One year after the Fukushima disaster, nuclear energy policy is moving in two opposite directions. While much of the world, led by Germany, is embracing caution and winding down nuclear energy ambitions, the US, Britain, France and Russia are poised to boost their nuclear estate.

President Obama’s all-of-the-above strategy isn’t a policy change, it’s just a lie.

Will Japan's catastrophe affect the "nuclear renaissance" in the United States? Four experts weigh in.

Nuclear power must play a larger role in maintaining our nation's energy security.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who faces the end of his political career, has decided to go out in a blaze of glory. Mr. Kan dramatically announced last month that Japan should end the country's reliance on nuclear power for electricity generation.

If the EPA proceeds with carbon regulation and power plants are forced to close, energy costs will climb and companies will have less money available for the very research on clean-energy technologies that we need in order to stay competitive with China and other countries.

The greatest danger associated with these loan guarantees for nuclear power plants is not environmental but financial.