Tag: Nuclear energy
Nuclear in your backyard? Tiny reactors could one day power towns...
Aditi Verma, University of Michigan
You might imagine nuclear power plants as behemoth facilities spanning hundreds of acres. Nuclear...
The treaty meant to control nuclear risks is under strain 80...
Stephen Herzog, Middlebury
Eighty years ago – on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945 – the U.S. military dropped atomic...
How the world’s nuclear watchdog monitors facilities around the world –...
Anna Erickson, Georgia Institute of Technology
What happens when a country seeks to develop a peaceful nuclear energy program?...
How and where is nuclear waste stored in the US?
Gerald Frankel, The Ohio State University
Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at over...
To make nuclear fusion a reliable energy source one day, scientists...
Sophie Blondel, University of Tennessee
Fusion energy has the potential to be an effective clean energy source, as its...
The nuclear industry is making a big bet on small power...
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
Until now, generating nuclear power has required massive facilities surrounded by acres of buildings, electrical infrastructure, roads, parking lots...
Before the US approves new uranium mining, consider its toxic legacy
Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University
Uranium – the raw material for nuclear power and nuclear weapons – is having a moment in the spotlight.
Companies such...
EXPLORING NATURE
Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks –...
Kelly Lambert, University of Richmond
When a curious raccoon broke into an Ashland, Virginia, liquor store in December 2025,...
