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October 21, 2019

Antarctica's ice sheets contain radioactive chlorine gas 60 years after nuclear tests, study says

An explosive new study has found that nearly 60 years after nuclear tests were performed in the Pacific Ocean, radioactive chlorine is still leaking from ice sheets in Antarctica.

September 10, 2019

State media: Kim Jong Un supervised North Korea's firing of super-large rocket launcher

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw Tuesday's testing of a super-large multiple rocket launcher, state propaganda organ KCNA said late Tuesday. 

September 9, 2019

North Korea follows talk of restarting nuke talks by firing off 2 projectiles

North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the East Sea on Tuesday, South Korea military officials said, hours after it offered to re-start nuclear talks with the United States. 

September 9, 2019

Saudi Arabia seeks to enrich uranium for nuclear power, minister says

Hours after the United Nations nuclear watchdog revealed yet another nuke deal breach by Iran, the Islamic Republic's top regional adversary spoke Monday about its own nuclear ambitions, with Saudi Arabia's new energy minister stating the kingdom's desire to also enrich uranium.

September 5, 2019

Turkey's Erdogan says he won't accept nuclear-armed nations telling him his nation can't have nukes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday rejected calls to prevent his country from acquiring nuclear weapons, saying it was unacceptable for nuclear-armed states to forbid Turkey from doing so. 

September 4, 2019

Rouhani announces 'third step' in backing out of nuclear deal-- developing centrifuges

President Hassan Rouhani announced Wednesday that Iran will take its "third step" in scaling back commitments it made to the 2015 nuclear deal by developing centrifuges to speed up the enrichment of Uranium. 

August 27, 2019

Radioactive equipment stolen from Colorado construction site, officials say

Authorities in Colorado are alerting the public after radioactive equipment was stolen from a temporary construction site at a college campus and a reward is being offered for information leading to its return.

August 12, 2019

Russia's secret nuclear-powered cruise missile may have been factor in mysterious blast that killed at least 5

The mysterious explosion in northern Russia on Thursday that left at least five people dead and unleashed a radiation spike may have involved a secret, new nuclear-powered cruise missile touted by Russian President Vladimir Putin last year as a weapon that would render NATO's American-led missile defense system "useless."

July 24, 2019

North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into sea, US officials say

North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea off its eastern coast, U.S. officials told Fox News, in the latest apparent provocation from Kim Jong Un's regime.

July 15, 2019

Radiation levels in Marshall Islands higher than Fukushima, Chernobyl, study finds

Radiation levels across the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean, where the United States conducted more than 65 nuclear tests during the Cold War, are still alarmingly high — even higher than Fukushima and Chernobyl in some parts, a new study shows.