All news on the topic: Nuclear power

The government has announced plans to make it easier to build mini nuclear power stations in England and Wales, as part of its efforts to boost UK economic growth.

The intelligence assessment warned that Iranian weapons engineers and scientists were essentially looking for a shortcut that would enable them to turn their growing stockpile of nuclear fuel into a workable weapon...

The Ministry of Defence and Rolls-Royce have agreed on a £9bn deal for nuclear submarine reactors, marking their biggest partnership to date.

Meanwhile Israel continues to strike targets in Beirut, Lebanon, where over 2,500 people have reportedly been killed

Nuclear waste dump in Cumbria pleaded guilty to leaving data that could threaten national security exposed for four years, says regulator

America’s Three Mile Island energy plant, the site of the worst nuclear accident in US history, is preparing to reopen as Microsoft looks for ways to satisfy its growing energy needs.

Atomic energy watchdog reports damage after Russia accuses Ukraine of dropping explosive charge nearby

Nigerien military authorities have withdrawn the operating permit for a large uranium mine from the French company Orano, the company said, significantly escalating tensions between the military junta and the country's former colonial power.

CHINA'S menacing military submarine designed for carrying nuclear warheads has been seen surfacing in the Taiwan Strait.The 11,000 ton humpback sub ap

RUSSIA plans to destroy Britain and France's nuclear powers in just one day if WW3 unfolds, a pro-Kremlin propagandist has warned.Dr Yuri Baranchik ha

Mark Stewart, 53, lost both his parents to debilitating illnesses just three days apart - he now plans to raise money for the charities that stuck by them through a challenging period

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said it was essential for the UK to build an uranium enrichment plant to 'prise Putin's blood-soaked hands off Europe's energy market'

Tokyo Matilda from Sheffield is one of the few to visit the nuclear ghost town of Fukushima in Japan and compared the abandoned nuclear wasteland to hit gaming series Fallout

Russian TV presenter Dmitry Kiselyov - a friend of Vladimir Putin - has warned that Russian would sink Britain below a nuclear tidal wave and reduce the US to radioactive ash

EUROPE could be gearing up to forge a bubble of nuclear protection from Russia made up of 300 French ballistic missiles.French president Macron has su

Ancient Egyptians may have been dabbling with nuclear technology, a new study suggests, as the 'Pharaoh's curse' that killed many who walked in the tombs is linked to buried radioactive nuclear waste

SATELLITE images have exposed Iran's terrifying efforts to carve out a secret, iron-clad nuclear site buried in the mountains.It follows warnings from

FUKUSHIMA'S eerie exclusion zone remains untouched by time 13 years on from its major nuclear accident.Nuclear control rooms, hospitals and apartments

A SOVIET nuclear submarine wreck has been emitting toxic levels of radiation that is 100,000 times more than normal.The Soviet-era sub sunk off the co

Israeli forces have reportedly launched a retaliatory strike against Iran as explosions were heard in Isfahan, a city about 215 miles (350km) south of Tehran. Airspaces were closed amid the chaos

IRAN says it might reassess its stance on nuclear weapons in an apparent threat to build an atomic bomb amid soaring tensions with Israel.The country

IRAN is feared to be well on its way to producing a nuclear bomb inside one of its secret missile-proof weapons bases.A nuclear weapons expert reveale

AT the heart of the Chernobyl exclusion zone is a deadly radioactive object which can kill within minutes.Dubbed the Elephant's Foot due to its bizarr

The electricity sector, which accounts for about 12% of UK emissions, saw its greenhouse gas emissions fall by 19.6% in 2023