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      Staff at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant in War-Torn Ukraine Awarded for Heroism

      "We must continue to do everything we can to avert the danger of a serious nuclear accident," said the IAEA chief, who plans to visit Ukraine next week for talks to establish a safety zone around the Russian-occupied facility.

      Jessica Corbett
      Jan 13, 2023

      A U.S.-based group on Friday recognized the "heroic" Ukrainian staff at a Russian-controlled nuclear power plant, highlighting concerns about the facility nearly 11 months into Russia's invasion.

      The Arms Control Association (ACA) hosts an annual online contest celebrating efforts to "advance disarmament, nuclear security, nonproliferation, civilian protection, and international peace, security, and justice."

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      Critics Decry 'Disappointing' Billion-Dollar Biden Bailout of California's Last Nuclear Plant

      "Instead of putting Diablo Canyon back on life support, dependent on a drip of taxpayer subsidies, California should turn a new leaf and lean into building the electric system of the future," said one campaigner.

      Brett Wilkins
      Nov 21, 2022

      Environmental and climate campaigners decried Monday's announcement that the Biden administration--which promotes nuclear energy as part of its solution to the climate emergency--will give more than a billion dollars to California's largest utility to keep the state's last nuclear power plant operating.

      "Our state and our nation need to be laser-focused on building an efficient energy system powered by renewable sources."

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      Knowing the Difference Between These Nuclear Explosions

      Any time nuclear use of any kind is a realistic possibility you can be sure we have moved into a whole new, and incredibly dangerous, state of the world.

      Eryn Macdonald
      Nov 19, 2022

      The past year has seen an unsettling amount of new interest in nuclear weapons. While the likelihood of nuclear use is still generally agreed to be very low, it is significantly higher than it was this time last year. Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Putin's very unsubtle threats have raised speculation about how far he might be willing to go. Would he resume Russian nuclear tests? Or actually use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine? Those who did not live through the Cold War have probably never given much (or any!) thought to these kinds of questions. Even those who did have now spent decades in a post-Cold-War era, where the idea of intentional nuclear war between the US and Russia felt like a nightmare from the bad old days. The reemergence of such possibilities in the wake of Putin's nuclear threats has created much alarm--and an equal amount of confusion--over what is happening, what could happen, and what it would mean.

      In theory, a dirty bomb or nuclear bomb attack could happen anywhere, but the danger presented by an attack on a nuclear power plant is bound to a fixed location.

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