Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Nuclear winter: Why study it now?

Against a backdrop of increased tension among the world’s major powers, the risks and effects of nuclear war have received ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

‘Not the most cheerful thing I’ve ever done.’ Susan Solomon on the National Academies report on the effects of nuclear war

MIT professor Susan Solomon discusses the National Academies study on the environmental impacts of nuclear war, and how it made her realize the importance of the science of rising smoke and fuel loads ...
Power Engineering

Michigan conducts nuclear feasibility study

The Fermi Nuclear Generating Station, located on Lake Erie in Monroe County, Michigan. Image by Flickr. Michigan is among the handful of U.S. states looking toward nuclear power to achieve clean ...
New York Post

Nuclear winter would bring mass starvation and death for years post-war, startling new study reveals: ‘We must be prepared’

It would be a-crop-alyptic. Amid rising tensions around the world, Penn State University scientists have revealed what the fallout would be from a nuclear war — with an unfathomable famine, mass ...
Yahoo

Even a limited nuclear war could kill a third of world's population, study shows

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People watch a TV showing a file image of a North Korea missile launch in the fall of 2019. (Associated Press) As escalating ...
Power Engineering

Nuclear power plant to host direct air carbon capture study for DOE

Constellation's Byron Nuclear Generating Station (Source: Constellation). Constellation and several partners will receive $2.5 million in U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding to study direct air ...
MinnPost

Some DFLers, including Walz, push for nuclear study after Xcel plant leak

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. The leak of ...
The Hoya

Lieber Receives Nuclear Study Grant

Professor Keir Lieber received a grant of $500,000 from the Carnegie Corporation to participate in a research study on nuclear deterrence. School of Foreign Service professor Keir Lieber received a ...
MinnPost

Democrats wrestle with studying ‘advanced’ nuclear energy in wake of Minnesota carbon-free bill

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. Fresh off ...
Reason

New Study: Nuclear Power Is Humanity's Greenest Energy Option

Germany idiotically shut down its last three nuclear power plants last month. Until 2011, the country obtained one-quarter of its electricity from 17 nuclear power plants. As a December 2022 study in ...
Acsh.org

Not So Fast : Why A Nuclear Power Cancer Risk Study May Overstate The Risk

A recent study in Nature Communications suggests that Americans living closer to nuclear power plants face higher cancer death rates. As interest in nuclear energy grows again, results like these can ...