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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