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An F/A-18 E launches from the deck during flight training ops aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, off the Virginia Coast.

Left unresolved: Part II

Critical State

Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive into the beliefs of citizens of Germany and the Netherlands on the use of US nuclear weapons — especially as informed by partisan belief.

France's President Emmanuel Macron wears a flowers leis and seashell necklaces gestures as he speaks up on his arrival as the mayor Manihi John Drollet stands next to him at the Manihi Atoll, 312 miles northeast of Tahiti, French Polynesia.

New study on nuclear testing in French Polynesia reveals France’s ‘censorship and secrecy’

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a submarine surfaces with bird flying overhead

Nukes? What nukes? US military’s ‘neither confirm nor deny’ policy complicates activists’ trial

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coal barge

Fukushima is casting a shadow on Japan and the Warsaw climate meeting

Environment

Germany to ditch nuclear power by 2022

Environment
The World

Life After the Fukushima Meltdown in Japan

Global Politics

People in and around the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant are settling into the grim realities after the multiple meltdowns of 2011. Host Marco Werman speaks with journalist Emily Taguchi, who’s just returned from a reporting trip to the region.

The World

French Sour on Nuclear Power

Conflict & Justice

France gets a larger share of its electricity from nuclear power than any other country. But as Liam Moriarty reports, a year after Fukushima, public support is eroding, and for the first time nuclear power has become an issue in a presidential election.

Shinjuku district in Tokyo.

A Year After Fukushima, Clean Energy Still Just a Promise in Japan

Global Politics

One year after Fukushima, The government has promised a major shift toward cleaner renewable energy to help fill the gap. But as Sam Eaton reports, the country’s clean energy revolution has yet to get much traction.

The World

Germany’s Anti-Nuclear Shift

Germany recently decided to phase out its nuclear power within ten years.

Germany Sees Change of Nuclear Power Policy

There are 17 nuclear power plants in Germany, but at least seven of them will be shut down in the next three months. This comes at a time when there is increased apprehension following Japan’s nuclear disaster and thousands of demonstrators in Germany rallied for the facilities to be shut down. That call was heeded […]