nuclear energy

Four unanswered questions about the intersection of war and nuclear power

By Julien de Troullioud de Lanversin, Maxime Polleri | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Wildfires break out in Chernobyl amid a non-functioning radiation-monitoring system

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

atoms for peace

Exchanging atoms for influence: Competition in Southeast Asia’s nuclear market

By Lami Kim | Analysis

nuclear power plant near ocean aerial photograph

Why the retirement of a California nuclear plant should proceed as planned

By Ralph Cavanagh | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

New sarcophagus, Chernobyl power plant. Credit: Timon91. Accessed via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Russian forces now control Chernobyl, inviting speculation and uncertainty

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

nuclear power plant at night

Climate activists contest the EU’s “green” designation for gas and nuclear energy

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

Idaho National Laboratory’s Fuel Conditioning Facility supports work to demonstrate the technical feasibility of a nuclear recycling technique called pyroprocessing. Photo Credit: Fuel Conditioning Fact Sheet, Idaho National Laboratory.

Why joint US-South Korean research on plutonium separation raises nuclear proliferation danger

By Frank N. von Hippel, Jungmin Kang | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Strange animal-nuclear tales

By Susan D’Agostino, Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erogan at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant. Credit: www.kremlin.ru CC BY 3.0. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

A uniquely Turkish nuclear energy tale

By Şebnem Udum | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Swedish nuclear power plant interior

Is nuclear power sustainable in a carbon-free world? The case of Sweden.

By Robert Rosner, Sabrina Fields | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

Hydrogen is part of the Energy Department's vision for the long-term energy storage needed when solar and wind power are lacking. (Energy Department graphic.)

How the renewables revolution can move from catchphrase to reality

By John Mecklin | Climate Change

nuclear plants lit up at night

Nuclear energy: a distraction on the road to climate solutions

By Sharon Squassoni | Climate Change