Entergy Goes Nuclear over Vermont’s Decision
The Vermont Yankee nuke plant is the same vintage and make as Japan’s crippled reactors.
Japan’s Nuclear Catastrophe Leaves Little to Celebrate on Children’s Day
A recent government decision callously put thousands of kids in harm’s way.
Robert Alvarez on Chernobyl, Fukushima and the U.S. Nuclear Complex
Footage from press conference at the National Press Club on April 26, 2011.
North Korea Ready to Deal, But West Wants It to Go All In
Facing famine, North Korea may be prepared to make concessions with its nuclear-weapons program.
Forces Opposed to Dangerous, Extravagant Nuke Project Get Day in Court
Nuclear watchdogs fight a new facility to build the part that makes nuclear weapons explode.
Same Old from the Nuclear Gang after Fukushima
Wishful thinking about energy generation has apparently induced both temporary blindness and long-term amnesia.
Is the Nuclear Taboo More of a Deterrent Than Deterrence Itself?
Deterrence must share credit with the nuclear taboo for keeping us from nuclear war.
Review: The Sixth Crisis
A new book puts Iran at the center of U.S. efforts to resolve the perennial Middle East crisis.
Could “Virtual Deterrence” Actually Increase the Chances of Nuclear War?
“Virtual deterrence” may sound like a step in the right direction to disarmament advocates, but it could actually grease the skids to nuclear war.
New Nuclear Project Distracts From Existing Safety (Read: Seismic) Issues
Earthquake concerns not only also exist for U.S. nuclear energy plants, but for nuclear-weapons facilities too.
Nukes: You Can Never Turn Your Back
The best way to protect ourselves from deadly radioactivity is to get rid of the stuff altogether.
Nuclear Disarmament Can Be a Very Disarming Experience
Reaching Global Zero might be less impossible than we think.
Want to Die in a Fire? No? Then You’re Opposed to Nuclear Weapons
It’s too easy to forget that, for millions of us, nuclear war means death by fire.
Impact of Fukushima Continues to Inch up to Chernobyl Levels
Officially, Fukushima is now in the same class of accident as Chernobyl.
Other Obstacles to Disarmament Exist Besides States Holding on to Nukes
Withholding their nuclear weapons isn’t the only way states retard the progress of disarmament.