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Iran says it will create a new uranium enrichment facility after a vote at the IAEA

4:47am June 12, 2025

The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors formally found that Iran isn't complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, a move that could lead to further tensions.

Iranian officials talk nuclear program with Chinese and Russian counterparts

4:27am March 14, 2025

by Anthony Kuhn

The meeting came days after Iran rebuffed President Trump's proposal for nuclear talks. Trump sent a letter calling for Iran to either enter into negotiations or face possible military action.

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As coal plants close, Colorado towns consider nuclear waste storage

3:30am February 13, 2025

The federal government hopes former coal towns will help the nuclear industry grow, by taking on the decades-long challenge of storing radioactive waste

United Nations nuclear agency again condemns Iran for failing to fully cooperate

1:08am November 22, 2024

The resolution comes after the agency said Iran has defied demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.

Japan plans to release more than a million tons of nuclear waste water into the Pacific.

The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog says Japan can release nuclear waste water into the ocean

10:46pm July 04, 2023

by Ashley Westerman

The International Atomic Energy Agency has approved a plan by Japan's government to dump nuclear waste water from the destroyed Fukushima power plant into the Pacific Ocean.

A woman in Simferopol, Crimea, watches a TV broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address on Tuesday. Putin announced Russia is suspending participation in the New START nuclear weapons treaty.

What happens now after Russia suspends the last nuclear arms treaty with the U.S.?

9:21am February 22, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Just before he invaded Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with other leaders that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought." So why is he eroding a key treaty?

Kristin Zaitz, left, and Heather Hoff of Mothers for Nuclear and Kristin's daughter Sasha make their views clear in front of California's state house.

Why even environmentalists are supporting nuclear power today

3:12pm August 30, 2022

by Uri Berliner

Environmentalists advocating for nuclear power have led a push to extend the operating life of Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant. Japan and Germany consider similar extensions.

North Korea's flag is seen on a TV screen during a South Korean news program in this file photo from Oct. 10, 2020.

North Korea Tests Short-Range Missile But White House Keeps Door Open To Talks

8:52pm March 23, 2021

by Ayesha Rascoe

The Biden administration is in the final stages of reviewing its North Korea policy, and sees the recent test as on the "low end" of a "familiar menu of provocations."

The Doomsday Clock reads 100 seconds to midnight, a decision made by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that was announced Thursday. The clock is intended to represent the danger of global catastrophe.

The End May Be Nearer: Doomsday Clock Moves Within 100 Seconds Of Midnight

8:50pm January 23, 2020

by David Welna

The two-minute warning that had held over the past two years has now shrunk to 100 seconds before midnight on the Doomsday Clock set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

A historical sign memorializes the March 28, 1979, partial meltdown at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.

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Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Shuts Down

3:16pm September 20, 2019

by Brett Sholtis

The plant is best known for the partial meltdown of one of its nuclear reactors in 1979. The remaining reactor stopped producing electricity on Friday. Decommissioning the site will take decades.