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The Trump administration’s reckless attack on radiation protection will have long-term consequences for public safety

By Frank von Hippel | Analysis, Nuclear Energy

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What a recent court win reveals about the Trump administration’s unlawful attacks on climate science

By Rachel Cleetus | Climate Change

Rows of women operate control panels in an industrial facility, sitting on stools along two parallel walls lined with equipment and dials.

No, the United States does not need a costly national cancer study near nuclear reactors

By Adam Stein, PJ Seel | Nuclear Energy

A crowded street protest with people holding signs reading "MY CLUB IS BIGGER THAN YOURS!" and wearing masks, including caricatures and a gas mask; one sign says "NO TESTS EAST OR WEST.

How the United States achieved its de facto nuclear test ban—and how to preserve it

By David Cortright | Nuclear Weapons

school child walking down flooded road in Gulf of Mexico

Trump administration climate report a ‘farce,’ scientists say

By Dharna Noor, Oliver Milman | Climate Change

The first US atomic rush was a bust. Will Trump’s big nuclear-for-AI plans fare any better?

By Chloe Shrager | Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Energy

Trump’s “wins” on nuclear power are losses for taxpayers and public safety

By Edwin Lyman | Nuclear Energy

Red light for the greenway: Locals oppose wildlife corridor at plutonium-contaminated Rocky Flats site

By John Abbotts | Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons

The Energy Department just made one plutonium pit. Making more is uncertain

By Dylan Spaulding | Nuclear Weapons

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

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Waste

SMR control room simulator

A small modular reactor’s demise calls for big change in Energy Department policy

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy

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Charging ahead: Steven Chu, Nobel Prize-winner and former Energy Secretary, on today’s battery research—and more

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change