Nuclear power

Trump plans to make Cold War-era plutonium available for nuclear power

Boosting the US power industry is a policy priority for the Trump administration as US electricity demand rises for the first time in two decades on the boom in data centers needed for AI.

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US President Donald Trump meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (not pictured), in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025
Loch Long is frozen over at Arrochar, Scotland, Britain, December 11, 2017.

Radioactive water leaks from UK nuclear bomb base into sea off Scotland - report

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency warned that up to half of the components at the base were beyond their design life when the leaks began.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A cloud is seen over Hiroshima made by the firestorm formed following the dropping of the Little Boy atomic bomb on the Japanese city in what is the first use of nuclear weapons in war, on August 6, 1945.

Hiroshima warns against nuclear weapons as it marks 80 years since Atomic bomb

"To all the leaders around the world: Please visit Hiroshima and witness for yourselves the reality of the atomic bombing."

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An illustrative image of a robot hand an atomic energy.

Israel needs to explore and embrace AI and nuclear energy - opinion

Israel, one of the world’s most technologically advanced economies, risks falling behind if it continues to ignore the option of civilian nuclear technology.

|ByASAF TZACHOR, AVRI SCHECHTER

The start of the post-war game: Iran has five weeks to create new nuclear deal – analysis

Could Europe's August deadline be the most important date in the decades-long nuclear standoff, or will Iran face more sanctions?

JULY 22, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi visits Iran's nuclear achievements exhibition, in Tehran, Iran, April 17, 2025.

Staying alert: A new strategic phase in the Israel-Iran confrontation - opinion

Israel and Iran stand on the threshold of a new phase in their strategic confrontation, and Israel must act with heightened intelligence alertness.

JULY 16, 2025ByYOSSI MANSHAROF
REGARDING THE potential renewal of nuclear talks with the US, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian faces criticism internally from conservative and radical-conservative factions, says the writer.

Netanyahu’s 2018 Tehran gamble: The roots of the US bombing of Iran - opinion

Benjamin Netanyahu's unveiling of the Mossad's Tehran archive heist in 2018 created a shift in the international approach to Iran.

JUNE 26, 2025ByILAN EVYATAR
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu exposes files of Iran’s nuclear program at a news conference in Tel Aviv, in 2018. The true significance of the Tehran archive heist wasn’t just in what it uncovered; it was in what Israel chose to do with it, says the writer.

UK to buy fighter jets capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons

The purchase of the Lockheed Martin jets would allow Britain's air force to carry nuclear weapons for the first time since the end of the Cold War, Downing Street said.

JUNE 25, 2025ByREUTERS
An F-35 plane stands on the tarmac at Nevatim Air Force Base.

Putin envoy says Russia could supply a small nuclear power plant for Musk's Mars mission

"Russia can offer a small-sized nuclear power plant for a mission to Mars and other advanced technological capabilities," the state RIA news agency cited the envoy as saying.

MARCH 31, 2025ByREUTERS
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its Super Heavy booster is launched on its eighth test at the company's Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, March 6, 2025.

Russia may need to expand and upgrade its nuclear arsenal to counter the West, diplomat says

Russian Ambassador-at-Large Grigory Mashkov's statements come after Russia vastly updated its nuclear doctrine.

JANUARY 30, 2025ByREUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects the NICA Nuclotron-based ion collider facility as he visits the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Moscow region's city of Dubna, Russia June 13, 2024.

The world has Israel to thank for no nuclear fears in post-Assad Syria- opinion

Thanks to Israel, the now-impending Syrian chaos may be deeply destabilizing, but it will plausibly be nonnuclear.

JANUARY 7, 2025ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
IN SEPTERMBER 2007, IDF fighter jets carried out Operation Orchard and destroyed a nuclear reactor in Syria. If not for the Israeli operation, nuclear weapons could eventually have fallen into the hands of Sunni jihadi terrorist organizations now beginning to contend for power in post-Assad Syria.

Argentina to add nuclear power plant to 'to meet the energy demands of AI'

The plan's first step involves constructing a small modular reactor (SMR) at the Atucha site, intended to facilitate access to energy throughout Argentina.

DECEMBER 23, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Atucha II.