List of Nuclear Energy articles
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Aerial view of the core module of China's Linglong One, the world's first commercial small modular reactor (SMR), installed in Hainan Province of China on Aug. 10, 2023. Nuclear Power Is the Cuckoo in the Climate Policy Nest
Politicians in Australia, the U.K., and elsewhere are obfuscating the true cost of next-generation technologies.
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An aerial view of a nuclear power plant with a river in the distance. America’s Awkward Energy Insecurity Problem
With the (sort of) end of Russian uranium imports, a challenge looms: How to fuel the next generation of reactors?
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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's largest nuclear power station and currently held by Russian occupying forces, is pictured on October 29, 2022 from Prydniprovske in Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine. Russia’s Missiles Threaten a Nuclear Meltdown in Ukraine
The Ukrainian power grid is under severe attack—with potentially catastrophic consequences.
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The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is seen from across the Susquehanna River in Etters, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 21. America’s AI Leadership Depends on Energy
Microsoft’s plan to restart Three Mile Island points to the way forward.
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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses parliament during a session to approve his new cabinet appointments in Tehran on August 21, 2024. Iran’s New Outreach to the West Is Risky
Masoud Pezeshkian says he wants to rekindle the nuclear deal. The ball is now in the West’s court.
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A photo illustration shows a solar panel covered in $100 bills against a blue sky. Clean Energy Is Security
A policy path to address a warming climate on which both parties can agree.
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The sun sets over the first offshore wind farm in France, off the coast of the western city of Saint-Nazaire. Can Wind and Solar Solve Climate Change?
A new book unwittingly makes the case that they can’t.
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A worker secures cylinders of Russian enriched uranium on a truck following its arrival at the port of Dunkirk, France on March 20, 2023. Russia’s Rosatom Fuels Putin’s War Machine
The nuclear company’s expanding corporate empire is an urgent target for sanctions.
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The containment domes of Units 2 and 3 stand during the decommissioning and dismantling of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in San Diego County, California. U.S. Reactors Still Run on Russian Uranium
But Washington and its partners are working to change that.
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A man fishes at a port near the Lungmen, a nuclear power plant that has suspended its construction, in New Taipei City. Taiwan Can’t Shake Its Nuclear Ghosts
The island’s resistance to a dependable—and desperately needed—source of energy has been shaped by a covert history.
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A man stands with a water bottle in the sun during a heat wave in Algiers, Algeria, on July 18, 2023. The Death of the 1.5 Degree Climate Target
The current path of climate policy is at a dead end—a welcome opportunity to rethink.
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U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks about tripling the use of nuclear energy at COP28 in Dubai on Dec. 2. COP28’s Dramatic but Empty Nuclear Pledge
A 22-nation promise to triple nuclear energy would slash emissions—if major obstacles can be removed.
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White swans walk on a frozen lake as steam and smoke rises from the Belchatow Power Station in the background on February 23, 2021 in Rogowiec, Poland. Poland Is Dreaming of Becoming a Nuclear Power
The country's new government has fanciful plans for energy production.
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Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, pauses after drawing a red line on a graphic of a bomb while discussing Iran during an address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2012 in New York. Bibi Isn’t Serious About Preventing a Regional Nuclear Arms Race
Benjamin Netanyahu has long warned of the perils of a nuclear Middle East. Now he seems willing to allow Saudi nukes in exchange for normalization.
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A “bathtub ring” of mineral deposits left by higher water levels is visible beyond Elephant Butte Dam at the drought-stricken Elephant Butte Reservoir near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, on Aug. 15, 2022. Can We Learn from Oppenheimer in Responding to Climate Change?
Like atomic energy, geoengineering could change the nature of the world. That’s why it needs international guardrails and guidelines.