Enrichment is key to any country’s nuclear ambitions. The US-Saudi deal is unclear where matters rest on that issue.
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US sanctions on foreign nations have lost some of their power to influence the behavior of other nations – with increasing costs for the US to boot.
What does the wealth of books, documentaries and dramas about the Chernobyl disaster tell us that history alone cannot?
The nuclear incident at Chernobyl spread radiation across Europe and led to political changes that played a role in the collapse of the Soviet Union.
A decade of shifting regional alliances, continuous conflict and outside interventions have narrowed the path for diplomacy.
If Israel possesses a nuclear arsenal, while Iran is denied that possibility, what do the international norms on accepting, producing or acquiring nuclear weapons have to say about such double standards?
Conducting military strikes against a nation that is engaged in negotiations to reduce its nuclear capacity has set a dangerous precedent.
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has proposed building a nuclear waste repository at a site in northern Ontario. But nearby First Nations say they weren’t consulted.
The Trump administration has called on Iran to permanently end its nuclear program. But threats of force may undermine effort of nonproliferation.
Such repositories raise complex ethical questions around public safety, particularly given the millennia-long timescales of nuclear waste.
A debate about whether Japan should possess nuclear weapons has resurfaced, much to the dismay of China.
Small-scale nuclear reactors are a promising power source. But implementing them will require overcoming technical and societal challenges.
If you try to launch or land a spacecraft anywhere close to another object on the lunar surface, that object will get sandblasted with rocks, dust and sand.
Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for powering long-term space missions.
If the nuclear bomb was born out of fear, then ensuring it is never used again requires replacing fear with trust.
A nuclear engineer explains how the International Atomic Energy Agency monitors peaceful nuclear programs, and why it’s worrisome that Iran stopped cooperating with the IAEA.
The hundreds of millions of people now using AI have added significant demand to the power grid, and that demand is only growing.
Close to 100 scientists have been killed or abducted to stymie foreign nations’ nuclear programs since World War II. But the tactic has serious drawbacks as a means of countering proliferation.
When it comes to the energy transition, focus tends to be on solar, wind or hydroelectricity. But small modular nuclear reactors are showing promise globally.
The latest attacks have come amid growing concern over Iran’s nuclear program, prompting questions over what this means for the global non-proliferation regime.
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Head of Department of Management and Professor of Petroleum Accounting at Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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