Iranian president Hassan Rouhani (right) inspects the country’s nuclear facilities in April 2019.
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Iran has announced it will breach the limits on uranium enrichment agreed under the 2015 nuclear deal, after the US turned its back on the agreement. What does that mean for Iran’s nuclear program?
The memorial to the Chernobyl disaster in front of the reactor, now encased in its new containment shield.
Jorge Franganillo
Documentary or drama? The HBO/Sky series is gripping watching, but sometimes facts make way for artistic licence.
United Nations Security Council members listen to Iranian Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Eshagh Al-Habib, left, during a meeting on Iran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement, Dec. 12, 2018, at UN headquarters.
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Iran’s leaders are threatening to breach a 2015 agreement that froze their country’s nuclear program. What is uranium enrichment, and what would it mean for Iran’s ability to build nuclear weapons?
A ferris wheel in the deserted town of Pripyat, Ukraine.
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The HBO series ‘Chernobyl’ has reignited interest among tourists to visit Pripyat, but growing up in the disaster’s shadow has made us wary.
China has invested hundreds of billions of dollars in renewable energy.
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China is rapidly greening its economy, but that doesn’t mean authoritarian governments are best placed to handle climate change.
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Ukraine) with the new safe confinement building over the number 4 reactor unit. May 2017.
Germán Orizaola
The initial impact of the catastrophe on nature was important, but the exclusion zone has now become a natural reserve.
The “Miharu Takizakura”, a weeping cherry tree over a thousand years old.
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In 2011 the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster struck Japan. Eight years later, Fukushima is perceived in very different ways by the West and by Japan.
Apocalyptic visions of the future have a popular place in the gaming imagination.
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Post-apocalyptic visions reflect society’s fears – and gamers get to immerse themselves in it.
‘At your service’.
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From offshore oil and gas to the homes of people with disabilities, this is emerging as one of the most exciting areas of tech.
Jeremy Corbyn speaks at an anti-Trident protest organised by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 2016.
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Labour should not accept nuclear power as an inevitable part of its climate policies.
Florida’s Turkey Point Nuclear Plant shut down 12 hours before Hurricane Andrew made landfall in 1992.
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Lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and the Fukushima disaster in 2011 have changed how utilities brace for big storms.
Wylfa nuclear power station on Anglesey in North Wales.
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The benefits of nuclear power often seem to get overshadowed. It’s time the industry began sharing its vision for the future.
Inside a power-plant cooling tower.
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Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima demonstrated the difficulty of managing a disaster at a nuclear power plant. What is the situation in France?
Many scientists believe it is impossible to ignore the human impact on the planet when defining the geological age we live in today.
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When it comes to the geological record, airbrushing out humans’ impact on the environment makes little sense.
California’s San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station was shut down in 2013.
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Commercial nuclear reactors provide roughly one-fifth of the electricity produced in the US. But they face grave threats to their continued operation.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces his plan to keep the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station in operation until 2024, in this June 2018 photo.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford seems intent on dismantling the previous government’s energy strategy. But that may not protect consumers.
PM-3A McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
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For just ten years Antarctica was home to a nuclear power station called “Nukey Poo”.
The Indian Point nuclear power station outside New York City will be decommissioned by 2021.
AP Photo/Seth Wenig
There is simply no credible evidence supporting the contention that America is experiencing a grid emergency.
A 2015 tour of an entryway into the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
AP Photo/John Locher
If recent history repeats itself, the proposed repository for extremely dangerous nuclear waste will stay dead.
Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker signed a comprehensive energy law in 2016 that authorized the development of new offshore wind and hydroelectric projects.
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Several states, including Massachusetts and Rhode Island, have developed ambitious renewable energy targets that hinge in large part on getting their power from turbines stationed in the water.