The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been named to a group of 12 universities tasked by the federal government with improving and expanding the nation’s detection of nuclear weapons proliferation. The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded two groups of universities a combined $50 million over five years for research related […]
“This is not about making the reactor licensing process more efficient, but about weakening safety and security oversight across the board, a long-standing industry goal,” says one nuclear safety expert. As U.S. senators prepare to vote on a bipartisan bill proponent say will accelerate the development and commercialization of advanced nuclear reactor technologies, the Union […]
Survivors of radiation exposure in New Mexico are urging Congress to expand a soon-expiring law that compensates Americans who were exposed to radiation by federal nuclear tests. Gustavo Martínez Contreras has VOA story from Albuquerque. (Camera: Gustavo Martínez Contreras; Produced by: Bakhtiyar Zamanov)
“A nuclear attack on Gaza would be catastrophic with unimaginable consequences,” said the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, adding that casual talks of using such arms “shouldn’t be normalized.” Anti-war voices on Monday fiercely condemned U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s suggestion that Israel would be within its rights to drop nuclear weapons on the Gaza Strip, seven months into […]