Hoover Institution calls for small modular reactors for future of nuclear energy Mimi Zambetti July 24, 2015 6 Comments The Hoover Institution, founded at Stanford in 1919, recently released two essays that propose small modular reactors (SMRs) as the future of nuclear power in America. The Shultz-Stephenson Task Force... Read More »
Seeing Green: Good Nuke, Bad Nuke Holly Moeller March 31, 2011 2 Comments If you've ever seen “sunburns” on the skin of a cancer patient after radiation therapy, you've seen the hazards of radioactivity. If you've seen a picture of a mushroom cloud, you’ve seen the... Read More »
Safety chief says nuclear power growth depends on Congress Elizabeth Titus May 19, 2010 1 Comment The growth of nuclear energy in the United States depends on if or how Congress will regulate carbon emissions, said Chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Gregory B. Jaczko in a talk to... Read More »