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NewsControversial plan will see Fukushima’s radioactive wastewater discharged into sea
As contaminated water builds plant’s owner hopes to begin discharging it this summer
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NewsExplainer: what threat does the Kakhovka dam breach pose to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant?
In the early hours of Tuesday 6 June, the 30m high, 2km long Nova Kakhovka dam, located upstream of the city of Kherson on the Dnipro River in occupied southern Ukraine, collapsed. The destruction of the dam, which was under the control of the Russian military, caused extensive flooding along ...
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NewsUkrainian nuclear plant ‘under control’ following dam breach but risk of disaster remains
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station’s access to water for cooling from nearby reservoir cut off by demolition
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OpinionNuclear wasted
Atomic energy has the potential to reduce our carbon footprint, but the problem of waste is devilishly complex
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FeatureThe long future of nuclear waste
Although enthusiasm for atomic energy has waxed and waned over the decades, Bárbara Pinho finds the question of waste has yet to be solved
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NewsSituation at Ukrainian nuclear plants worrying as shelling and power cuts threaten containment
Back-up diesel generators have been needed to maintain cooling at plants across the country
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NewsUK nuclear power plant at Sizewell site gets go-ahead after two years
Part of the net zero strategy, Sizewell C will generate 7% of the country’s electricity – but the decision has been met with criticism
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NewsEuropean parliament labels nuclear and gas investments as ‘environmentally sustainable’ activities
Decision branded a disgrace by environmental groups
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ResearchThe next generation of nuclear reactors will produce even more radioactive waste
Researchers warn against ‘overly optimistic, misleading information’ surrounding small modular reactors
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NewsLast of UK’s nuclear reprocessing plants to close
Sellafield’s Magnox plant will enter a new era of clean-up and decommissioning in July
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NewsRussian troops depart Chernobyl following disappearance of nuclear material
Chernobyl employees say that soldiers were unaware of the 1986 disaster and entered highly radioactive areas without protection
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NewsRussian actions around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant flirt with catastrophe
An incident at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya plant could have disastrous consequences, nuclear safety expert warns
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NewsFears for Ukraine’s nuclear facilities follow Russian troops taking charge of Chernobyl site
Military movement kicking up radioactive dust in the exclusion zone and missiles barely missing nuclear waste sites worry nuclear energy community
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ResearchElectrochemistry reduces waste burden of irradiated nuclear graphite
Radioactive contaminants removed from moderator material using electrolysis in high-temperature molten salt media
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NewsLack of ambition in China’s economic plan leaves net zero emissions ambition adrift
Only a modest 4.1% increase in energy generation from non-fossil sources by 2025 planned
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NewsA decade on Japan is still grappling with the environmental impact of Fukushima
Decontamination efforts appear to have been effective, but concerns remain about disposal of contaminated soil and water, as well as the need for long-term future monitoring
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NewsNuclear agency proposes deregulating disposal of some US radioactive waste
NRC issues new ‘interpretive rule’ allowing ‘very low level’ radioactive waste to be disposed of in landfills
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ResearchChernobyl’s intensely radioactive ‘elephant’s foot’ lava recreated in the lab
Mimic of the lava produced by a reactor meltdown is far safer to work with
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ResearchUranium compound unearths questions on nuclear waste
Environmental chemists place sub-surface uranium chemistry under the spotlight
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ResearchUranium isotopes in ancient grains indicate early Earth was less hellish than textbook descriptions
Mass spectrometry technique that works on tiny samples refines understanding of Earth’s first geologic eon