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SMR research in lab

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

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

Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant as seen from nearby Amesbury, Massachusetts. Credit: ThePessimus. Public domain image accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

As US nuclear exports decline, experts fear international safeguards will too

By Jessica Lovering, M. Granger Morgan | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Houston, are we going to have a problem with space nuclear power?

By Beau Rideout | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow