Nuclear Power

Taiwan Is Retreating From Nuclear Energy. At What Cost?

The self-governing island plans to shut down its last atomic power stations by 2025, threatening more emissions and greater vulnerability to a blockade by China.
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U.S. Scientists Confirm Major Breakthrough In Nuclear Fusion Energy

Researchers just got closer than anyone has before to replicating the reaction that fuels the sun — but you might not want to get overly excited just yet.
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Coal-Addicted Poland Is Going Nuclear With U.S. Help. It’ll Be A Test For Both Nations.

Can building the first atomic energy station in the only major Central European country without one help revive the ailing U.S. nuclear industry?
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Ukraine Alleges Russian Dirty Bomb Deception At Nuke Plant

Ukraine’s nuclear energy operator said Russian forces have carried out secret construction work over the last week at the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s Nuclear Chief Says Winter Cold Raises The Risk Of Disaster At Zaporizhzhia

In an exclusive interview with HuffPost, the chief of Energoatom warns of difficulties ahead for Europe’s embattled largest nuclear power plant.
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Greta Thunberg Says Ditching Nuclear Power While Keeping Coal Is 'A Mistake'

The famed teenage activist wades into one of Germany's fiercest debates.
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War Put Ukraine’s Biggest Nuclear Plant At Risk. Will It Threaten Atomic Energy’s Revival?

Fighting near the Zaporizhzhia plant has raised the risk of a disaster, but industry experts say the case for abundant, zero-carbon power is stronger than ever.
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Atomic Energy Agency Seeks To Visit Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Amid Concerns

Fire damage at Europe’s largest nuclear plant has heightened fears of a catastrophe in a country still haunted by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
By Paul Byrne, AP

Fears Of Nuclear Incident Grow As Shells Strike Plant That Dwarfs Chernobyl

Russia seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station — Europe’s largest — early in the war.
By SUSIE BLANN, AP

Ukrainian Cities Shelled, Including One Near Nuclear Plant

Nikopol, a city close to the country’s biggest nuclear power plant, sustained a barrage of shelling amid Russian attacks in several regions.
By Susie Blann, AP