A Nuclear Pioneer I was traveling when I learned of the death of Rosalyn Yalow, so this is my first opportunity to mention the passing of R...

Finding the Right Balance The recent focus on nuclear reactor regulation, both in Japan and in the US, is a reminder of just how difficult ...

And Other Fantasies Individuals who are anti-nuclear or just plain afraid of nuclear have long harbored the illusion that existing nuclear p...

A Scientific American View After having reported a couple of months ago that Scientific American readers were not as positive about nuclea...

A Cal l for Ch ange After writing a blogpost last week on the Japanese government and nuclear power activities, I realized I might have mo...

A Problem with a Long History A numbe r of news articles have been published since the Fukushima accident pointing to the sometimes over...

Some New Directions? One clear outcome of the accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station is that it will focus technology development a...