The Nuclear Renaissance Begins

Nuclear power has gone through an extraordinary renaissance over the past decade after the abyss of Three Mile Island. In 1997 the Clinton Administration's Department of Energy zeroed out nuclear research for the first time since World War II. The Federal Energy Information Administration confidently predicted that existing plants would phase out over the next three decades. That same year, however, Entergy Corp. of Jackson, Mississippi, became the first ... Full Story »

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Mike LaBonte
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by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

Interesting information. The author shows his bias fairly clearly. Sourced mostly from NRG and the author himself. Doesn't touch the nuclear waste issue.

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Despite bad sourcing and bias, this opinion piece is informative.

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Rory O'Connor
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by Rory O'Connor - Oct. 1, 2008

This one-sided, unbalanced glowing report on what the author terms "the nuclear power revival in America" speaks only to supporters of the idea, and attacks with loaded negative language any arguments against bringing back a reliance on nukes. If you're looking for solid information, or a well-reasoned argument -- look elsewhere!

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