AP Impact: Populations Around Nuke Plants Soar

AP Impact: Populations Around Nuke Plants Soar



As America's nuclear power plants have aged, the once-rural areas around them have become far more crowded and much more difficult to evacuate. (June 27)

Fuel Rods Exposed at Japan Nuke Plant

Fuel Rods Exposed at Japan Nuke Plant

There's been more trouble at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. With cooling systems down, fuel rods have been exposed at the facility's Unit 2 reactor, and there was an explosion at Unit 3. (March 14