Nuclear Energy

observers watching atomic bomb test, 1950s

Introduction: Nuclear Risk

By John Mecklin | Magazine, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

anti and pro nuclear energy posters

The debate about nuclear energy must be reframed for the future

By Aditi Verma, Katie Snyder | Magazine, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste, Special Topics

nuclear reactor construction

Whence nuclear power in the 21st century?

By Robert Rosner | Analysis, Magazine, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons

Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, quit last month after anti-corruption agents searched his home as part of an investigation into corruption at the state-owned nuclear company Energoatom. (Source: President of Ukraine website)

Ukraine’s Energoatom, Holtec International, and the US retreat from fighting corruption abroad

By Matt Smith | Nuclear Energy, Special Topics

US President Donald Trump meets with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on November 18. Trump hosted the crown prince for meetings aimed at strengthening economic and defense ties, including the US sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The pomp, circumstance, benefits, and costs of the trillion-dollar US-Saudi Investment Summit

By Rachel Bronson | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Energy

How Holtec International became an expanding (and controversial) nuclear power

By Matt Smith | Investigative Reporting, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

A woman speaks at a podium labeled "Extend & Expand RECA," pointing to a map as several people stand behind her at an outdoor event.

Trump’s new radiation exposure limits could be ‘catastrophic’ for women and girls

By Lesley M. M. Blume, Chloe Shrager | Investigative Reporting, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

A document marked "CONFIDENTIAL" with visible classification stamps and partially redacted text discussing high fissile content uranium and nuclear safeguards.

Declassified cable reinforces proliferation concerns about high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel

By Edwin Lyman | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

President Trump’s radical attack on radiation safety

By Daniel Hirsch, Haakon Williams, Cameron Kuta | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

A soldier in camouflage uniform and helmet stands guard with a rifle in front of a large industrial building with smokestacks under a partly cloudy sky.

From Zaporizhzhia to Natanz, nuclear piracy is equally dangerous—and illegal

By Ali Alkis | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

A stylized illustration features geometric shapes pointing toward a black sphere with an atomic symbol, with the text "atoms for peace" at the top.

Updating the ‘Atoms for Peace’ bargain for the new nuclear age

By Richard Nephew, Matt Bowen | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Aerial view of a nuclear power plant with four cooling towers two of them emitting steam beside a river, surrounded by trees and clear skies.

Why a national cancer study near US reactors must be conducted before any new expansion of nuclear power

By Joseph Mangano, Robert Alvarez | Nuclear Energy