Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back

Understanding Berlin’s nuclear exit, one year on.

Trevelyan Wing, Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics and Centre Researcher at the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG), University of Cambridge • conversation
April 23, 2024 ~8 min

Potato plant radiation sensors could one day monitor radiation in areas surrounding power plants

What if plants in the area surrounding a nuclear reactor could act as radiation detectors, with the help of a drone?

Neal Stewart, Professor of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee • conversation
Feb. 21, 2024 ~9 min


Military interests are pushing new nuclear power – and the UK government has finally admitted it

Civil nuclear energy maintains the skills and supply chains needed for nuclear subs and weapons.

Philip Johnstone, Research Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex • conversation
Jan. 18, 2024 ~9 min

Kakhovka dam breach raises risk for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – receding waters narrow options for cooling

The International Atomic Energy Agency says the plant has enough water to last for several months. What happens afterward or if the remaining water is lost to the war could lead to a disaster.

Najmedin Meshkati, Professor of Engineering and International Relations, University of Southern California • conversation
June 7, 2023 ~10 min

Britain is a net electricity exporter for first time in 44 years

And it’s because France had to shut many of its nuclear plants.

Grant Wilson, Lecturer, Energy Informatics Group, Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham • conversation
Jan. 13, 2023 ~7 min

The days of the hydrogen car are already over

Hydrogen cars were heralded as an avenue towards universal green motoring, but progress has stalled in recent years.

Chris Ivory, Director of the Innovative Management Practice Research Centre, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Nov. 30, 2022 ~7 min

Cold shutdown reduces risk of disaster at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – but combat around spent fuel still poses a threat

The power plant’s sixth reactor has been shut down, all but eliminating the risk of a nuclear meltdown. But fighting at the site could still release radioactive material.

Najmedin Meshkati, Professor of Engineering and International Relations, University of Southern California • conversation
Sept. 13, 2022 ~7 min

UN nuclear agency calls for protection zone around imperiled Ukrainian power plant – a safety expert explains why that could be crucial

Artillery shelling, stressed-out technicians and power supply disruptions increase the chances of catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest.

Najmedin Meshkati, Professor of Engineering and International Relations, University of Southern California • conversation
Aug. 26, 2022 ~11 min


Imperiled Ukrainian nuclear power plant has the world on edge – a safety expert explains what could go wrong

Artillery shelling, stressed-out technicians and power supply disruptions increase the chances of catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest.

Najmedin Meshkati, Professor of Engineering and International Relations, University of Southern California • conversation
Aug. 26, 2022 ~11 min

Energy strategy: expensive nuclear power push ignores chance to cut costs of UK's electricity system

Failure to make the most of Britain’s abundant renewables will mean a costly and unreliable energy supply.

Nigel Turvey, Visiting Senior Industrial Fellow in Electrical Engineering, University of Bath • conversation
April 7, 2022 ~7 min

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