US nuclear power plants

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

Memo to Trump: Address the new threat of drone-vulnerable nuclear reactors

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

What it will take to restart decommissioned US nuclear plants. A primer

By Kathryn Huff, Nathan Ryan | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

IAEA Experts at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Credit: IAEA Imagebank via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fukushima 10 years later: It still could happen here

By Edwin Lyman | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk