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Satellite images show hundreds of missile missile silos under construction under inflatable domes at three missile fields and a training area in north-central China. Satellite images © 2021 Maxar Technologies and © 2021 Planet Labs, Inc. All rights reserved. For media licensing options, please contact fas@fas.org

China’s nuclear missile silo expansion: From minimum deterrence to medium deterrence

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

VC Summer nuclear site in South Carolina, with operating unit 1 in the background and abandoned twin unit Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor construction in the foreground; Tim Mousseau ©2018. Used with permission.

US attorney details illegal acts in construction projects, sealing the fate of the “nuclear renaissance”

By Tom Clements | Nuclear Energy

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Credit: The Presidential Palace and Information Office (Russia). Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

North Korea restarted nuclear reactor for plutonium production, IAEA says

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant as seen from nearby Amesbury, Massachusetts. Credit: ThePessimus. Public domain image accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

As US nuclear exports decline, experts fear international safeguards will too

By Jessica Lovering, M. Granger Morgan | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Dove of peace. Street art in Berlin. Credit: Marko Kafé. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

We can’t prevent tomorrow’s nuclear wars unless we imagine them today

By Marina Favaro, Sara Z. Kutchesfahani | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Rebranding Chernobyl

By Julian Hayda | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Nuclear power won’t fix Iraq’s energy crisis

By Nils Holst | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Voices of Tomorrow

A Japanese rat snake is fit with a GPS transmitter that will allow researchers to track its movements over the next several weeks. Photo credit: Hannah Gerke. Used with permission.

Radioactive snakes may monitor Fukushima fallout

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

A choir of Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) sing

As atomic bomb survivors age, they’re motivating the next generation on disarmament

By Masako Toki | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Arak IR-40 heavy water reactor, Iran. Credit: Nanking2012. CC BY-SA 3.0 Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

How Iran’s research reactors prove the nuclear deal is still working

By Samuel M. Hickey | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

atomic bomb memorial mound hiroshima

Atomic bomb survivors—A model for us in COVID-19 era

By Robert Jay Lifton | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Atomic Bomb Dome in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Credit: Michael Helmer. Public domain image accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

Opinion: In an era of climate change and COVID, Hiroshima reminds us of another existential threat.

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion