NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Cold shutdown reduces risk of disaster at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – but combat around spent fuel still poses a threat

  • Written by Najmedin Meshkati, Professor of Engineering and International Relations, University of Southern California
imageThe last operating reactor at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, reactor No. 6, has been safely shut down.Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images

Energoatom, operator of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar, announced on Sept. 11, 2022, that it was shutting down the last operating reactor of the plant’s six...

Read more: Cold shutdown reduces risk of disaster at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – but combat around spent...

More Articles ...

  1. Student enrollment falls at colleges and universities that are placed on probation
  2. The Catholic Church is increasingly diverse – and so are its controversies
  3. How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura processions became an annual tradition
  4. Should you vote early in the 2022 midterm elections? 3 essential reads
  5. Uncovering the genetic basis of mental illness requires data and tools that aren't just based on white people – this international team is collecting DNA samples around the globe
  6. Donor beware: Pause before you give to any cause
  7. Iran and the US appear unlikely to reach a new nuclear deal – leaving everyone more unsafe
  8. Arizona's Latino voters and political independents could spell midterm defeats for MAGA candidates
  9. Charles III faces challenges at home, abroad – and even in defining what it means to be king
  10. Educators can help make STEM fields diverse – over 25 years, I've identified nudges that can encourage students to stay
  11. How you can help protect sharks – and what doesn't work
  12. Barbara Ehrenreich helped make inequality visible – her legacy lives on in a reinvigorated labor movement
  13. How do ants crawl on walls? A biologist explains their sticky, spiky, gravity-defying grip
  14. What is proof-of-stake? A computer scientist explains a new way to make cryptocurrencies, NFTs and metaverse transactions
  15. Stop using 'Latinx' if you really want to be inclusive
  16. Burning Man highlights the primordial human need for ritual
  17. La Crosse virus is the second-most common virus in the US spread by mosquitoes – and can cause severe neurological damage in rare cases
  18. How Ukraine is adapting the ancient practice of trophy displays for modern propaganda
  19. Why are some people mosquito magnets and others unbothered? A medical entomologist points to metabolism, body odor and mindset
  20. Supreme Court to revisit LGBTQ rights – this time with a wedding website designer, not a baker
  21. In 1953, 'Queen-crazy' American women looked to Elizabeth II as a source of inspiration – that sentiment never faded
  22. Meditation holds the potential to help treat children suffering from traumas, difficult diagnoses or other stressors – a behavioral neuroscientist explains
  23. Yes, Black patients do want to help with medical research – here are ways to overcome the barriers that keep clinical trials from recruiting diverse populations
  24. Building something better: How community organizing helps people thrive in challenging times
  25. Ghost islands of the Arctic: The world’s ‘northern-most island’ isn’t the first to be erased from the map
  26. Intense heat and flooding are wreaking havoc on power and water systems as climate change batters America’s aging infrastructure
  27. Fears of a polio resurgence in the US have health officials on high alert – a virologist explains the history of this dreaded disease
  28. Human skin stood up better to the sun before there were sunscreens and parasols – an anthropologist explains why
  29. Purpose and gratitude boost academic engagement
  30. Supreme Court’s selective reading of US history ignored 19th-century women’s support for ‘voluntary motherhood’
  31. Christian nationalism is getting written out of the story of January 6
  32. America's next big labor battle could be Minor League Baseball
  33. Sleeping fish? From sharks to salmon, guppies to groupers, here's how they grab a snooze
  34. Birds migrate along ancient routes – here are the latest high-tech tools scientists are using to study their amazing journeys
  35. One way to help college students get enough sleep – pay them to go to bed
  36. Americans think they know a lot about politics – and it's bad for democracy that they're so often wrong in their confidence
  37. Unexpected Ukrainian resistance continues to thwart Russia's initial plans for quick, decisive victories
  38. Axolotls can regenerate their brains – these adorable salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration
  39. La misión Artemis 1 sienta las bases para la exploración espacial más allá de la Tierra
  40. 50 years after landmark death penalty case, Supreme Court's ruling continues to guide execution debate
  41. The most cost-effective energy efficiency investments you can make – and how the new Inflation Reduction Act could help
  42. Will omicron-specific booster shots be more effective at combating COVID-19? 5 questions answered
  43. Did Twitter ignore basic security measures? A cybersecurity expert explains a whistleblower's claims
  44. Most human embryos naturally die after conception – restrictive abortion laws fail to take this embryo loss into account
  45. Black girls are 4.19 times more likely to get suspended than white girls – and hiring more teachers of color is only part of the solution
  46. Trump faces possible obstruction of justice charges for concealing classified government documents – 2 important things to know about what this means
  47. Long COVID: How researchers are zeroing in on the self-targeted immune attacks that may lurk behind it
  48. Mikhail Gorbachev: The contradictory legacy of Soviet leader who attempted 'revolution from above'
  49. Making EVs without China's supply chain is hard, but not impossible – 3 supply chain experts outline a strategy
  50. Serena Williams forced sports journalists to get out of the 'toy box' – and cover tennis as more than a game