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US publicly shares nuclear arsenal data despite Russia’s suspension of START Treaty
The United States publicly released data on its nuclear arsenal Monday and pressed Russia to do the same after Moscow said it was suspending participation in New START, the last arms control treaty ...
Japan, S.Korea eye visit by experts as Fukushima nuclear plant prepares water release
Officials from Japan and South Korea eyed a potential visit by South Korean experts to the Fukushima nuclear plant before it begins the controversial release of treated but radioactive water to sea. ...
Kremlin plays down idea that Russia is preparing a nuclear weapons test
The Kremlin on Friday played down the idea that Russia might be preparing to carry out a nuclear weapons test, saying all nuclear states were abiding by a moratorium on the testing of nuclear ...
Germany to shut last 3 nuclear plants part of energy transition, eyes hydrogen future
For 35 years, the Emsland nuclear power plant in northwestern Germany has reliably provided millions of homes with electricity and many with well-paid jobs in what was once an agricultural ...
Residents worry after second leak from US nuclear plant
A Minnesota utility began shutting down a nuclear power plant near Minneapolis on Friday after discovering water containing a low level of radioactive material was leaking from a pipe for the second ...
North Korean official says pressure on nuclear weapons amounts to war declaration
Pressure to give up nuclear weapons amounts to a declaration of war, a North Korean foreign ministry official said on Wednesday, according to the state KCNA news agency.The comment was in response to ...
Head of UN nuclear watchdog arrives in Iran to discuss cooperation
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi arrived in Iran on Friday for high-level meetings, the official IRNA news agency reported.The visit comes amid discussions with Tehran ...
Russia will not rejoin START nuclear treaty till US changes Ukraine stance: Deputy FM
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday that Moscow would not review its suspension of the New START nuclear arms treaty with the United States until the United States changed ...
Australian defense minister aims to reassure Thailand over nuclear subs
Australia’s defense minister aimed to reassure Thailand on Friday that plans to acquire a new fleet of nuclear submarines would enhance “collective security” in the region after neighboring countries ...
Russia’s Federation Council moves to approve suspension of New START treaty
Russia’s Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, approved the suspension of the New START nuclear arms treaty on Wednesday, Russian state news agencies reported.Earlier, Russia’s lower ...
Iran says IAEA inspectors in Tehran are resolving nuclear enrichment ambiguities
Inspectors from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog are in Tehran and are resolving “ambiguities,” Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted the country’s nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami as saying ...
NATO and EU condemn Russia’s suspension of nuclear arms treaty
NATO’s chief and the EU’s top diplomat warned Tuesday that Russia’s suspension of a nuclear treaty with the United States marked the end of Europe’s post-Cold War arms control architecture.For all the ...
Russia’s Putin announces suspending participation in nuclear arms treaty with US
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday suspended Russian participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty with the United States, warning Washington that Russia had put new ground-based ...
Hungary will veto EU sanctions against Russia on nuclear energy: PM Orban
Hungary will veto any European Union sanctions against Russia affecting nuclear energy, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday.Ukraine has called on the 27-nation EU to include Russian ...
Saudi Arabia plans to use domestic uranium for entire nuclear fuel cycle: Minister
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Wednesday the Kingdom intended to use its domestic uranium for the entire nuclear fuel cycle.He added that recent exploration had ...
South Korea, US plan nuclear tabletop drills to deter North Korea
South Korea and the United States will hold tabletop exercises next month involving the American extended deterrence effort as the allies move to better counter the North’s nuclear threats, South ...
IAEA’s Grossi to visit Russia, discuss security zone around Zaporizhzhia plant
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, will visit Russia on Thursday for discussions on the creation of a security zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ...
Moscow says it had ‘no choice’ but to cancel ‘New START’ nuclear talks with US
Moscow said on Tuesday it had been left with “no other choice” but to cancel talks with the United States about the “New START” nuclear weapons control treaty, Russian state-run news agencies reported ...
US to help Thailand develop small nuclear reactors
The United States will help Thailand develop nuclear power through a new class of small reactors, part of a program aimed at fighting climate change, Vice President Kamala Harris announced on a visit ...
Ukraine hails China’s opposition to nuclear threats
Kyiv welcomed reported Chinese comments criticizing threats to use nuclear weapons as G20 leaders met in Indonesia on Tuesday, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the spotlight.US President Joe Biden ...
US vows more deployment of strategic assets after North Korea nuclear law
The United States and South Korea on Friday denounced North Korea’s first-use nuclear doctrine unveiled this month as “escalatory and destabilizing” and Washington vowed to continue to deploy and ...
North Korea makes nuclear weapons policy ‘irreversible’ with new law
North Korea passed a law enshrining the right to use preemptive nuclear strikes to protect itself, a move leader Kim Jong Un said makes its nuclear status “irreversible” and bars any denuclearization ...
France to send latest nuclear shipment to Japan
A shipment of reprocessed nuclear fuel arrived in the early hours of Wednesday at the French port city of Cherbourg, according to an AFP photographer, bound for Japan to be used in a power plant.Japan ...
China’s nuclear industry says it can accelerate expansion plans
China has the capacity to build more nuclear reactors than planned through 2025, the nation’s top industry body said in its annual report.The national target is six to eight reactors a year, but that ...
China, Russia hold key to eliminating North Korea’s nuclear advances: South Korea
China and Russia’s reluctance to toughen UN sanctions on North Korea is “the biggest challenge” facing international efforts to eliminate the North’s nuclear arsenal, a top South Korean official said ...