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US nuclear lab to relocate hundreds of workers in New Mexico

March 12, 2021 Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — One of the nation’s premier nuclear laboratories announced Monday that it will be moving hundreds of employees from its sprawling campus in the mountains of northern New Mexico to Santa Fe as […]

Newly found Fukushima plant contamination may delay cleanup

January 28, 2021 Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

TOKYO — A draft investigation report into the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, adopted by Japanese nuclear regulators Wednesday, says it has detected dangerously high levels of radioactive contamination at two of the three reactors, adding […]

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Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment, seizes South Korean ship

January 5, 2021 Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran began enriching uranium to levels unseen since its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and also seized a South Korean-flagged tanker near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, a double-barreled […]

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Iran says Israel killed military nuclear scientist remotely

December 1, 2020 Nassar Karimi, Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — A top Iranian security official on Monday accused Israel of using “electronic devices” to remotely kill a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program in the 2000s. Ali Shamkhani, the […]

Iran scientist linked to military nuclear program killed

November 30, 2020 Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian scientist named by the West as the leader of the Islamic Republic’s disbanded military nuclear program was killed Friday in an ambush on the outskirts of Tehran, authorities […]

US nuclear lab partnering with utility to produce hydrogen

November 14, 2020 Keith Ridler, Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded just under $14 million for an attempt to build a hydrogen-energy production facility at a nuclear power plant in Minnesota with the help of a […]

Putin proposes yearlong extension of nuclear pact with US

October 16, 2020 Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday made a strong call to save the last existing nuclear arms control pact between his country and the United States, proposing to extend it at least for […]

US gives first-ever OK for small commercial nuclear reactor

September 10, 2020 Keith Ridler, Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — U.S. officials have for the first time approved a design for a small commercial nuclear reactor, and a Utah energy cooperative wants to build 12 of them in Idaho. The U.S. Nuclear […]

IAEA: Iran continues to expand stockpile of enriched uranium

September 4, 2020 Kiyoko Metzler and David Rising, Associated Press

VIENNA — Iran continues to increase its stockpile of enriched uranium in violation of limitations set in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, but has begun providing access to sites where the country […]

Pompeo downplays possibility of summit with North Korea

July 16, 2020 Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo downplayed the possibility of another summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before the U.S. presidential election, saying Trump would […]

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