Author: Fission Today

When I learned several months ago that Daniel Ellsberg had pancreatic cancer, and was opting not to treat it, I was not quite sure what I ought to do. I consider it a great honor that I got to spend several days with Ellsberg, a few years back, and was periodically in touch with him since then. I’d like to think he was something of a friend, though I never knew him deeply or for that long of a time. After thinking on it for several days, and feeling conflicted, and talking about it with a friend whose life experience…

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In September 2025, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement. The text does not mention nuclear weapons – but the way it has been presented raises serious concerns about a de facto Pakistani nuclear umbrella and a new form of outsourced deterrence. On 17 September 2025, Saudi Arabia – a member of the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty – and nuclear-armed Pakistan signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement. The pact commits both states to treat any attack on one as an attack on both, formalising a long-standing security partnership and signalling a shift in Gulf states’ security away from…

Trump’s NATO Warning Sounds More Like a Threat 17 March 2026 AIMN EditorialBy Peter Brown, When Donald Trump warned that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization could face a “very bad future” after a lukewarm response from allies to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, the remark sounded less like diplomacy and more like a threat. NATO was not created to serve as a backup force for American military adventures. It was created for collective defence. The alliance’s core principle – Article 5 – obliges members to assist one another only if a member state is attacked. That principle has been invoked exactly once: after the…

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For much of the 21st century, the North American power sector drifted along on near-zero demand growth. Utilities retired aging coal plants, developers filled interconnection queues with wind and solar, and investors looked elsewhere for excitement. Then came the data center boom—and seemingly overnight, the industry found itself in a full-blown supply crisis. In a wide-ranging conversation on The POWER Podcast, S&P Global Energy’s Hill Vaden and Doug Giuffre laid out the forces reshaping electricity markets and why the next year and a half may be the most consequential period for energy investment in decades. Their message was clear: the…

Tokyo, Japan – Today, 15 years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which devastated the northeast region of Japan. Greenpeace Japan extends heartfelt condolences to the victims and their families who are still suffering the aftermath of this catastrophe. Sam Annesley, Executive Director of Greenpeace Japan, said:  Today marks 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. We honor the memory of those who lost their lives and offer our deepest sympathies to the survivors. Our hearts remain with the families…

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NRC Issues  Construction Permit For TerraPower Reactor in Wyoming TerraPower’s Statement on NRC’s Decision TerraPower’s Natrium Reactor Enters UK GDA Process INL’s NRIC Opens a Launch Pad for Advanced Nuclear Technologies Inertia Raises $450 Million To Build a Fusion Laser Shine Raises $240 Million in New Funding for Fusion Technologies Proxima Fusion To Develop Fusion Power in Bavaria NRC Begins Rulemaking To Establish Fusion Regulatory Framework NRC Issues First Commercial Reactor Construction Approval in 10 Years For TerraPower in Wyoming The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorized the staff to issue TerraPower a construction permit for the company’s Kemmerer Power Station…

The city of Kyoto was the only great city of Japan to be spared serious bombing during World War II, despite being among the top targets preferred for the atomic bomb, thanks to the unprecedented and extraordinary efforts by the Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, to protect it. I have written at length on this, and why I have come to think that the issue of Kyoto is actually the key to understanding quite a lot about Truman and the bomb, both prior to and after its use. Whenever the issue of Kyoto comes up in popular discussions, however,…