Nuclear, Baby, Nuclear: Trump signs order to restart U.S. nuclear energy production
WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump signed a sweeping executive order Friday aimed at reviving the U.S. nuclear energy sector, strengthening domestic fuel production, and boosting energy independence through accelerated nuclear reactor…
Pentagon Search For Mystery Cause Of Cancers Strikes Out At Another Air Force Nuclear Missile Base
Pentagon Search For Mystery Cause Of Cancers Strikes Out At Another Air Force Nuclear Missile Base Micaela Burrow on August 22, 2023 The Pentagon’s search for toxic chemicals behind a slate of…
US slams North Korea for using repression to build nuclear weapons
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States slammed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the United Nations on Thursday for using “repression and cruelty” and totalitarian rule to…
Russia to equip new nuclear submarines with hypersonic missiles
(Reuters) – Russia is in the process of equipping its new nuclear submarines with hypersonic Zircon missiles, the head of Russia’s largest shipbuilder told the RIA state news agency in an interview…
US nuclear submarine visits Western Australia as allies increase defence preparedness
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy nuclear submarine arrived in Western Australia on Friday as allies Canberra and Washington deepen defence ties and prepare to transfer nuclear submarine capability to Australia. The…
New Nuclear Reactor Goes Online After Years Of Delays And Bloating Costs
New Nuclear Reactor Goes Online After Years Of Delays And Bloating Costs Nick Pope on July 31, 2023 The Plant Vogtle Unit 3 nuclear reactor went online Monday outside of Augusta, Georgia,…
Russia’s Medvedev: We’d have to use a nuclear weapon if Ukrainian offensive was a success
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who has sometimes raised the spectre of a nuclear conflict over Ukraine, said on Sunday that Moscow would have to use…
US proposal for talks with Russia on keeping nuclear arms curbs in limbo
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Russia blamed each other for a lack of progress on arms control following a U.S. proposal to open talks on a “framework”…
US nuclear missile sub visits S.Korea for first time in decades – US official
SEOUL (Reuters) – For the first time since the 1980s a U.S. nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) is in South Korea, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday, as the allies launched…
Russia says West is sponsoring ‘nuclear terrorism’ after Ukrainian drone strike
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia accused the West on Friday of sponsoring “nuclear terrorism” after authorities said a Ukrainian drone had struck the western Russian town of Kurchatov, where a…
Marshall Islands seeks more U.S. nuclear legacy funds to settle strategic deal
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The foreign minister of the Marshall Islands called on Thursday for more U.S. money to deal with the legacy of massive U.S. nuclear testing to enable the…
Russia says Ukraine’s assertions on blowing up nuclear station are lies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s nuclear chief on Thursday pushed back against Ukrainian assertions that Moscow had plotted to blow up a nuclear power station it controls, saying no evidence supported the claim…
Cuba calls US nuclear submarine in Guantanamo Bay ‘provocative escalation’
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuban authorities on Tuesday said the U.S. recently had a nuclear-powered submarine at its military base at Guantanamo Bay and called the action a “provocative escalation” of…
Nuclear startup Oklo to go public in US via Sam Altman’s SPAC
(Reuters) – Sam Altman-backed Oklo has agreed to go public in the United States through a merger with his blank check firm in a deal that values the nuclear startup at $850…
First S.Korea-US Nuclear Consultative Group meeting to be held later this month
SEOUL (Reuters) -The first meeting of the Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) between South Korea and the United States will take place on July 18 in Seoul, South Korea’s presidential office said on…
‘We’re Not Even Raising The Bar’: House Intel Chair Says US Isn’t Keeping Pace With China’s Buildup Of Nuclear Weapons
‘We’re Not Even Raising The Bar’: House Intel Chair Says US Isn’t Keeping Pace With China’s Buildup Of Nuclear Weapons Harold Hutchison on July 5, 2023 Republican Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio…
Belarus leader says nuclear arms will not be used
(Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Kremlin’s staunchest ally in its war in Ukraine, said on Friday he was certain Russian tactical nuclear weapons deployed in his country would never be…
Exclusive-EDF CEO tells managers nuclear business to be reorganised
PARIS (Reuters) – EDF CEO Luc Remont told managers on Thursday that the state-owned power group’s nuclear activities would be reorganised to overcome recurring problems that cut production last year. An EDF…
Russia mercenary threat revives concern over nuclear arsenal security
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Wagner mercenary group’s march on Moscow has revived an old fear in Washington: what happens to Russia’s nuclear stockpile in the event of domestic upheaval.…
Russia won’t tell US number of nuclear warheads in Belarus
(Reuters) – Russia will not inform the U.S. about the number of nuclear warheads it is stationing in Belarus or tests of its nuclear-capable Poseidon torpedo, the Interfax news agency quoted Deputy…
Biden says threat of Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is ‘real’
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is “real”, days after denouncing Russia’s deployment…
Israel could accept U.S.-Iran nuclear ‘understanding’, senior lawmaker says
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel could find acceptable an understanding between its arch-foe Iran and the United States if it includes rigorous supervision of Tehran’s nuclear programme, a senior lawmaker…
US official denies any talks with Iran on an interim nuclear deal
By Arshad Mohammed (Reuters) – The United States and Iran are not discussing an interim nuclear deal, a U.S. official said on Monday, but Washington has told Tehran of steps that might…
Belarus’s Lukashenko says there can be ‘nuclear weapons for everyone’
(Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that if any other country wanted to join a Russia-Belarus union there could be “nuclear weapons for everyone”. Russia moved ahead last week with a…
Ukraine says Russia plans to simulate accident at nuclear power plant
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s defence ministry on Friday said Russia was planning to simulate a major accident at a nuclear power station controlled by pro-Moscow forces to try to thwart a long-planned Ukrainian…
EU condemns Russian deal to station nuclear warheads in Belarus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Friday condemned an agreement between Russia and Belarus to allow the deployment of Russian nuclear warheads in Belarus. “This is a step which will lead…
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