radiation-induced cancers

The Trump administration’s reckless attack on radiation protection will have long-term consequences for public safety

By Frank von Hippel | Analysis, Nuclear Energy

Rows of women operate control panels in an industrial facility, sitting on stools along two parallel walls lined with equipment and dials.

No, the United States does not need a costly national cancer study near nuclear reactors

By Adam Stein, PJ Seel | Nuclear Energy

Aerial view of a nuclear power plant with four cooling towers two of them emitting steam beside a river, surrounded by trees and clear skies.

Why a national cancer study near US reactors must be conducted before any new expansion of nuclear power

By Joseph Mangano, Robert Alvarez | Nuclear Energy

A street scene with damaged buildings, rubble, a cyclist, pedestrians, and two trams in the city of Hiroshima showing signs of destruction.

The nuclear road not taken—and its consequences 80 years after the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

By Arjun Makhijani | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons

The radiological and psychological consequences of the Fukushima Daiichi accident

By Frank von Hippel | Uncategorized