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Nuclear Waste

Red light for the greenway: Locals oppose wildlife corridor at plutonium-contaminated Rocky Flats site

By John Abbotts | Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons

A protester near the Trinity nuclear test site. Legislation to extend and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was recently reintroduced in the US Senate after stalling in the House late im 2024. (Credit: Jonny Coker / KRWG)

The 15-minute interview: Sen. Ben Ray Luján on the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Waste

SCOTUS goes nuclear: Justices’ decision could seal spent fuel storage options for decades

By Riley Fisher, Muhammad Abdussami, Aditi Verma | Nuclear Waste

Why US nuclear waste policy got stalled. And what to do about it.

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Waste

A personal tribute to Rod Ewing, the man against a mountain. And my friend.

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Waste, Personal Essay

The thorny social problem of permanent nuclear waste storage

By Austyn Gaffney | Nuclear Waste

A protester near the Trinity nuclear test site. Legislation to extend and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was recently reintroduced in the US Senate after stalling in the House late im 2024. (Credit: Jonny Coker / KRWG)

Why cost should not be an obstacle to compensating nuclear survivors

By Alicia Sanders-Zakre, Susi Snyder | Analysis, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons

Oklo collaborated with Gensler architects to design the Aurora Powerhouse, aiming for a simplified and streamlined construction capability. (Image by Gensler)

Nuclear energy could power the AI boom—but only if proliferation risks are minimized

By Miles A. Pomper, Yanliang Pan | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons

To find a place to store spent nuclear fuel, Congress needs to stop trying to revive Yucca Mountain

By David Klaus | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant in Japan Aomori. Credit: Nife. (CC BY-SA 3.0). Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

Rokkasho redux: Japan’s never-ending reprocessing saga

By Tatsujiro Suzuki | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

Fukushima wastewater issue will further divide a nation, split families, and cause ‘atomic divorce’

By Maxime Polleri | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

Why Japan should stop its Fukushima nuclear wastewater ocean release

By Tatsujiro Suzuki | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste