Tag: <span>nuclear energy</span>

What’s Next Nuclear?

BLOG: What’s Next Nuclear? By Jillian Corley, MSCSP ’15, and Reuben Jaffe Goldstein, MSEP/MBA ’16 Recent developments at the battered Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan are raising renewed fears over the negative impact of nuclear power on the environment and human health.  The Japanese power company (Tokyo Electric Power …

Is Nuclear Energy the Future? A New Look at Nuclear in the Movie “Pandora’s Promise”

by Maxine Segarnick As the world’s population continues to expand over the next century, so will the need for energy production.  The energy sources used predominantly around the world include coal, oil, and natural gas, all of which emit large amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and other air pollutants when …