2012

Karl Grossman

These missions don't present threats to life on Earth -- unlike the use of nuclear power overhead. Also, the production of nuclear fuel on Earth for use in space -- or in the atmosphere for drones -- constitutes danger, too.

Fukushima Nuclear Plant's Tsunami Plan A Single Page

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA and JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 07.27.2011

TOKYO — Japanese nuclear regulators trusted that the reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex were safe from the worst waves an earthquake cou...

Environmental Toxins: What Your Doctor's Not Telling You

Sarah Lovinger | Posted 07.07.2011

Sarah Lovinger

The link between a bad habit like smoking and health is linear, and a very easy one for doctors and other medical professionals to discuss with their patients who smoke. The individual risk of exposure to environmental toxins is much harder to pinpoint.

U.N. Chief: More Nuclear Disasters Are Likely

AP | By JIM HEINTZ | Posted 06.21.2011

KIEV, Ukraine -- The world must prepare for more nuclear accidents on the scale of Chernobyl and Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, the U.N. chief warn...

In The Public Interest: An Unacceptable Risk, Two Decades of "Close Calls," Leaks and Other Problems at U.S. Nuclear Reactors

Johanna Neumann | Posted 05.29.2011

Johanna Neumann

The nuclear crisis in Japan is a terrifying reminder of all that can go wrong at a nuclear power plant. The United States must move away from this inherently dangerous technology and towards safer energy sources.

How To Survive In An Age Of Crisis

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011

Alison Rose Levy

In the current critical moment, the Japanese calamity has shown all the world the harsh downside risks of just a few of the societal compromises we've made. In response to this wake-up call, a shift could happen.

Nuclear Emergency in Japan

Karl Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011

Karl Grossman

After the earthquake, Japan is now trying to avoid a meltdown accident at its Fukushima nuclear power plant -- a disaster which could have catastrophic impacts on Japan and much of the world.

Building a Nuclear Weapons-Free World

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

Lawrence Wittner

Apocalypse Never , by Tad Daley, is a new book that deserves wide circulation, for it is a spirited, ringing call for nuclear weapons abolition.