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Technicians work on the poloidial field coil assembly line at the ITER (the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) in Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, southern France, Tuesday, July 28, 2020.

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Is Fusion Commercialization in Sight? Not Yet, Says John Holdren

Apr. 3, 2024 by Hanlon, Elizabeth

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Russia and the Global Nuclear Order

March 2024 by Grajewski, Nicole
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Egypt’s Nuclear Megaproject Faces Uncertainty As Russian Funding Squeezed

Jan. 19, 2024 by Ramadam Ahmed, Nada
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China bans seafood from Japan after Fukushima nuclear plant begins releasing wastewater

Aug. 24, 2023

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Is Fusion Commercialization in Sight? Not Yet, Says John Holdren

Apr. 3, 2024 by Hanlon, Elizabeth

Article

Technicians work on the poloidial field coil assembly line at the ITER (the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) in Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, southern France, Tuesday, July 28, 2020.

Russia and the Global Nuclear Order

March 2024 by Grajewski, Nicole

Reports & Papers

from CNA's Center for Naval Analyses

Egypt’s Nuclear Megaproject Faces Uncertainty As Russian Funding Squeezed

Jan. 19, 2024 by Ramadam Ahmed, Nada

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from MEES

President Putin takes part in the official ceremony for pouring the first concrete into the foundation of power unit #4 at Egypt's El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant via videoconference with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the Kremlin on Jan. 23, 2024.

China bans seafood from Japan after Fukushima nuclear plant begins releasing wastewater

Aug. 24, 2023

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from NBC News

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima, northern Japan, on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023.

Nuclear Waste

Aug. 1, 2023 by Herzog, Stephen and Christine Eriksen

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from Springer Nature

Vertical dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel is depicted here.

Fusion Breakthroughs in Context: Professors Holdren and Bunn Reflect on Fusion Ignition Announcement

Dec. 14, 2022 by Holdren, John and Matthew Bunn

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from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

from left, Kim Budil, director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration director Jill Hruby, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Arati Prabhakar, the president's science adviser, and National Nuclear Security Administration Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs Marvin Adams

Caught Red-Handed: How States Wield Proof to Coerce Wrongdoers

Fall 2021 by Nutt, Cullen G. and Reid Pauly

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from International Security

Ambassador Ivor Richard, left, of the United Kingdom, and U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young, right, raise their arms during vote, Friday, Nov. 4, 1977 at the United Nations Security Council.

The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2021

September 2021 by Budjeryn, Mariana

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from World Nuclear Industry Status Report

A monument in front of reactor 4 at Chernobyl.