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radioactive waste

To find a place to store spent nuclear fuel, Congress needs to stop trying to revive Yucca Mountain

By David Klaus | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

A close call at Ukraine reactor: On luck and nuclear disasters

By Maxime Polleri | Nuclear Risk, Opinion, Personal Essay

How do humans make sense of the bomb? A photo essay.

By Robert Del Tredici, Gordon Edwards | Analysis, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Multimedia, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A Japanese rat snake is fit with a GPS transmitter that will allow researchers to track its movements over the next several weeks. Photo credit: Hannah Gerke. Used with permission.

Radioactive snakes may monitor Fukushima fallout

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Radioactive waste barrels. Credit: Recognize Productions from Pexels. Public domain.

A better way to store nuclear waste: Ask for consent.

By Seth P. Tuler, Thomas Webler | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The West Lake Landfill Superfund Site, circa 2014. Photo by: Kqueirolomce

Chronic long-term risk of low-level radiation exposure: Bridging the lay/expert divide

By François Diaz-Maurin | Uncategorized

Life after nuclear: Decommissioning power reactors

By David Lochbaum | Uncategorized

From nuclear to renewable: Energy system transformation and public attitudes

By Nick Pidgeon, Christina C. Demski | Uncategorized

How to build a better sepulcher: Lessons from New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

By Jon Goldstein | Uncategorized