On Monday former NRC Chairman Jaczko reportedly said all 104 nuclear power reactors operating in the US have a safety problem that cannot be fixed and they should be replaced with new technology (NYTimes). How can we put his statement into context? Let's take a look at his record.

The January 11, 2013 draft of the US National Climate Assessment (NCA) report is available for comment until April 12th and yes, it identifies "human-induced climate change." I provide a mini-summary and a short discussion on nuclear power.

Small bank depositors will be spared. Large ones will not. Russia's reaction.

Recent and not-so-recent but still relevant editorial cartoons.

In the late 1980s, the world held over 70,000 nuclear warheads. Now we’re down to more like 17,000. Where did 53,000 nuclear warheads go?

Today’s big news is that Iran and the P5+1 have agreed to further talks. That’s important because the only way the sides will reach agreement is through detailed talks out of the public eye.

The Department of Energy has awarded $1 million to the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) Industry Alliance to continue business and economic analysis for using high temperature gas reactor (HTGR) technologies in the process heat and steam industry.

A couple of Diner Specials this week involved nuclear fuel reprocessing. The Department of Energy is looking at repository storage rather than reprocessing as the “back end” solution for nuclear fuel, and the tank wastes at Hanford come from reprocessing to produce weapons plutonium. Let’s take a closer look at reprocessing.

India needs to supply energy to its billion people as it improves economically. Nuclear power is one of the sources they’re looking at. But it’s not easy.

I think it is fascinating that the US and Russia are now competing in the global field of nuclear reactor design, manufacturing, and construction. Yet it is not only the reactor designers but the politicians that are weighing in and supporting the designers from their nation.

As we said yesterday, a number of key nuclear-related issues, domestic and international, are in the President's in-box. How is President Obama likely to deal with them in his second term?

Regardless of who the next President is – there are a number of key nuclear-related issues that will have to be addressed both domestically and internationally. Iran's nuclear program could bring us to war again in the Middle East or be settled at the international negotiating table. Nuclear power can play a key role in future energy production or not.

A number of nuclear power plants are in the area that Sandy hit: Calvert Cliffs, in Lusby, Md.; Salem and Hope Creek, in Hancocks Bridge, N.J.; Oyster Creek, in Lacey Township, N.J.; Peach Bottom, in Delta, Pa.; Three Mile Island 1, in Middletown, Pa.; Susquehanna, in Salem Township, Pa.; Indian Point, in Buchanan, N.Y.; and Millstone, in Waterford, Conn.

It was reported today (October 11, 2012) that the “Russian Defense Ministry is planning to raise and scrap two sunken nuclear submarines in the northern Barents and Kara seas” (RIAN).

After the devastation of World War II, it seemed like a pretty good idea to a number of nations to try to get the ultimate weapon, the atomic bomb. Some changed their minds, and others went for the whole thing.