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A powerful form of clean energy already exists – and it is far more reliable than wind and solar

There’s a scene more dull than watching paint dry ... and yet somehow, this BBC documentary on a new nuclear reactor is a staggering, bravura-filled feat

Disposal of radioactive waste is one of six issues to be addressed before plant in Essex can go ahead

Public accounts committee says ignorance, incompetence and weak oversight to blame

Researchers have found the rock has a self-sealing mechanism that keeps fluids locked away

Workers at ‘most toxic place in America’ are terrified to return to a site where there has been very little protection from the outbreak

Magnox reprocessing plant will begin controlled shutdown after 8% of staff self-isolate

Farm on Eyre Peninsula volunteered by owner to house low and medium risk waste

Green groups say 52% vote against federal government facility should rule out region as potential site

Greenpeace calls for fresh monitoring of region where nuclear disaster occurred

Boris Johnson’s gung-ho claims may be wide of the mark, but scientists pursuing the holy grail of energy generation are taking giant steps

Whatever the result, the communities on SA’s Eyre peninsula are split over the issue – and will be for some time

Let’s go for an expansive renewable energy system, backed up with energy efficiency and energy storage, says David Blackburn. Plus Mike Ellwood on the integral fast reactor, and John Barstow on the case for keeping coal...

It is essential that Europe does not become the arena for a build-up of nuclear weapons, writes Catherine West MP. It is surely time to bury the Micawber principle, says Professor Neil HyattAs we mark the 74th anniversary...

Could this be the catalyst for the Coalition of 2019 to reconnect itself with the position it adopted in 2007 for sound reasons?