New special issue: Russia after Putin

nuclear power

New report paints gloomy picture of the world’s nuclear industry

By Dawn Stover | Nuclear Energy

A technician prepares salts for use in MSRE in 1964. By Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Accessed via Flickr. CC BY 2.0.

Molten salt reactors were trouble in the 1960s—and they remain trouble today

By M.V. Ramana | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Waste

Interview: Small modular reactors get a reality check about their waste

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs (Russia). Credit: Vitaly V. Kuzmin. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Russian forces leave Chernobyl; UN watchdog offers Ukraine more help

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

US and Aussie submarines

Introduction: Can the United States and China co-exist in the 21st century? Will they?

By John Mecklin | Opinion, Special Topics

atoms for peace

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

By Lami Kim | Analysis

A damaged administrative building of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine, in a handout picture released on Friday. Credit: Energoatom/Via New York Times

Russian forces damage and seize Ukrainian nuclear power plant; no indication of elevated radiation levels

By John Mecklin, Susan D’Agostino, Jessica McKenzie | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

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

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, Uncategorized

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

antinuclear energy protest in Berlin

Nuclear fear: the irrational obstacle to real climate action

By Kerry Emanuel | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

Sea nettle jellyfish swimming at Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, CA. Credit: Photollama. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jellyfish attack nuclear power plant. Again.

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