Jaitapur: A risky and expensive project
Suvrat Raju & M.V. Ramana Unless the government is transparent about details, it will be engulfed in yet another controversy In December, the French company Électricité de France (EDF) submitted…
Reviving the Nuclear Disarmament Movement: A Practical Proposal
Although a widespread movement has developed to fight climate change, no counterpart has emerged to take on the rising danger of nuclear disaster — yet. By Lawrence S. Wittner, December 7, 2018.…
Should We Subsidize Nuclear Power to Fight Climate Change? – Scientific American Blog Network
Last month, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) put out a reportentitled The Nuclear Power Dilemma: Declining Profits, Plant Closures, and the Threat of Rising Carbon Emissions that calls for offering subsidies to…
Can Trump abrogate the INF Treaty without Congress?
By Walter C. Clemens, November 28, 2018 President Donald Trump wants to withdraw the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed by presidents Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev…
These are the 9 nuclear-armed countries and the 31 allies they have vowed to defend with the world’s most devastating weapons
The United Nations has introduced a treaty that it believes will eventually lead to the total elimination of nuclear weapons. A recent watchdog report said the Treaty on the Prohibition…