Nuclear power

UK submarine with Tomahawks deployed to Arabian Sea amid rising tensions

HMS Anson, armed with Tomahawk Block IV missiles and Spearfish torpedoes, left Perth earlier this month and traveled roughly 5,500 miles to the region.

 In this aerial view, the U-475 Black Widow, a former Soviet Navy submarine, lies moored in the River Medway on December 11, 2025 in Strood, England.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi in Geneva, Switzerland, February 16, 2026

Araghchi, IAEA chief talk uranium enrichment as Rubio says making deal with US will be 'difficult'

Cooling towers at the former Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant during a tour by Constellation Energy in Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania, US, June 25, 2025

US transports nuclear microreactor for first time, showcasing potential to deploy nuclear power

The USS Vermont (SSN-792), a US Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, arrives at HMAS Stirling naval base in Perth on October 29, 2025. The USS Vermont arrived for a Submarine Maintenance Period (SMP), marking progress under the AUKUS partnership.

Australia invests $2.76 billion on shipyard to deliver for nuclear-powered submarines


Trump plans to make Cold War-era plutonium available for nuclear power

Boosting the US power industry is a policy priority for the Trump administration as US electricity demand rises for the first time in two decades on the boom in data centers needed for AI.

US President Donald Trump meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (not pictured), in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025

Radioactive water leaks from UK nuclear bomb base into sea off Scotland - report

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency warned that up to half of the components at the base were beyond their design life when the leaks began.

Loch Long is frozen over at Arrochar, Scotland, Britain, December 11, 2017.

Hiroshima warns against nuclear weapons as it marks 80 years since Atomic bomb

"To all the leaders around the world: Please visit Hiroshima and witness for yourselves the reality of the atomic bombing."

 A cloud is seen over Hiroshima made by the firestorm formed following the dropping of the Little Boy atomic bomb on the Japanese city in what is the first use of nuclear weapons in war, on August 6, 1945.

Israel needs to explore and embrace AI and nuclear energy - opinion

Israel, one of the world’s most technologically advanced economies, risks falling behind if it continues to ignore the option of civilian nuclear technology.

An illustrative image of a robot hand an atomic energy.

The start of the post-war game: Iran has five weeks to create new nuclear deal – analysis

Could Europe's August deadline be the most important date in the decades-long nuclear standoff, or will Iran face more sanctions?

 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi visits Iran's nuclear achievements exhibition, in Tehran, Iran, April 17, 2025.

Staying alert: A new strategic phase in the Israel-Iran confrontation - opinion

Israel and Iran stand on the threshold of a new phase in their strategic confrontation, and Israel must act with heightened intelligence alertness.

 REGARDING THE potential renewal of nuclear talks with the US, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian faces criticism internally from conservative and radical-conservative factions, says the writer.

Netanyahu’s 2018 Tehran gamble: The roots of the US bombing of Iran - opinion

Benjamin Netanyahu's unveiling of the Mossad's Tehran archive heist in 2018 created a shift in the international approach to Iran.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu exposes files of Iran’s nuclear program at a news conference in Tel Aviv, in 2018. The true significance of the Tehran archive heist wasn’t just in what it uncovered; it was in what Israel chose to do with it, says the writer.

UK to buy fighter jets capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons

The purchase of the Lockheed Martin jets would allow Britain's air force to carry nuclear weapons for the first time since the end of the Cold War, Downing Street said.

 An F-35 plane stands on the tarmac at Nevatim Air Force Base.

Putin envoy says Russia could supply a small nuclear power plant for Musk's Mars mission

"Russia can offer a small-sized nuclear power plant for a mission to Mars and other advanced technological capabilities," the state RIA news agency cited the envoy as saying.

SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its Super Heavy booster is launched on its eighth test at the company's Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, March 6, 2025.

Russia may need to expand and upgrade its nuclear arsenal to counter the West, diplomat says

Russian Ambassador-at-Large Grigory Mashkov's statements come after Russia vastly updated its nuclear doctrine.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects the NICA Nuclotron-based ion collider facility as he visits the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Moscow region's city of Dubna, Russia June 13, 2024.