Nuclear Energy

Kateryna Pavlova served as acting head of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone during the 2020 wildfires and COVID-19 pandemic. Photo permission from Kateryna Pavlova.

Kateryna Pavlova battled a pandemic, wildfires, corruption, and sexism in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

By Susan D’Agostino | Interviews, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Alley of abandoned villages - 162 plaques with the names of permanently evacuated settlements during 1986-1991 after the Chernobyl accident. Credit: Margarita Kalinina-Pohl (2018).

It’s not radioactive Disneyland: Visit Chernobyl, but respect it.

By Margarita Kalinina-Pohl | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Is the US nuclear community prepared for the extreme weather climate change is bringing?

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

artist's illustration of a fusion power plant

National Academies calls for a fusion pilot plant

By Robert J. Goldston | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

Anti-aircraft guns guarding Natanz nuclear facility. Credit: Hamed Saber. Image accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Alleged sabotage at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility comes amid talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

An after-picture of the Urakami Tenshudo (Catholic Church) in Nagasaki, which was destroyed in 1945 by the fission of about one kilogram of plutonium. Credit: Public domain image accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

Plutonium programs in East Asia and Idaho will challenge the Biden administration

By Frank von Hippel | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Bill Gates in October 2018, at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium to promote health and clean-energy Initiatives. Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

Bill Gates’ bad bet on plutonium-fueled reactors

By Frank von Hippel | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Plutonium pellet. US Energy Department public domain image via Wikimedia Commons.

For the NPT to work, plutonium has to go

By Victor Gilinsky, Henry Sokolski | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Opinion

Highly enriched shareholders mean disasters down the line: Why utilities like TEPCO need new corporate governance

By Julius Weitzdörfer, Denia Djokić | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Credit: IAEA Imagebank via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ten years after Fukushima: The experts examine lessons learned and forgotten

By Ali Ahmad, Aditi Verma, Francesca Giovannini | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

flags in Vienna

What are we waiting for? The need for stronger international nuclear energy relationships.

By James O. Ellis, Jr., Sonja D. Schmid | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Abandoned Chernobyl village. Credit: Clay Gilliland via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0

Chernobyl: A nuclear accident that changed the course of history. Then came Fukushima.

By Mariana Budjeryn | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk