As Canada develops new nuclear projects, some might worry that hotter weather could undermine nuclear reliability. However, France’s experience this summer suggests otherwise.
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Any talk of nuclear futures in space obliges us to learn from nuclear pasts.
Once classified files from East Germany reveal the extent of Soviet actions to hide the true extent of catastrophe.
Endangered species are making their home in a massive wild zone around the derelict Chernobyl nuclear plant.
Some major events in the history of US-Iran relations highlight differences between the countries’ views, but others have presented real opportunities for reconciliation.
Rising electricity demand has researchers exploring a wide range of methods to generate more power, including a type of nuclear reactor that’s smaller than traditional nuclear plants.
Over a 40-year period, up to 1989, the Soviet Union detonated 456 nuclear weapons in present-day Kazakhstan. A new documentary sees three generations of women speak about wounds and healing.
If billions are being invested to power submarines not homes, the public deserves to know.
Small-scale nuclear reactors are a promising power source. But implementing them will require overcoming technical and societal challenges.
New US-UK nuclear collaboration may involve accepting each other’s safety checks.
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.
In the wake of the US attacks, the international community asked itself how it could ensure that such horrors were never repeated.
States take the lead on regulation of planning, site selection, leasing and other elements of offshore wind projects in the Great Lakes, though the federal government has a role as well.
The new federal law favors energy technologies that are already profitable and increase global warming over cleaner approaches that could use the investment support.
In the majority of cases, diplomacy has played a pivotal role in convincing nuclear-seeking nations to relinquish their pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Uranium enrichment concentrates one specific type of the atom to create a substance that can generate massive amounts of energy.
The hundreds of millions of people now using AI have added significant demand to the power grid, and that demand is only growing.
Some major events in the history of US-Iran relations highlight differences between the countries’ views, but others have presented real opportunities for reconciliation.
Some technologies could rapidly cut emissions, while others do little to fight climate change. The House bill favors the latter while nixing support for the former.
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