The Latest Breaking News from NRC

With the war in Ukraine now in its second year, nearly a third of the country’s population has been displaced, including 8 million people who have sought refuge beyond its borders.

A late-hour attempt to extend the life of California’s last nuclear power plant is facing a time squeeze

The Election Commission’s delimitation exercise, and the Assam government’s decision to merge four districts and redraw administrative boundaries in 14 areas, have sparked fresh concerns among Bengali-origin Muslims. The fear is that these decisions will have an adverse impact on the electoral influence of the community in around 35 assembly…

Aid groups are warning of a dire situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban's banning of female NGO workers. Many major international aid groups have suspended their operations, including the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). We spoke to the NRC's Afghanistan director, Neil Turner, who said that organisations like his need female…

Declining soil organic carbon could undermine state’s commitment to net zero emissions by 2050

Rather quietly, a new age of atomic energy may be approaching. Splitting atoms may not be as exciting as fusing them, or as modish as wind and solar projects. Yet old-fashioned fission is poised to make a comeback thanks to innovative new reactor designs. The world will be better for…

Even after regulators say cleanup is complete, polluted water and sickness are often left behind

Biden administration approved the conditional funding to keep Diablo Canyon facility online beyond its scheduled 2025 shutdown

The £105 million facility will be built in south Nottinghamshire