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Nuclear reactors, a solar panel and a wind turbine sit beneath the words “Look Both Ways” and above the topic of the week. Is nuclear or renewable energy more beneficial and realistic? (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)

Look Both Ways: Nuclear and renewable energies

By Ethan Ernst and Santiago Montañez Bertoletti | November 13, 2024

RENEWABLE ENERGY By: Ethan Ernst, Opinion Columnist The output of a nuclear power plant compared to its environmental impact is far superior to renewable energy. Even still, nuclear energy is too expensive and time consuming to adopt widely. Small...

Nuclear energy to be topic of speaker

By Northern Star Staff | September 25, 2014

David Kraft, Nuclear Energy Information Service director, will provide a presentation about the hazards of nuclear energy at 7:15 p.m. Oct. 14 in the Holmes Student Center, Heritage Room.The presentation, called Exelon’s Nuclear War Against Renewable...