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Is the US nuclear community prepared for the extreme weather climate change is bringing?

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

Abandoned Chernobyl village. Credit: Clay Gilliland via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0

Chernobyl: A nuclear accident that changed the course of history. Then came Fukushima.

By Mariana Budjeryn | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

IAEA Experts at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Credit: IAEA Imagebank via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fukushima 10 years later: It still could happen here

By Edwin Lyman | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Hot potato in South Korea: The spent nuclear fuel storage dilemma

By Jungmin Kang, Seoc Woo Kim, Byong-Chul Lee | Nuclear Energy