The economists reckon that the construction of each additional nuclear power plant, by reducing air pollution, could save more than 800,000 life years. "According to our baseline estimates, over ...

New research claims that shutting down nuclear plants could increase air pollution and cause more deaths because many potential replacement sources for power aren't clean.

A new study shows that if U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas to fill the energy gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths.

If the USA were to shut down its nuclear power plants, the pollution from the coal, gas, and oil that would be used to make up the generation shortfall would result in a worsening of air quality that ...

Meanwhile, the state panel on Pilgrim, the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel, discussed alternative methods Monday of disposing of water from the plant’s reactor system.

Forget nuclear power. Focus on wind and solar energy to cut carbon pollution. Mining, transporting, refining and disposing of spent fuel from nuclear plants produces huge amounts of carbon that ...

The European Union's executive Commission is being sued by the Austrian government over the bloc's plan to label natural gas and nuclear energy as sustainable energies.

The researchers found that new nuclear plant construction flatlined immediately after Chernobyl. Had previous trends continued, the study indicates that the United States would have built more ...