Nuclear

Kai Ryssdal talks to Kim Zetter about her book.

A Maryland energy company wants to build the world's third-tallest structure to generate downdraft power in the Arizona desert.

Japanese officials say food produced in the region around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is safe. But if you want your rice tested in front of you -- there's a service for that.

Today's anniversary is being marked with protests against nuclear power in Japan. But can the country sustain a non-nuclear energy policy?

North Korea's government has said it reserves the right to carry out a preemptive nuclear attack against the United States ahead of a U.N. vote on tighter sanctions against the communist regime.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission studied the disaster at the Fukushima reactors for a year. Now it's voting on an expensive safety modification to 31 similar reactors in the U.S.

Thanks to the sale of underground goods, the country can devote a third of its resources to developing its military and weapons programs.

The test is the country's third and is being condemned by the United States and other countries in the region.

Eunice, in a dusty corner of New Mexico, rode the ups and downs of the oil business for decades. Then a nuclear-processing plant came calling, and Eunice welcomed its jobs.