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A neon light installation by artist Alicia Eggert in the Smithsonian Institute reads in hot pink lettering: this present moment used to be the unimaginable future.

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January 15, 2026

The Future Is Not Written. It Is Ours to Create.

After one year of President Trump’s second term, let’s challenge ourselves to imagine and bring to life a much, much better future.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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January 15, 2026

One Year of the Trump Administration’s All-Out Assault on Climate and Clean Energy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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January 14, 2026

Divide and Destroy: A New Year of the Trump Administration’s Authoritarianism

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March 31, 2011

China Reacts to Fukushima

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East Asia Project Manager

March 30, 2011

IAEA Confirms Very High Levels of Contamination Far From Reactors

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

March 30, 2011

Lochbaum Senate Testimony on Spent Fuel: March 30

Dave Lochbaum
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March 29, 2011

Lochbaum Senate Testimony on Japan Crisis: March 29

Dave Lochbaum
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March 27, 2011

IAEA Data Appear to Show Increased Ground Contamination. Why Doesn’t the IAEA Just Say So?

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

March 27, 2011

How Much Does Japan Know About the Status of its Reactors?

Dave Lochbaum
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March 27, 2011

Where Did the Water in the Spent Fuel Pools Go?

David Wright
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March 25, 2011

How Does a BWR Reactor Work?

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 24, 2011

It’s Time for the NRC to Require Transfers to Dry Casks

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 24, 2011

Inspector General Faults NRC for Not Enforcing Safety Regulations

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 23, 2011

Japan: Squandering the Chance for Orderly Evacuation

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

March 22, 2011

New Update of UCS Satellite Database

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

March 21, 2011

More on Spent Fuel Pools at Fukushima

David Wright
Former Contributor

March 20, 2011

Dry-Cask Storage vs. Spent-Fuel Pools

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

March 19, 2011

Good Sources on Fukushima

David Wright
Former Contributor

March 19, 2011

Possible Source of Leaks at Spent Fuel Pools at Fukushima

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 18, 2011

Transcripts of Press Briefings on Fukushima by UCS Technical Experts

David Wright
Former Contributor

March 18, 2011

More on KI Pills

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

March 18, 2011

Possible Cause of Reactor Building Explosions

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 17, 2011

Fuel Amounts at Fukushima

David Wright
Former Contributor

March 17, 2011

Radiation Risk to the US

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

March 17, 2011

Nuclear “Station Blackout”

Dave Lochbaum
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March 17, 2011

NRC’s Record in 2010: A UCS Assessment

David Wright
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March 16, 2011

Senate Briefing on Nuclear Crisis and Implications for the U.S.

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