One of the surviving reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant was loaded with fuel last summer and recently turned back on, to mixed reactions.
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
Small nuclear reactors are pitched as cheaper, safer, faster and easier to finance than their conventional counterparts. Hype around them is building fast, but some experts warn it ignores fundamental ...
On May 4, 1988, a small fire broke out at the PEPCON chemical plant near Las Vegas. Inside the facility were thousands of barrels of ammonium perchlorate, a powerful oxidizer used in rocket fuel. The ...