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U.S. Nuclear Plants in the 21st Century: The Risk of a Lifetime

Executive summary and full text of a 2004 report that discusses the safety of nuclear power plants "during the three stages of plant lifetime: the break-in phase, middle life phase, and wear-out phase." The report notes that several nuclear ...

http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/nuclear_safety/us-nuclear-plants-in-the-21st-century.html

The Future of Nuclear Power

This special report notes that the "U.S. -- and the world -- is gearing up to build a potentially massive fleet of new nuclear reactors, in part to fight climate change," and considers whether nuclear power can handle the load. Includes art ...

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-nuclear-option

Coal Ash Research Center

This consortium researches applications and uses of coal combustion byproducts (CCBs), which include coal fly ash, coal bottom ash, boiler slag, and flue gas desulfurization (FGD) gypsum. Although some of the website's material is technical, it inclu ...

http://www.undeerc.org/carrc/

Union of Concerned Scientists: Nuclear Power

Collection of material about Union of Concerned Scientists activities relating to "monitoring the performance of nuclear plants and their regulators." Features sections on how nuclear power works, nuclear power technology (including cooling ...

http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_power/

Country Analysis Briefs: Russia

Statistical publication about energy in Russia, which "holds the world's largest natural gas reserves, the second largest coal reserves, and the eighth largest oil reserves. Russia is also the world's largest exporter of natural gas, the second ...

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/Russia/Background.html

Toward a Just and Sustainable Solar Energy Industry

"In January 2009, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) released their report documenting and analyzing the environmental and health hazards of solar panel systems. ... Read the report for more information about the health and safety concerns ...

http://www.etoxics.org/site/DocServer/Silicon_Valley_Toxics_Coalition_-_Toward_a_Just_and_Sust.pdf?docID=821

Wind Energy Development Programmatic EIS Information Center

"This web site is the online center for public information and involvement in the Wind Energy Development Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Wind Energy Programmatic EIS)." The EIS from 2005 "evaluates the potential impacts a ...

http://windeis.anl.gov/

Coal Combustion: Nuclear Resource or Danger

This article (originally published in 1993, last revised in 2008), examines the benefits and hazards of coal combustion, products of which include "the oxides of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur; carcinogenic and mutagenic substances; and recoverabl ...

http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/colmain.html

The Future of Nuclear Power

This 2003 report "discusses the interrelated technical, economic, environmental, and political challenges facing a significant increase in global nuclear power utilization." The report finds "prospects for nuclear energy as an option a ...

http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/

Wastes - Partnerships: Coal Combustion Products Partnership (C²P²)

Compilation of publications from this collaborative effort to "promote the beneficial use of Coal Combustion Products (CCPs) and the environmental benefits that result from their use." Also includes links to fact sheets about CCPs ("th ...

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/partnerships/c2p2/index.htm

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