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Climate campaigners are comparing global warming with nuclear devastation. And here's why dropping the H-bomb in polite conversation is a bright idea.

The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration have birthed another boondoggle—a Uranium Capabilities Replacement Project slated to run billions of dollars over budget and 20 years behind schedule. It’s long past time to see if there isn’t a better solution. 

In this column, the vice chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission provides frequent, raw updates of the events unfolding at Fukushima. 

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station needs a new plan for dealing with millions of gallons of radioactive water on its grounds. The plan should include better public outreach, improved cleanup processes and capacities, and, when radiation standards are met, a controlled release of water into the sea.

The time is now for international expertise. 

Complacency and entrenched interests keep the weapons industrial complex in place.

After nuclear accidents, radioactive contamination migrates from forests into soil. Officials at Fukushima and Chernobyl have taken completely different approaches to decontamination.

Will cities take the necessary steps to avoid, withstand, and recover from climate change’s worst effects? The survival and economic well-being of millions depends on that.

Nuclear fusion’s roots in weapons research may work against its development as a civilian energy source.