OpinionJuly 30, 2025
U.S. Nuclear Energy Plans Could Proliferate Weapons
The White House has now fully embraced bomb-prone nuclear fuel technology. This should stop before an arms race, atomic terrorism or even nuclear war results
Stories by Alan J. Kuperman
Alan J. Kuperman, whose books include Plutonium for Energy?, is an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where he leads the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project.
OpinionOctober 20, 2023
U.S. Plan to Put Weapons-Grade Uranium in a Civilian Reactor Is Dangerous and Unnecessary
The Biden administration’s intention to use dozens of bombs’ worth of highly enriched uranium as fuel in a new civilian reactor sets a dangerous precedent, one that could help our foes get nuclear weapons