nuclear power

Okay, I am posting this mostly as a rant. I'm really getting pissed about all the anti-nuclear crap out there. I'm very pro nuclear energy and I'm in need of spouting off, so here goes. I hate it when “environmentalists” stomp on everything nuclear. It’s ridiculous, because the reason I...

An article in the Times today: I just have to interrupt for a moment to ask "Why? (bolding mine) Her mission. Wow. She sounds pretty serious. But then, later on in the article we get this... You see? That's why the world is going to hell in a handbasket. We need our celebrities to stay...

Can someone tell me if there was no one to run a Nuclear Power plant, such as in a movie where everyone disappears (the Living Dead movie, Night of the Comet), what would happen to the plant? Would it meltdown, or just run down? I've always been curious about that, and just read the new...

article Maybe I spend too much time fishing, and physics is not my field, but I don't recall any announcements of successful production of a sustainable, controlled fusion reaction. Any handy references or sources?

It just seems so ironic to me. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=524313