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Le souverain britannique Charles III lors de la mise en service du sous-marin nucléaire HMS « Agamemnon » à Barrow-in-Furness (Angleterre), le 22 septembre 2025. Paul Ellis/Pool/AFP

November 1, 2025

Au Royaume‑Uni, l’influence cachée des militaires derrière le nouvel engouement pour les petits réacteurs nucléaires

Phil Johnstone, University of Sussex; University of Tartu; Utrecht University and Andy Stirling, University of Sussex

Derrière le renouveau du nucléaire civil se cachent des enjeux militaires : sous-marins, armement et projection de puissance.

A nuclear sub emerges from the ice, somewhere north of Alaska. US Navy Photo / Alamy

October 27, 2025

The hidden military pressures behind the new push for small nuclear reactors

Phil Johnstone, University of Sussex; University of Tartu; Utrecht University and Andy Stirling, University of Sussex

If billions are being invested to power submarines not homes, the public deserves to know.

Ben Birchall / Alamy

January 18, 2024

Military interests are pushing new nuclear power – and the UK government has finally admitted it

Andy Stirling, University of Sussex and Phil Johnstone, University of Sussex

Civil nuclear energy maintains the skills and supply chains needed for nuclear subs and weapons.

Radioactive waste. Reuters/Bobby Yip

October 14, 2015

All at sea: making sense of the UK’s muddled nuclear policy

Phil Johnstone, University of Sussex and Andy Stirling, University of Sussex

Is George Osborne deploying the ‘Deep State’ to secure a long-term nuclear arsenal for Britain?

The message from Germany. justflix

September 8, 2015

Why Germany is dumping nuclear power – and Britain isn’t

Phil Johnstone, University of Sussex and Andy Stirling, University of Sussex

What happens to energy policy when democracy takes a back seat – and no one mentions the war.

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