Nuclear Energy

President of the Review Conference for the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Do Hung Viet, at work at UN headquarters in New York last week. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

The 11th NPT Review Conference ends with a whimper

By Mark Goodman | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The Trump administration’s reckless attack on radiation protection will have long-term consequences for public safety

By Frank von Hippel | Analysis, Nuclear Energy

Lessons learned from an Army Corps radioactive waste disposal plan for Michigan that went South

By Chanese A. Forté | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

How Russia signals nuclear resolve with civilian nuclear energy infrastructure

By Elena Tiedens | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Voices of Tomorrow

A man in a suit and glasses speaks at a United Nations meeting, seated behind a sign reading "Iran (Islamic Republic of)".

Iran’s positions at the NPT Review Conference are rational. Ignoring them would weaken the treaty

By Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in India

India opens the door to private investment in nuclear energy, raising liability concerns

By Anand Kshirsagar | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

A person lifts a carpet with a broom nearby, revealing a radiation warning symbol on the wooden floor.

Will the Trump administration’s ‘nuclear campus’ plan break the US nuclear waste gridlock?

By Vincent Ialenti | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

Large empty assembly hall with rows of seats, a central podium, and the United Nations emblem displayed on a golden wall in the background.

How to salvage the NPT Review Conference

By Adam Scheinman, Mark Goodman | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

An image of the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

From “Soviet” to “Japanese” nuclear disasters: the pitfalls of cultural exceptionalism

By Maxime Polleri | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

A group of workers in white uniforms and hard hats oversees the lifting of a large blue cylindrical metal component by a yellow crane outside an industrial facility.

Missing from US-Iran talks: plutonium for more than 200 nuclear bombs

By Henry Sokolski | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi (R) pose with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (C) upon arrival at the Nuclear Energy Summit at the Seine Musicale venue in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, on March 10, 2026. (Photo by Abdul Saboor / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Why politics, money, and construction capacity will limit any European turn toward nuclear power generation

By Mark Hibbs, Miles A. Pomper | Analysis, Nuclear Energy

solar panel flower

Essay about nuclear energy versus renewables omits crucial fundamentals

By Amory B. Lovins | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy