Oliver Stone wants you to reconsider nuclear power

In a Harvard talk following a preview of his new documentary, the director debates nuclear energy's merits as a climate change solution.

Anna Lamb • harvard
April 20, 2023 • ~5 min

Why fusion ignition is being hailed as a major breakthrough in fusion – a nuclear physicist explains

The promise of abundant, clean energy powered by nuclear fusion is one big step closer thanks to a new experiment. The results are a historic scientific milestone, but energy production remains a ways off.

Carolyn Kuranz, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan • conversation
Dec. 14, 2022 • ~8 min

Energy transitions: why countries respond differently to the same problem

The current energy crisis is an opportunity to accelerate the transition towards clean energy – but some countries are better than others at pursuing major energy reform.

Jared Finnegan, Lecturer in Public Policy, UCL • conversation
Nov. 17, 2022 • ~7 min

The future of nuclear waste: what’s the plan and can it be safe?

Scientists have been working on a solution for decades.

Lewis Blackburn, EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow in Materials Science, University of Sheffield • conversation
May 9, 2022 • ~8 min

We’re all radioactive – so let’s stop being afraid of it

Experts in nuclear power and nuclear medicine worry that fears of radiation will keep us relying on fossil fuels for longer.

Gerry Thomas, Chair in Molecular Pathology, Imperial College London • conversation
Feb. 11, 2022 • ~7 min

How nuclear energy can help make all UK electricity green by 2035

The UK government sees a reliable and low-carbon solution to future energy crises in nuclear power.

William Nuttall, Professor of Energy, The Open University • conversation
Oct. 6, 2021 • ~7 min

Nuclear energy isn't a safe bet in a warming world – here's why

The world's nuclear power plants are on the frontline of climate change – and not in a good way.

Paul Dorfman, Honorary Senior Research Associate, UCL Energy Institute, University College London, UCL • conversation
June 28, 2021 • ~4 min

Fukushima: ten years on from the disaster, was Japan's response right?

The rush to evacuate communities and abandon nuclear energy was understandable, but an error.

Philip Thomas, Professor of Risk Management, University of Bristol • conversation
March 10, 2021 • ~8 min

Particles from Fukushima meltdown contained plutonium

Almost ten years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, researchers report that the particles from power plants contained plutonium.

Stanford • futurity
Aug. 6, 2020 • ~6 min

Team develops new way to recycle nuclear waste

About 95% of the starting fuel rod used in nuclear reactors in the US gets discarded as nuclear waste. A new strategy offers a way to recycle it.

Vandana Suresh-Texas A&M • futurity
May 5, 2020 • ~7 min

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