Power Play- msnbc.com

Part 1: ‘Renaissance’ or second false start?

Buoyed by billions of dollars in subsidies, the U.S. nuclear power industry says it is on the brink of a “renaissance.” Foes are just as adamant that a nuclear "relapse," as they call it, will not occur. MSNBC's Mike Stuckey reports. Full story

Part 2: The Senate's ‘renaissance’ man

Part 3: Reality check for nuke cartel plan

Part 4: Nuclear power's French connection

Part 5: Do N-plants make financial sense?

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Nuclear milestones
From the discovery of nuclear fission to the development of awesome weapons of destruction and the peaceful generation of electricity, scientists around the globe have been harnessing the power of the atom for decades. All the while, anti-nuclear activists have protested their work, accidents have marred it and Hollywood has chronicled it.