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Reprocessing isn't the answer
With Yucca Mountain dead, the push to reprocess U.S. nuclear waste has begun anew--a bad idea according to one of the country's foremost scientists.
Locking down the NPT
The ability of countries to leave the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty without penalty must be rectified. The recent nuclear test by North Korea, a former treaty member, is a case in point.
What we found at Al Tuwaitha
For years Iraq's premier nuclear weapons complex was a source of worry for the world. A group of researchers explains exactly what dangerous materials remain there today.
Behind the scenes of Three Mile Island
In the midst of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history, former NRC Commissioner Victor Gilinsky writes that it was not all deadly serious--at some points it was just absurd.
Documenting Three Mile Island
The NRC's chief historian recounts how popular accounts of the accident skewed essential facts and suggests that the industry still be on guard for complacency.
A call to resist the nuclear revival
International security, not the promotion of nuclear technology, must be the number one priority when it comes to any expansion of nuclear energy around the globe.
The history of Iran's nuclear energy program
For more than 30 years, Tehran has looked for ways to achieve a nuclear power capability--the same amount of time Washington has spent trying to deter it.
A new energy future means a new Energy Department
Campaign promises and hopes for a green energy future depend on fundamental reform at the Energy Department, long one of the government's most dysfunctional offices.
Making domestically produced medical isotopes a national priority
U.S. reliance on foreign, antiquated research reactors that supply the world's medical isotopes has created a global supply crisis, not to mention a safety threat.
The Future of Nuclear Energy: Policy recommendations
Scientists and policy makers recommend 9 ways to encourage the safe and responsible development of new nuclear reactors in the United States and around the world.
Internationalizing the nuclear fuel cycle
Sharing control of the nuclear fuel cycle might help stop the spread of dangerous nuclear knowledge and lead to the ultimate goal of eliminating nuclear weapons.
U.S.-Russian nuclear agreement raises serious concerns
Washington's "123 agreement" with Russia ignores Moscow's cooperation with Iran and opens the door to future reprocessing deals between the two countries.
The reality of France's aggressive nuclear power push
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is promising to sell his country's nuclear power technology to any country that wants it--but how plausible is his offer?
Fixing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
If the United States is serious about adding more nuclear power to its energy portfolio, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must improve the way it does its business.