Nuclear Energy

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

Oklo collaborated with Gensler architects to design the Aurora Powerhouse, aiming for a simplified and streamlined construction capability. (Image by Gensler)

Nuclear energy could power the AI boom—but only if proliferation risks are minimized

By Miles A. Pomper, Yanliang Pan | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons

A majority of Iranians now favor possessing nuclear weapons. Their leaders take note.

By Peyman Asadzade | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Despite the risks, Russia continues to use Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as a source of leverage

By Darya Dolzikova | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

The central coast of California, with the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in the background.

An Indigenous future for nuclear power in California?

By Jon Christensen, Matthew Crotty | Nuclear Energy

To find a place to store spent nuclear fuel, Congress needs to stop trying to revive Yucca Mountain

By David Klaus | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

Russia plans to restart Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. That won’t make the plant safer

By Ali Alkis | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

Spent nuclear fuel mismanagement poses a major threat to the United States. Here’s how.

By Mark Leyse | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

rendering of a proposed nuclear reactor building

Say no to small modular reactors: Stop normalizing the exploitation of nature

By Erin Hurley | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow