As the world meets this week in Vienna to review the global nuclear landscape, the grim reality of Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear power plants and Putin's nuclear weapons threats will dominate the discussion. But lurking behind the headlines at the annual IAEA General Conference is the growing importance of nuclear energy as a response…
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Challenges and Advantages of U.S.-R.O.K. Nuclear Energy Cooperation
Yeseul Woo, Della Ratta Fellow, Partnership for Global Security
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Nuclear Power Coming Back for Geopolitical, Reliability and Zero-Carbon Reasons: an interview with Kenneth N. Luongo
China is a major nuclear power operator and its fleet is growing. If all of its building plans come to fruition, it will be the largest nuclear operating nation in the world at some point. It has not had a major nuclear accident and it has collaborated with some of the top western nuclear power…
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Creating U.S.-Korean Cooperation on Saudi Nuclear Energy
The U.S. government is locked in a major political, technical, and security struggle with China. But its China objectives are mismatched with its approach to the international nuclear energy market in which China is a rising power. The most prominent example concerns Saudi Arabia. The U.S.’ unproductive approach to Saudi Arabia’s Ahab-like quest for civil…
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