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Nuclear Energy

The Trump administration is eager to sell nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia. But why?

By Aileen Murphy, M.V. Ramana | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Knowing when to walk: What is the best alternative to a formal US-Saudi nuclear agreement?

By Eric Brewer | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Why the financial community should work to prevent the market and economic shocks of a nuclear incident

By David Epstein | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

An interactive model at the Decontamination Info Plaza in the city of Fukushima allows visitors to “decontaminate” a house and yard. Credit: Maxime Polleri

Teaching about radiation after Fukushima

By Maxime Polleri | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Voices of Tomorrow

The Pentagon wants to boldly go where no nuclear reactor has gone before. It won’t work.

By Edwin Lyman | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Nuclear cooling tower

Why the Green New Deal may include nuclear power

By Nathanael Johnson | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

What North Korea wants from the next US summit

By Duyeon Kim | Columnists, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

If yes to Saudi Arabia, no to whom?

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

Decommissioning work in progress on Unit 2 at the Zion Nuclear Power Plant. (Photo credit: ZionSolutions LLC.)

What to do with used nuclear fuel, from Illinois to California

By Jeff Terry | Columnists, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in 2017

The Khashoggi murder raises questions about a Saudi Bomb

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

A billet of highly enriched uranium that was recovered from scrap processed at the Y-12 National Security Complex Plant.

Why the security of nuclear materials should be focus of US-Russia nuclear relations

By Andrew W. Reddie, Bethany Goldblum | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

Learning from South Korea: How artificial intelligence can transform US export controls

By Zoe Stanley-Lockman | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Voices of Tomorrow