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The Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility is seen at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation on June 30, 2005, near Richland, Washington.

Catholic University lab gets $31 million contract to clean World War II-era nuclear site

Oct 2, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The lab assists with nuclear cleanup efforts in areas around the country by researching safer and more cost-effective methods of... Read more

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk records a video message on March 4, 2022.

Ukraine’s major archbishop: War risks creating ecological disaster as well as humanitarian catastrophe

Mar 4, 2022

By CNA Staff

Fire broke out overnight at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid Russian shelling. Read more

A radiation hotspot in Kashiwa, a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, in February 2012

Japan's Catholic bishops mark 10th anniversary of Fukushima nuclear disaster

Mar 11, 2021

Ten years ago on March 11, a magnitude-9 earthquake under the ocean off the coast of Japan triggered a disaster... Read more

Seoul, South Korea.

South Korean Catholics rally against use of nuclear power

May 15, 2017

South Korean Catholics are opposing both the country's reliance on nuclear power and the U.S. missile defense system recently established... Read more