Nuclear power Commentary

The End of the Nuclear Renaissance

John Quiggin | Jan 03, 2012
Nuclear power is out. Solar power is in. What it means for politics in 2012.

Stopping a Nuclear North Korea

Leon V. Sigal | Dec 02, 2011
Why solid diplomacy is Washington's best chance to dissuade Pyongyang from going nuclear.

Why "No Nuclear Power" Is No Solution

Paul J. Saunders | Sep 19, 2011
States like Japan and Germany are courting disaster by letting the Fukushima debacle frighten them away from nuclear power for good.

Illusions of Safety

Paul J. Saunders | Mar 17, 2011
Stopping new nuclear plants will not make the world any safer.

The Bearer of Bad News on Iran

David Kay | Sep 07, 2010
The latest IAEA report on Iran contains a mountain of bad news. Does the Obama administration have a plan for The Day After?

The Atomic Supermarket

Richard Weitz | Apr 12, 2010
Is an international nuclear-storage facility in Kazakhstan the solution to the world’s nuclear-proliferation problem?

Nuclear Rangoon

Doug Bandow | Mar 30, 2010
If we want to stop Burma’s atomic ambitions, we should engage the regime and encourage political liberalization.

Nuclear Lemonade

Paul J. Saunders | Feb 17, 2010
Obama is right to encourage the use of nuclear energy. Let’s hope he’s actually serious about it—and not just trying to score political points with union workers.

Improving the "Pickens Plan"

Jay Zawatsky | Aug 04, 2008
Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens has launched a massive public-relations blitz to promote his wind-turbine plan. The Democrats seem to like it, but there’s a better way to achieve energy independence.

Going Nuclear on Energy

Jay Zawatsky | Apr 09, 2008
It’s en vogue to say that the magnitude of America’s energy problem makes it insurmountable. But one solution would go a long way toward shoring up our economic, as well as strategic, position: nuclear energy.

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