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Russia-Ukraine

A Russian serviceman patrols the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on May 1, 2022.

Zaporizhzhia on the brink: How deteriorating conditions at the nuclear power plant could lead to disaster

By Zakhar Popovych, Denys I. Bondar, M.V. Ramana | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Ukrainian officials attend the opening of the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) for Ukrainian grain exports in Istanbul. - Turkey formally opened a joint coordination centre for Ukrainian grain exports under a UN-backed deal aimed at resuming shipments for the first time since Russia's February invasion of its neighbor. (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

War and peace: imagining a way from one to the other in Ukraine

By Aleksandr S. Kolbin | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Liquefied natural gas truck

How the gas industry used the Ukraine war to secure new fossil fuel infrastructure

By Oliver Milman | Climate Change

A Ukrainian expert assesses the possible impact of a military attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

A nuclear safety expert’s view on the crisis at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

By Attila Aszódi | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

IAEA arrives at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant for its riskiest mission in history

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

JP Morgan Chase building at night

How US and UK financial institutions bankroll Russia’s ‘carbon bombs’

By Damian Carrington | Climate Change

Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, nuclear power plant at night

Experts weigh in on the risk of disaster at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

The A1 Verse: Haiku for Zaporizhzhia

By Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

Ukrainian tanks on a military exercise

Russia says “Nyet” to UN calls for DMZ around Ukrainian nuclear plant

By Jon Henley, Samantha Lock | Nuclear Weapons

US and EU imports of Russian uranium and enrichment services could stop. Here’s how.

By Dory Castillo-Peters, Frank von Hippel | Nuclear Energy

Heavy equipment in a quarry.

The war in Ukraine is hurting the transition to low-carbon technologies

By Paul Hockenos | Climate Change