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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Trump just assaulted the independence of the nuclear regulator. What could go wrong?

By Allison Macfarlane | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

SCOTUS goes nuclear: Justices’ decision could seal spent fuel storage options for decades

By Riley Fisher, Muhammad Abdussami, Aditi Verma | Nuclear Waste

Three Mile Island

Congress wants to turn the nuclear regulator into the US industry’s cheerleader—again

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin questions witnesses about advanced nuclear reactors in November 2023.

Congress takes aim at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: ‘It’s déjà vu all over again’

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy

Congress torpedoes a Biden nominee and casts doubt on nuclear safety

By Allison Macfarlane | Nuclear Energy

Senate extends nuclear liability-limiting law without public scrutiny. Here’s why we should care.

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy

‘Right of boom’: Meet the experts who respond to nuclear disaster

By Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Risk

The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in Central California. Photo credit: marya from San Luis Obispo, USA via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant: assessing the seismic risks of extended operation

By Edwin Lyman | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

SMR research in lab

Can small modular reactors help mitigate climate change?

By Arjun Makhijani, M.V. Ramana | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

Annie Caputo visits Three Mile Island

Biden can rescue the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from industry capture

By Frank von Hippel | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

The canals of Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station

With climate change, aging nuclear plants need closer scrutiny. Turkey Point shows why.

By Caroline Reiser | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

Annie Caputo visits Three Mile Island

Aging nuclear plants, industry cost-cutting, and reduced safety oversight: a dangerous mix

By Edwin Lyman | Analysis, Nuclear Energy