Tag: nuclear
With Nuclear Deal Dead, Containing Iran Grows More Fraught
The U.S., Europe, Russia and China worked together on a 2015 deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program. The arrangement’s unraveling and the spike in super [...]
Sickened by U.S. Nuclear Program, Communities Turn to Congress for Aid
In St. Louis and around the country, people harmed by the drive for an atomic bomb have been shut out of a federal law enacted to help such victims.
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Why Russia Is Protecting North Korea From Nuclear Monitors
The monitors have provided vivid evidence of how Russia is keeping Pyongyang brimming with fuel and other goods, presumably in return for weapons that [...]
U.S. Approves $1.5 Billion Loan to Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant
The conditional loan from the Energy Department is part of a broad effort to revive the use of nuclear energy in the United States.
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Biden’s Armageddon Moment: When Nuclear Detonation Seemed Possible in Ukraine
For a few weeks in October 2022, the White House was consumed in a crisis whose depths were not publicly acknowledged at the time. It was a glimpse of [...]
Senate Approves Expansion of Fund for Nuclear Waste Exposure Victims
Senators estimate the measure would provide as much as $40 billion in compensation, extending and substantially broadening a benefit that had been sch [...]
Putin Lobs New Nuclear Threats, Timed for Moment of Anxiety
Repeated threats by President Vladimir Putin of Russia to make use of nuclear weapons have become the background theme of the war in Ukraine, often ti [...]
U.S. Fears Russia Might Put a Nuclear Weapon in Space
American spy agencies are divided on whether Moscow would go so far, but the concern is urgent enough that Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has as [...]
U.S. Has New Intelligence About Russia’s Nuclear Capabilities
A congressman’s cryptic statement about the development set Washington abuzz about what the intelligence was and infuriated White House officials.
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Hinkley C: UK nuclear plant costs could soar as delays mount
In a letter to staff, seen by the BBC, Stuart Crooks, the managing director of Hinkley Point C, said there were 7,000 substantial design changes requi [...]
UK government plans further nuclear power expansion
It is hoped a new plant could quadruple supplies by 2050 but industry warned progress can be slow.
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Fund for Nuclear Waste Exposure Victims in Limbo as Congress Balks at Cost
Bipartisan efforts to extend and expand a program granting compensation to victims of government-caused nuclear contamination are faltering. It is set [...]
Crypto Industry Goes Nuclear With Uranium-Linked Tokens
"The bidding for this contract private negotiations can last days, weeks or even months, and is subject to inconsistent, objective pricing based on a [...]
Nuclear Energy Project in Idaho Is Canceled
The project that NuScale Power and Western energy companies had developed struggled to attract enough utility customers.
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Nuclear Energy Project in Idaho Is Canceled
Technical challenges, higher costs and rising interest rates hurt the project that NuScale Power and Western utilities had developed.
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