JAPAN-U.S. NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING PACT AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS AFTER 30-YEAR DEADLINE PASSES

Under Japan's nuclear fuel recycling system, spent fuel from nuclear reactors is reprocessed to extract uranium and plutonium... READ MORE›

IRAN VENTS ANGER AT TRUMP SANCTIONS MOVE

US President Donald Trump, a critic of the 2015 accord to prevent Iran developing nuclear arms, said he would extend sanctions relief one last time... READ MORE›

PLANS FOR MAJOR NUCLEAR POWER STATION IN WALES WIN GREEN LIGHT

Office for Nuclear Regulation approves design for new reactor at Horizon Nuclear Power's plant at Wylfa, Anglesey... READ MORE›

DEAL REACHED ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM LIMITS ON FUEL WOULD LESSEN WITH TIME

Whether it portends a new relationship between the United States and Iran after decades of coups hostage-taking terrorism and sanctions remains a bigger question... READ MORE›

FRIEDMAN OBAMA MAKES HIS CASE

We have cut off every pathway for Iran to develop a nuclear weapon... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA ABLE TO PRODUCE 20 NUCLEAR BOMBS

North Korea able to produce 20 nuclear bombs experts... READ MORE›

ALL TSUNAMI ALERTS LIFTED AFTER 7.4 QUAKE ROCKS NORTHERN JAPAN

Japan lifted all tsunami alerts after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake off the coast of Fukushima, home to the nuclear power plant crippled in the March 2011 triple disaster... READ MORE›

IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS: INTENSIVE TALKS BEFORE KEY DEADLINE

They want to impose limits that would prevent Iran from producing enough fuel for a nuclear weapon within a year... READ MORE›

NEWS ANALYSIS FUTURE RISKS OF AN IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL

Ross, who served as a White House adviser on Iran during Mr. Obama's first term and has yet to decide if he will back the accord... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SUSPENDS NUCLEAR AGREEMENT, ENDS URANIUM RESEARCH PACT WITH UNITED STATES

We can no longer trust Washington in such a sensitive area as the modernization and security of Russian nuclear facilities, the Russian Foreign Ministry said... READ MORE›

European officials have suggested in recent days that an agreement is closer than the 50-50 assessment by Obama administration officials... READ MORE›

BELGIUM FEARS NUCLEAR PLANTS ARE VULNERABLE

Experts say the most remote of the potential nuclear-related risks is that Islamic State operatives would be able to obtain highly enriched uranium... READ MORE›

HALF OF AMERICA'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS SEEN AS MONEY LOSERS

Nuclear power plants are getting paid 20 to 30 a megawatt-hour for their electricity, Nicholas Steckler, an analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, said in a report Wednesday... READ MORE›

US SAYS SHIPPING URANIUM OUT OF IRAN IS STILL PART OF POSSIBLE NUCLEAR DEAL

Converting the material into fuel rods would make it extremely difficult for Iran to use the uranium to build a nuclear weapon... READ MORE›

IRAN HAS STOPPED DISMANTLING NUCLEAR CENTRIFUGES

Low-enriched uranium is used to fuel nuclear power plants, Iran's stated goal, but can also provide material for bombs if refined much further... READ MORE›

TRUMP MIDDLE EAST ADVISORS' DREAM OF WAR WITH IRAN JUST INCHED CLOSER TO REALITY

Trump Middle East advisors' dream of war with Iran just inched closer to reality... READ MORE›

IRAN HANDS OVER STOCKPILE OF ENRICHED URANIUM TO RUSSIA

Iran is still disassembling centrifuges, which enrich uranium, and disabling a plutonium reactor, among other steps that are required under the nuclear agreement struck in July... READ MORE›

THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The United States says sanctions would be removed in stages after Iran shows compliance with the terms of a final nuclear agreement... READ MORE›

NETANYAHU TO SPEAK TO TRUMP ABOUT WEST'S 'BAD' NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN

He told an American Israel Public Affairs Committee AIPAC conference in May that his number one priority was to dismantle the deal... READ MORE›

BOMB-GRADE URANIUM SHIPMENTS THROUGH ONTARIO PROMPT OUTCRY

Weapons-grade nuclear waste shipments to U.S. prompt outcry... READ MORE›

NO 2 NEGOTIATORS IN IRAN TALKS ARGUE PHYSICS BEHIND POLITICS

Mr. Moniz and Mr. Salehi have emerged as their countries' No... READ MORE›

IAEA SAYS IRAN URANIUM STOCKPILE REDUCED, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN

VIENNA Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium gas dropped below the maximum level required under a 2013 interim nuclear agreement with world powers a U.N... READ MORE›

U.S., IRAN REACH HISTORIC NUCLEAR FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

U.s. iran reach historic nuclear framework agreement... READ MORE›

'TIME RUNNING OUT' FOR IRAN DEAL

Talks are focusing on the lifting of Western sanctions on Iran in exchange for a scaling-back of Iran's uranium enrichment programme... READ MORE›

U.S. AND IRAN: THE UNBEARABLE AWKWARDNESS OF DEFENDING YOUR ENEMY

President Barack Obama's administration has found itself in with Iran as it pushes for an historic accord that would end a 12-year nuclear standoff... READ MORE›

IRAN ACCORDS COMPLEXITY SHOWS IMPACT OF BIPARTISAN LETTER

As unveiled Tuesday in Vienna the accord runs to 109 pages of fine print long lists and paragraph after paragraph of mind-numbing jargon... READ MORE›

IRAN STARTS TAKING NUCLEAR CENTRIFUGES OFFLINE

Centrifuges spin at supersonic speed to increase the ratio of the fissile isotope in uranium... READ MORE›

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PLANT WHERE WORKERS ARE TAKING COVER

Developed in 1943 as a nuclear reactor and processing plant, Hanford was once home to the first large-scale plutonium production reactor in the world... READ MORE›

MYSTERY DRONES BREACH AIRSPACE ABOVE FRENCH NUCLEAR SITES

Another source told the paper that other sites, including a military nuclear location and one operated by Areva the state-run nuclear company were also targeted... READ MORE›

FUKUSHIMA RESIDENTS TORN OVER NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE PLAN

Japan has since allocated more than 15 billion to an unprecedented project to lower radiation in towns around the plant, such as Okuma... READ MORE›

IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL: WHAT EACH SIDE WON AND LOST

Iran agreed to repurpose the Fordow facility to isotope production and nuclear research rather than uranium enrichment, Kerry said Tuesday... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS IRAN DEALS MISSING DETAILS SPELLTROUBLE

Iran will never be permitted to develop a nuclear weapon, Obama said after the arrangement was announced... READ MORE›

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO DISCUSS 'BAD' IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL WITH DONALD TRUMP

Iran denied ever having considered developing nuclear arms. I opposed the deal because it doesn't prevent Iran from getting nukes, Netanyahu said in Sunday's question-and-answer session... READ MORE›