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Nuclear Energy

  • News

    October 19, 2011

    Hanford's Nuclear Option

    Department of Energy scientists allege catastrophic mismanagement of the costliest environmental cleanup in world history.

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2011

    Artists for Japan

    Department of Energy scientists allege catastrophic mismanagement of the costliest environmental cleanup in world history.

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Hanford Nuclear Generator Is Hungry for Warheads

    ​Energy Northwest, the operators of the Columbia Generating Station in Hanford, is looking into a plan that would turn dumb old nuclear-weapons material into awesome new electricity. Rejoice! I mean, what's the worst that could happen?

  • Music

    December 29, 2010

    Foreigner on the Year in Foreign Policy

    Africa, global warming, and Iran's nuclear ambitions.

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2010

    Christian Rizzo

    Africa, global warming, and Iran's nuclear ambitions.

  • News

    September 22, 2010

    Nuclear Power Plants Are Due for a Makeover

    The industry seeks to retire the "flour mill" look.

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Nuclear Reactors to Get a Whole Lot Prettier

    ​Back in March, Laura Onstot wrote a cover story about the people trying to bring about the dawn of a new nuclear age and the image problems still associated with atomic energy. World Nuclear Association (WNA) director-general John Ritch understands those image problems. Which is why, when ind ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2010

    Toby Smith

    ​Back in March, Laura Onstot wrote a cover story about the people trying to bring about the dawn of a new nuclear age and the image problems still associated with atomic energy. World Nuclear Association (WNA) director-general John Ritch understands those image problems. Which is why, when ind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Bill Gates and Toshiba to Build Nuclear Reactors (Maybe)

    Toshiba, the company that brought you this awesome tape player in the Eighties, wants to build nuclear reactors.​Now that Bill Gates is only the second richest human on the planet, he needs some help funding his crazy schemes. His latest, as we reported in our cover story last week, is a plan ... More >>

  • News

    March 17, 2010

    Atom's Eve

    While environmentalists squabble, nuclear power is on the rise.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    This Week's Cover Story: The Atomic Reboot

    ​Thirty years on, memories of the meltdown at Three Mile Island have receded, and global warming is the new doomsday obsession. As a result, nuclear power--which, like solar and wind energy, produces no greenhouse gasses, but has the extra advantage of working in any weather--has become hot ag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2008

    John McCain: Tree-Hugger

    ​Thirty years on, memories of the meltdown at Three Mile Island have receded, and global warming is the new doomsday obsession. As a result, nuclear power--which, like solar and wind energy, produces no greenhouse gasses, but has the extra advantage of working in any weather--has become hot ag ... More >>

  • News

    November 17, 2004

    Veterans Day Address to the Nation

    A suggested speech for the president.

  • Arts

    April 7, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    A suggested speech for the president.

  • News

    May 7, 2003

    North Korea: Heads Up, Seattle

    Kim Jong II may be a nut job, but he's a nuclear nut job.

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Crippled Home Front

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is being targeted for billions in cuts. Evidently, President Bush's support for the troops doesn't include their health care.

  • News

    March 26, 2003

    Never Enough Peace

    The politics of keeping a movement alive after the war.

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    Historic Gearheads Tour

    It came from beneath the Montlake Bridge.

  • News

    May 1, 2002

    Where will all the nuclear waste go?

    It came from beneath the Montlake Bridge.

  • News

    October 17, 2001

    Playing with poison

    A girlhood spent on a polluted coast

  • News

    December 13, 2000

    Buy-tech

    How to please the insufferable gearheads in your life

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