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The step toward an agreement, after months of difficult talks, appeared to narrow the gap over the fate of the 2010 New START treaty, which is due to expire on Feb. 5, 2021.

US welcomes Russian offer to freeze warheads totals to extend nuclear pact by

3 min read . 21 Oct 2020

Low wage growth is a global phenomenon, but Australia is an extreme example even as its A$1.8 trillion economy is in its 27th successive year of expansion. Photo: iStock (iStock)

Australian salary package squeezed as more employers take ‘nuclear option’

7 min read . 12 Oct 2020

Pokhran: Defence Research and Defence Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired the indigenously developed Pinaka guided rocket system, at Pokhran, Monday, March 11, 2019. (PTI Photo)(PTI3_11_2019_000159B)

India reaffirms its policy of no first use of nuclear weapons

2 min read . 03 Oct 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (AP)

North Korea isn’t making new plutonium for weapons, report says

1 min read . 02 Sep 2020

In this Friday, July 8, 2016, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese missile frigate Yuncheng launches an anti-ship missile during a military exercise in the waters near south China's Hainan Island and Paracel Islands. China is holding another round of military drills in the South China Sea amid an uptick in such activity in the area highlighting growing tensions. (Zha Chunming/Xinhua via AP, File) (AP)

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Pentagon says China could double nuclear weapons in decade

2 min read . 02 Sep 2020

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell. (Reuters)

EU says Iran has triggered nuclear deal dispute mechanism

2 min read . 04 Jul 2020

Ashish Birulee.

Lounge Heroes | Ashish Birulee: Rising out of a nuclear wasteland

4 min read . 03 Jul 2020

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (centre) in Pokhran after the nuclear tests in 1998. (Photo: HT)

On Pokhran II anniversary, Modi recalls Vajpayee's strong political leadership

1 min read . 11 May 2020

Opinion | Futility of nukes

1 min read . 16 Apr 2020

The Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant in Florida, US. The facility’s reactors will remain in operation for 20 years beyond the end of their current licences. By that time, they will be 80—the oldest reactors in operation in the world. (iStock)

The futility of nukes

1 min read . 16 Apr 2020

The Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant in Florida, US. The facility’s reactors will remain in operation for 20 years beyond the end of their current licences. By that time, they will be 80—the oldest reactors in operation in the world. (iStock)

US may soon have the world’s oldest nuclear power plants

4 min read . 04 Feb 2020

The Canadian province sent an alert Sunday reporting an unspecified 'incident' at a nuclear plant — only to later report the message was sent in error. (Photo: AP)

False nuclear alert in Toronto jolts residents’ Sunday

1 min read . 12 Jan 2020

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna (Photo: Reuters)

Iran steps back further from nuclear deal, says no limits on enrichment

2 min read . 06 Jan 2020

Islamabad, New Delhi exchange lists of nuke installations, prisoners

1 min read . 02 Jan 2020

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At 50, Europe's oldest nuclear plant may cause serious environmental issues soon

3 min read . 05 Dec 2019

Opinion | Emerging nuclear crises that the world must brace for

4 min read . 26 Nov 2019

Nuclear Power Corp.'s Kudankulam plant is seen in the background as a man walks through a field (Photo: Bloomberg)

India confirms malware attack at Kudankulam nuclear power plant

2 min read . 20 Nov 2019

While hydropower generation has witnessed a decline leading to lower supply of electricity in African nations, India’s pressurized heavy water reactor’s unit size is well-suited to meet their small demand load. (HT)

Energy-starved Africa looks to India for nuclear reactors

2 min read . 18 Nov 2019

Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. (AP)

Iran starts key step in building second nuclear power plant: report

1 min read . 10 Nov 2019

While hydropower generation has witnessed a decline leading to lower supply of electricity in African nations, India’s pressurized heavy water reactor’s unit size is well-suited to meet their small demand load. (HT )

Energy-starved Africa looks to India for nuclear reactors

2 min read . 18 Nov 2019

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