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With the new year quickly approaching, we looked back at the five most-read posts on the Nuclear Information Center in 2017.

As a new year approaches, we want to know what you think about the NIC and what you’d like to hear from us in 2018.

Understanding the basics of nuclear power is child’s play, thanks to a new book that aims to make science and technology concepts fun for grade schoolers.

Energy education centers are popular destinations for all types of classes and students of all ages - including teachers,

How do advocacy, education and technology work together to advance the message of nuclear energy? Well, there’s an app for that.

Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.   Wait – or do they?   Do the cooling towers you see around some power plants affect the weather and create weather phenomena?   No – they don’t. Let’s just go ahead and clear...

Electricity enables us to do many things but because it is “invisible,” many don’t understand how it is generated, what it costs and how it is delivered to our homes. Throw in terms like “regulated” and “deregulated” and it can be even more confusing.

While managing used nuclear fuel takes a lot of skill, explaining it doesn't have to. Here are the basics in just 60 seconds.

In some ways, The Tribble Center in Seneca, S.C., is a typical warehouse: boxes packed for shipping, work tables full of men and women constructing electronic measurement instruments, surrounded by wires, screwdrivers and tape measures. Yet, the center, which provides services for people with intellectual disabilities, is much more.

How do we inspire girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)?