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Briefing: Nuclear power

Of all the power supplies in the energy mix, nuclear has historically been the most criticized and controversial. But this most unpopular of power sources has recently resurfaced in political and economic dialogue.

Fueling the future

In the coming years we face an unprecedented challenge -- to provide the means for global prosperity, growth and stability from a radically different set of energy sources.

All About: Developing cities and pollution

If you fix the cities, do you fix the problem? With 50 percent of the entire human race currently living in cities and responsible for emitting up to 80 percent of all global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions every year, they certainly don't seem a bad place to start.

Fortune: The high cost of going nuclear

If the companies that supply nuclear power plants are ready for a revival, the utilities that will operate the plants are champing at the bit.

CNNMoney: Rethinking Three Mile Island

Ralph DeSantis was home in bed before dawn on March 28, 1979 when his phone rang. It was his shift supervisor at Three Mile Island (TMI), calling from the plant. "'We have an emergency at Unit II and it's serious,'" is the first thing DeSantis remembers hearing. Then he heard the alarms going off.

Review: Creepy 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R.' returns to Chernobyl

While it didn't make the papers, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in 1986 spawned an army of zombies bent on destroying humanity.

Fortune: Why the price of uranium has gone radioactive

Uranium has always been a hot commodity - literally. But in the past year the cost of the raw material inside nuclear reactors - and atomic bombs - has jumped nearly 100%.

Russia building nuke barge to power Arctic

While the U.S. hems and haws over reviving nuclear energy as a less expensive alternative to oil, Russia has dug back 30 years in our nuclear history to find a solution for some of its own energy woes: the floating nuclear power plant.

Chernobyl horror remembered

Bells tolled across Ukraine and the families of victims carried red carnations and candles Wednesday to mark the 20-year anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl.

Cancer deaths fear from terror hit

A successful terrorist plot to crash a hijacked airliner into the Sellafield nuclear energy plant could cause hundreds of thousands of cancer deaths across the British Isles, experts have warned.

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