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Whatever Happened to Nuclear Power ?

At the turn of the millennium, nuclear power appeared to be on its way out, like land-line telephones.But the nukes industry appears to be in vogue again, thanks in large part to fears of climate change."Global warming has definitely been a big help to us," said Don Hintz, vice president of the American Nuclear Society.• Click here to visit FOXNews.com's Natural Science Center.Nuclear power plants produce no significant quantity of greenhouse gases, in contrast to coal-fired power plants, which account for 35 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions.France gets roughly 80 percent of its electricity from nuclear and is said to have the cleanest air in the industrialized world, according to coverage of the topic by CBS News' "60 Minutes."Politicians and, ironically, some environmentalists have been calling for new nuclear reactors. In September, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received its first application in 30 years for a license to build a new plant, and there are about 20 mo...

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  1. Chile, US diplomats sign nuclear energy accord despite Japan disaster ahead of Obama visit

    Chile and the U.S. signed a nuclear energy accord Friday even as fears of radiation spread in Japan after a devastating earthquake and tsunami severely damaged some ...

  2. Chile, U.S. Sign Nuclear Energy Accord

    SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile and the U.S. signed a nuclear energy accord Friday, despite fears of radiation spreading in Japan after a devastating earthquake and tsunami...

  3. Regulators: Radiation Damage Limited From Plane Attack

    The  Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( search ) has concluded that it is unlikely significant amounts of radiation would be released in a deliberate crash of a jetline...

  4. Cautions about nuclear energy in China, France

    Japan's nuclear crisis reverberated in atomic power-friendly countries Wednesday, with China saying it would hold off on approving new nuclear plants and French lawm...

  5. Iran denies malfunction at nuclear power plant

    Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman is denying reports that the country's Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant has suffered a malfunction.Abbas Araghchi said at a...

  6. Ahmadinejad visits Iran heavy water reactor site

    Iran says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has visited a planned nuclear reactor that's part of a growing dispute between Tehran and the U.N.'s atomic agency.The offici...

  7. New Documentary Takes on the Nuclear Power Industry

    Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, (D-Ohio), and “Hot Water” Executive Producer Elizabeth Kucinich on the dangers and waste of nuclear energy discussed in the new documentary.

  8. AP IMPACT: New US plans delay some evacuations, cut practice for major nuclear plant accidents

    Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer ex...

  9. NRC approves Georgia nuclear plant; first construction approval since before Three Mile Island

    The nation's first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors at a site in eas...

  10. NRC approves first new nuclear plant in 3 decades

    The nation's first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors at a site in eas...

  11. 3 US senators call for congressional investigation based on nuke safety issues cited by AP

    Three U.S. senators, alarmed by findings of an Associated Press investigation about aging problems at the nation's nuclear power plants, asked Thursday for a congres...

  12. AP IMPACT: Records show nuke plants were designed for 40 years, now talk of century life span

    When commercial nuclear power was getting its start in the 1960s and 1970s, industry and regulators stated unequivocally that reactors were designed only to operate ...

  1. Japanese Nuclear Disaster Stirs Talk of Revisiting U.S. Energy Policy

    Major problems at a key Japanese nuclear plant following a massive earthquake and tsunami last week have led to a selling spree on global stock markets of nuclear en...

  2. Meet the teenager who designed a safer nuclear power plant

    Do nuclear power plants need a redesign? Critics of nuclear energy seem to think so, and so does nuclear energy advocate, Taylor Wilson. A physics wunderkind, Wilson...

  3. Netanyahu warns against 'drawn out' talks with Iran

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned world powers on Tuesday against holding "drawn out" negotiations with Iran on its nuclear programme following the el...

  4. AP Interview: Peres, at 90, still going strong

    As Shimon Peres turns 90, the indefatigable Israeli president is doing what he has always done: looking ahead, preparing for the next challenge and believing that he...

  5. AP IMPACT: Yucca Mountain wouldn't be enough for 72K tons of spent nuclear fuel at US plants

    The nuclear crisis in Japan has laid bare an ever-growing problem for the United States — the enormous amounts of still-hot radioactive waste accumulating at commerc...

  6. Are Concerns Over Safety of Nuclear Energy Warranted?

    Environmental Education Enterprises President Jay Lehr on the safety of nuclear energy .

  7. Pocket Particle Accelerators Could Bring Safer Nuclear Power to Neighborhoods

    A wee particle accelerator in the English countryside could be a harbinger of a safer, cleaner future of energy. Nuclear energy has wrought havoc in Japan and contro...

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