Max S. Power
New Panel Considers Nuclear Waste Solution
With nuclear power back under serious consideration as a U.S. power source, a blue ribbon panel's decisions on what to do with waste carry great import.
Reprocessing Nuclear Fuel Makes Sense, But Is It Sensible?
Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel appeals to the modern urge to recycle, and some past concerns may be surmountable, but it remains an expensive and fraught process.
Nuclear Waste Cleanup's Three Pillars
Analysis: Openness, accountability and trust can lead to effective actions to reduce present and future risks.
Nuclear Waste Cleanup Tradeoffs
Analysis: Waste disposal after decades of nuclear weapon production will require taking risks.
Nuclear Waste and the Arms Race Leftovers
In Part One of a three-part series, the author of America's Nuclear Wasteland analyzes what it will take to clean up the mess left by the nuclear arms race.