nuclear power plant

Why Japan should stop its Fukushima nuclear wastewater ocean release

By Tatsujiro Suzuki | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

A Russian serviceman patrols the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on May 1, 2022.

Zaporizhzhia on the brink: How deteriorating conditions at the nuclear power plant could lead to disaster

By Zakhar Popovych, Denys I. Bondar, M.V. Ramana | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

French nuclear power reactors in India: Are they worth the wait (and cost)?

By Urvashi Sarkar | Nuclear Energy

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

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

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

Rodney C. Ewing

Nuclear reactors in a war zone: A new type of weapon?

By Rodney C. Ewing | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

A close call at Ukraine reactor: On luck and nuclear disasters

By Maxime Polleri | Nuclear Risk, Opinion, Personal Essay

large crowd of people on a road

Russian military surrounds Europe’s largest nuclear power plant as Ukrainians block access roads

By Jessica McKenzie | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

A 2016 Great Prophet wargame in southeastern Iran. Credit: Hossein Zohrevand for Tasnim News Agency. License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran nuclear deal negotiators must act with urgency, given Iranian and Israeli nuclear brinkmanship

By Gawdat Bahgat | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

People protesting against Chutka Nuclear Power plant in Mandala district. Villagers of Chutka in Mandala district along with other displaced villagers of Bargi dam organised a rally to protest against the government decision to install Nuclear Power Plant at Chutka. If the project gets implemented then it will displace 3 villages. Credit: India Water Portal. Accessed via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

India has long suppressed antinuclear activism. Still, activists persist.

By Urvashi Sarkar | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, 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

Fukushima Sea Water Sampling-3. The damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station as seen during a sea-water sampling boat journey, 7 November 2013. IAEA marine monitoring experts were sent to Japan to observe sea water sampling and data analysis. Photo accessed by Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Why Japan’s plan for Fukushima wastewater lacks public trust

By Tatsujiro Suzuki | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk