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Nuclear Energy

After ITER: What China and others are doing in fusion. Interview with MIT’s Dennis Whyte

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

An overview of the fusion landscape

By Robert J. Goldston | Nuclear Energy

Fusion: The Uncertain Certainty

By Richard F. Post | Nuclear Energy

What it will take to restart decommissioned US nuclear plants. A primer

By Kathryn Huff, Nathan Ryan | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

Fire burning at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine

Nuclear power: future energy solution or potential war target?

By Ray Hughes | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Voices of Tomorrow

The N.S. Savannah was the world's first nuclear powered merchant ship. It launched in 1959 as part of the Atoms for Peace program. Photo: Department of Transportation Maritime Administration

Why nuclear-powered commercial ships are a bad idea

By George M. Moore | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Eastern Europe’s purchase of US nuclear reactors is primarily about military ties, not climate change

By Maha Siddiqui, M.V. Ramana | Nuclear Energy

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

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Waste

The Preparatory Committee for the 2026 NPT Review Conference will hold its second session from July 22 to August 2 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Interview: US diplomat Adam Scheinman on nonproliferation, arms control, and the NPT

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

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