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The power generation gap Can nuclear power help solve global warming? Soaring energy costs? Only if we’re convinced it’s safe. Editor-at-large David Whitford travels cross-country in search of our nuclear future. Road Trip: Touring America’s nuclear past and present Click on the interactive map to track David’s journey from the site of the first No Nukes protests to Three Mile Island and the industry’s next generation reactors. (more) The nuclear revival, in pictures America's experience with nuclear energy is sprawling and complex. These locations and characters are just a few of the players that David encountered during his cross-country trip. (more)
Leg 1 Rethinking Three Mile Island It was billed as the nation's worst commercial nuclear accident, but how bad was it really? (more) Leg 2 America’s nuclear revival The industry is coming alive in the Midwest's Ohio Valley. Fortune tours the hot spots. (more) Leg 3 The high cost of going nuclear Power companies are lining up to build new plants after a decade of stagnation. What's standing in the way? (more)	Leg 4 The trouble with nuclear waste It's not easy building a home for spent radioactive material. The proposed site at Yucca Mountain has been underway for over 30 years. (more) Leg 5 In search of safe nukes The Idaho National Laboratory is at work on next generation reactors that promise to deliver more reliable energy. (more)
Full Story Going Nuclear Nuclear power plants provide about 20 percent of the nation’s electricity, but it’s been more than a decade since the last plant went online. Read David Whitford’s full story on what it will take to revive the struggling industry. (more)
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The power generation gap

Can nuclear power help solve global warming? Soaring energy costs? Only if we’re convinced it’s safe. Editor-at-large David Whitford travels cross-country in search of our nuclear future.