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Japan Says Fukushima Water Is Safe. China Dares a Japanese Official to Drink It.
Will Japan’s deputy prime minister put the water where his mouth is?
Here’s How Radioactive Fukushima Nuclear Plant’s Wastewater Is
The diluted concentration of the radioactive element tritium will harm no one, Japan says.
Iran Blames Israel for Nuclear Reactor Blackout, Again
With indirect talks with the US due to resume, Iran’s main nuclear facility was taken offline. Iran blames Israel, and Israel imposed no media blackout on stories reporting Mossad’s involvement in the incident.
Japan Will Release Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Into the Ocean
The Fukushima nuclear power plant is about to run out of capacity to store treated wastewater.
Democrats Ask Biden to Give Up His Unilateral Power to Launch Nukes
Haunted by Trump, House Democrats sent a letter to Biden asking the new President to give up some of his nuclear powers.
Scientists Just Studied a Dangerous Element Discovered in a 50s Nuke Test
'Einsteinium' was first recovered from the debris of a hydrogen bomb in 1952, and it's been difficult to characterize in the laboratory and study in detail. Until now.
Scientists Recreated Nuclear Fusion From the Big Bang Under a Mountain In Italy
Scientists shot protons at a deuterium nucleus to understand what the universe was like mere minutes after it was born.
North Korea Floods Threaten Country’s Main Nuclear Facility
The flooding exposed how vulnerable the nuclear systems are to extreme weather events.
Nuclear Radiation Is Floating Above Northern Europe and Nobody Knows Why
Multiple European monitoring agencies have detected nuclear radiation, likely from a power plant of unknown origin, floating above northern Europe.
Exclusive: Climate Experts Predict 'Grim Future' For Nuclear Power
In FOI documents seen by VICE, academics advising the UK government’s nuclear watchdog warn of a climate-invoked disaster.
Canada Accidentally Sent an Emergency Alert About a Nuclear 'Incident'
People in Ontario woke up Sunday morning with phones alerting them to a nuclear incident that hadn’t happened.
The U.S. Just Announced New Sanctions Against Iran
The new sanctions target Iranians themselves as well as those who do business with them.