Joshua Frank

Joshua Frank is an award-winning California-based journalist and a coeditor of CounterPunch. He is the author of the book Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America.

A mockup of a nuclear reactor at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

How Nuclear Power Plants Became Tools of War How Nuclear Power Plants Became Tools of War

The ongoing war is edging Ukraine and the surrounding countries toward the brink of a catastrophic nuclear crisis.

Mar 1, 2023 / Joshua Frank

The full moon rises over the cooling towers of the Trillo Nuclear Power Plant in Guadalajara, Spain.

Nuclear Fusion Isn’t the Silver Bullet We Want It to Be Nuclear Fusion Isn’t the Silver Bullet We Want It to Be

It’s not about creating future clean energy and never has been. It’s about “protecting” the world’s greatest capitalist superpower.

Jan 30, 2023 / Joshua Frank

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How Nuclear Power Plants Became Tools of War How Nuclear Power Plants Became Tools of War

Nuclear Fusion Isn’t the Silver Bullet We Want It to Be Nuclear Fusion Isn’t the Silver Bullet We Want It to Be