Nuclear energy

Years after a nuclear disaster wiped out Fukushima’s agriculture, peach growers are banking on Harrods to sell the area’s recovery story

As Microsoft strikes a deal to restart a reactor at Three Mile Island to power AI, nuclear specialists weigh in on the unprecedented process

Solar and natural gas surged last year in the U.S., while wind stumbled

The Biden administration’s intention to use dozens of bombs’ worth of highly enriched uranium as fuel in a new civilian reactor sets a dangerous precedent, one that could help our foes get nuclear weapons

Congress must end the exemption of nuclear waste from environmental law if we ever hope to end a 60-year logjam on how to safely store it

Radiation in water from Fukushima will be diluted to almost background levels, but some researchers are not sure this will be sufficient to mitigate the risks

Here’s what’s next after the U.S. National Ignition Facility’s breakthrough on nuclear fusion last year

Fusion researchers at the U.S. National Ignition Facility created a reaction that made more energy than they put in

Ukraine’s former environment minister explains the Russian invasion’s dangerous impact on water and nuclear safety

The milestone showed both how far renewable energy has come and the lengths the country must go to reach President Joe Biden’s climate goals

Gina McCarthy and other administration officials showcased fusion energy in a bid to accelerate vast amounts of carbon-free power

Vehicles can kick up radioactive dust, and fighting risks igniting a wildfire in the exclusion zone