Atomic Energy Commission

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

The NRC’s new Mission Impossible: Making Atoms Great Again

By Edwin Lyman | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Three Mile Island

Congress wants to turn the nuclear regulator into the US industry’s cheerleader—again

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

Oppenheimer envisioned the tactical use of nuclear weapons. Putin now threatens it

By Matthew Evangelista | Nuclear Weapons

Senate extends nuclear liability-limiting law without public scrutiny. Here’s why we should care.

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy

Widening the field of view on ‘Oppenheimer’

By Robert J. Goldston | Nuclear Weapons

What ‘Oppenheimer’ can teach today’s scientists

By Charles D. Ferguson | Nuclear Weapons

Color photo of Trinity test of atomic bomb on July 16, 1945

Introduction — Oppenheimer: The man behind the movie

By Dan Drollette Jr | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Nichols presents charges

By K.D. Nichols | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Special Topics

VIP observers in Adirondack chairs watch nuclear test in Pacific

Bulletin statement on the Energy Department’s Oppenheimer decision

By Rachel Bronson | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Personal Essay

The Oppenheimer case: A study in the abuse of law

By Harold P. Green | Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay, Special Topics

Oppenheimer Replies

By J. Robert Oppenheimer | Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay, Special Topics