Nuclear Energy

Yucca Mountain facility

Argonne scientists say they’ve developed a better way to deal with nuclear waste—thanks to 3-D printers

By John Krzyzaniak | Analysis, Nuclear Energy

The second of two reactors at China’s Taishan nuclear power plant, a Chinese-French joint venture, entered commercial operation on September 7, 2019. Credit: EDF

An “undeclared phaseout” of the nuclear industry

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, What We’re Reading

Decoding the US “secret authorizations” to sell nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia

By Viet Phuong Nguyen | Analysis, Nuclear Energy

Annie Caputo visits Three Mile Island

Aging nuclear plants, industry cost-cutting, and reduced safety oversight: a dangerous mix

By Edwin Lyman | Analysis, Nuclear Energy

Iran has exceeded uranium limits set by the Iran nuclear deal. What’s next?

By Heather Wuest | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

Recycle everything, America—except your nuclear waste

By Allison Macfarlane, Sharon Squassoni | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

Siegfried Hecker chats with some of the participants in the US-Russia Young Professionals Nuclear Forum

The future of global nuclear power through the eyes of young Russian and American professionals

By Siegfried S. Hecker, Alla A. Kassianova | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Voices of Tomorrow

Nuclear power and global climate change

By Ivan Andriushin, Cecilia Eiroa-Lledo, Patricia Schuster, Evgenii Varseev | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Voices of Tomorrow

What countries will be the most important in leading a significant expansion of global nuclear power—both from the perspective of the supplier and the user?

By Vladislav Kostikov, Anna Kudriavtseva, Cameron Tracy | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Voices of Tomorrow

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi at the Bushehr Nuclear Plant in 2015.

Should nuclear power be expanded significantly into developing countries?

By Yulia Katsenko, Oksana Mironchuk, Evgenii A. Veretennikov, Kristin Ven Bruusgaard | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Voices of Tomorrow

The world's first AP1000 reactor, at the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China.

What will be required for a significant expansion of global nuclear energy?

By Chantell Murphy, Vasily Safonov | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Voices of Tomorrow

Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 & 2 cooling towers and containment buildings.

Why nuclear power plants cost so much—and what can be done about it

By Daria Iurshina, Nikita Karpov, Marie Kirkegaard, Evgeny Semenov | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Voices of Tomorrow