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Russian actions at Zaporizhzhia show need for better legal protections of nuclear installations

By Luis Rodriguez, Lauren Sukin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

chalkboard drawing cartoon bomb

Russia says Ukraine is preparing a “dirty bomb.” Is it true, and what does it mean?

By François Diaz-Maurin, Dan Drollette Jr | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A launch of the Russian Iskander-M, which can carry a tactical nuclear warhead, at the Kapustin Yar proving ground in March 2018. Photo credit: the websites (mil.ru, минобороны.рф) of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

Rhetoric in Ukraine has reinforced the fallacy of limited nuclear exchange

By John Gower, Andrew Weber | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Russia’s alleged bioweapons claims have few supporters

By Jez Littlewood, Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity

Pushing back against Putin’s threat of nuclear use in Ukraine

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

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

New report paints gloomy picture of the world’s nuclear industry

By Dawn Stover | Nuclear Energy

Fear and Loathing in Moscow: The Russian biological weapons program in 2022

By Robert Petersen | Biosecurity

“Not a bluff:” Losing ground in Ukraine, Putin raises nuclear threats

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

one-woman protest outside old KGB headquarters, Moscow

“When it comes to Russia, it’s like living in a volcano” — Interview with Farida Rustamova, an independent reporter in Putin’s Russia

By Dan Drollette Jr | Interviews

The A1 Tongue Twister: Nonstop nuclear nonsense

By Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

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