Articles and Analysis – Page 19

Small modular reactors aren’t the energy answer for remote communities and mines

The energy costs associated with small modular reactors exceed those of diesel-based electricity. Policy-makers should focus on renewables. A new type of theoretical nuclear power plant design called small modular…

Ddamba, Nelson & Ramana: Energy, Injustice & the Green New Deal

"The energy sector must be a key arena of struggle." One result of pandemic-driven economic shutdowns around the world is a change in patterns of energy production and use. Some…

Taking nuclear vulnerabilities seriously

M.V. Ramana, Benoît Pelopidas All nuclear weapon states have admitted to the possibility that deterrence could fail Seventy-five years ago, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was destroyed by one single…

Peace Declaration (2020)

Every year on August 6, the City of Hiroshima holds a Peace Memorial Ceremony to pray for the peaceful repose of the victims, for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and…

U.S. experts say nuclear crisis exceeds level during Cold War

The human race's continued existence is at its most endangered point after World War II according to the Doomsday Clock, which has long symbolized the countdown until Earth’s destruction. In…