With the world waiting to see if any of the four nuclear reactors go into meltdown phase, the right is using this as a reason to stress the importance and safety of nuclear energy. Over at Right Wing News, we see this: Obviously, as one cruises around the Liberal-o-sphere, this means that all nuclear power […]
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy That’s video of an explosion this morning at the Fukushima 1 nuclear plant in Japan. The explosion didn’t actually cause a meltdown, but it has caused fears of a meltdown to heighten: Officials ordered the evacuation zone around the plant expanded from a […]
We hear about it all the time, but there’s a problem. When you have a drought going on then you don’t have the water to cool the reactors. The solution? Shut them down: Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying […]