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.
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)
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)
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Leg 1
It was billed as the nation's worst commercial nuclear accident, but how bad was it really? ( more)
Leg 2
The industry is coming alive in the Midwest's Ohio Valley. Fortune tours the hot spots. ( more)
Leg 3
Power companies are lining up to build new plants after a decade of stagnation. What's standing in the way? ( more)
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Leg 4
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
The Idaho National Laboratory is at work on next generation reactors that promise to deliver more reliable energy. ( more)
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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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An Internet community grows around the idea that one man's trash is another's treasure, reports Fortune's Marc Gunther. ( more)
America's rice farmers didn't want to grow a genetically engineered crop. Their European customers didn�t want to buy it. So how did it end up in our food? Fortune's Marc Gunther reports. ( more)
The Natural Resources Defense Council has morphed from a small law firm into one of the country's most powerful players in corporate America's efforts to go green, writes Fortune's Corey Hajim. ( more)
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The story of how Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard took his passion for the outdoors and turned it into an amazing business. From Fortune�s Susan Casey ( more)
The world's largest solar power plant is only the latest addition to Germany's investment in alternative power, Michael Dumiak reports for Fortune. ( more)
The CEO of Sempra Energy outlines the case for rising demand and how his company can benefit. Fortune�s Jon Birger reports ( more)
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