After boosting nuclear energy production in response to the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war, Finnish nuclear power providers recently cut back production significantly after it proved to be too efficient, dropping prices...
Finland’s first nuclear reactor built in 40 years has inundated with electricity an area that had been crippled by the lack of Russian exports since that country's invasion of Ukraine. ...
Societal misunderstanding of risk keeps us shackled to a nanny state that makes the pipe-dream promise of removing it altogether. In this interview with The New American senior editor Rebecca Terrell, retired nuclear...
Radiophobia is the irrational fear of ionizing radiation. It’s been officially recognized as a psychological disorder since the 1950s, and most Americans labor under its burden. Their pocketbooks also suffer from...
SINGAPORE — In light of the immensity and gravity of the energy crisis in Europe, the French government indicated its plans a few months ago to drastically amend its stance on...
Tritium is nothing more than a "political" problem, generating lots of sound and fury from the media. Otherwise, it poses no threat to humans or the environment. ...
The anti-nuclear mantra is that there is no solution to the “problem” of used nuclear fuel, and for this reason nuclear power plants should be shut down. The truth of the...
The rather obvious objective of today’s antinuclear movement is to achieve energy rationing, which will significantly disrupt the lives of all Americans. ...
Energy density, conversion efficiency, and generating system capacity are primary considerations in choosing energy resources. Nuclear power leads the field in every area. ...
Dr. Howard Hayden is professor emeritus of physics at the University of Connecticut, and the author of many books on energy, science and environmental topics. He is also publisher of The...
This is Part 2 of a two-part series that addresses nuclear power plant safety objectives and the associated safety measures designed to achieve those objectives. The previous article explained that plant...
This is Part 1 of a two-part series that will address nuclear power plant safety objectives and the associated safety measures designed to achieve those objectives. There are three operational safety...
The internet and major media are full of fables about nuclear energy. We present a few herein, and discuss some facts dispelling them. ...
The nuclear power complex made a huge mistake in how it originally promoted itself. That’s the contention of former MIT professor Jack Devanney in his latest book, Why Nuclear Power Has...
As a result of many decades of research, the health impacts of radiation are very well-understood. In a 2016 report, “Radiation: Effects and Sources,” the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) noted: We know...