Nuclear Environment

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German Greens lied to push nuclear power phase-out – media

Russia Today 25 Apr 2024

... at the Economy and Environment ministries respectively, played a key role in the effort to portray the prolongation of German nuclear power plants’ operational life as dangerous.

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Japanese citizens petition against ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater

People Daily 25 Apr 2024

"Although the nuclear accident took place in Fukushima, the ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated water goes beyond the region, as it affects everyone connected to the sea," he said.

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Thirty-eight years after Chernobyl, we are again on a nuclear knife-edge

The Irish Times 25 Apr 2024

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is Europe’s largest nuclear power plant ... The impact of this single shocking nuclear accident launched an invisible war that we cannot see, taste or touch and it can never be undone.

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Indian nuclear facilities found to have radioactive influence on Southern Tibetan Plateau

Phys Dot Org 25 Apr 2024

Primarily originating from human nuclear activities, iodine-129, with its properties of high volatility and radiation risk of short-lived radioiodine, serves as a key radionuclide for nuclear environmental safety monitoring.

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India aims new Crystal Maze missile at Pakistan’s nukes

Asiatimes 25 Apr 2024

India has just tested an Israeli air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM), reflecting a move away from Russia as its primary supplier for high-end weapons and the possible adoption of a counterforce strategy against Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.

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The nuclear threats that loom over Iran and Israel

Stars and Stripes 25 Apr 2024

A volley of back-and-forth strikes between Israel and Iran, culminating with explosions in the Islamic Republic on Friday, added a nuclear edge to the regional fallout from the war in Gaza ... Iran, meanwhile, does not possess nuclear weapons.

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New ‘cold war’ grows ever warmer as the prospect of a nuclear arms race hots up

The Conversation 25 Apr 2024

Gorbachev and Bush’s predecessor in the White House, Ronald Reagan, had – at two summits over the past five years – thrashed out agreements that would limit and reduce both sides’ nuclear arsenals ... ‘Nuclear neolateralism’.

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INS scientists to highlight societal benefits of nuclear energy during Lucknow visit

Hindustan Times 25 Apr 2024

A team of eminent nuclear scientists from the Indian Nuclear Society (INS), Mumbai, will be in the state capital on April 25-26 to share insights into the various societal applications of nuclear energy.

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Washington, Tokyo, Seoul deplore Pyongyang's latest nuclear missiles

Kuna 25 Apr 2024

The officials exchanged assessments of the security environment on the Korean Peninsula, in the Indo-Pacific, and beyond, and they consulted on concrete ways to deepen ROK-U.S.-Japan trilateral security cooperation.

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France's Macron calls for credible defense of Europe

China.dot.org 25 Apr 2024

Nuclear deterrence is an essential element of this credible defense, which is a new paradigm in defense, Macron stressed, quoted by a local live broadcast.

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President admits hugging nuke

Russia Today 25 Apr 2024

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko says he once had an intimate moment with a nuclear warhead ... But if I had to make a decision then, we would never have withdrawn strategic nuclear weapons from the territory of Belarus.

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Russia vetoes US-backed UN resolution to ban nuclear weapons in space

CNN 25 Apr 2024

Russia on Wednesday vetoed a United Nations resolution that proposed a ban on the use of nuclear weapons in outer space amid US intelligence-backed concerns that Moscow is trying to develop a nuclear device capable of destroying satellites.

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US nuclear weapons in Poland would be priority military target – Moscow

Russia Today 25 Apr 2024

Russia would consider foreign deployments of nuclear weapons in Poland a primary military target, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has warned. Warsaw is in talks with Washington on potentially hosting nuclear arms as part of a NATO program.

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Russia threatens to strike POLAND: Kremlin says NATO nukes deployed in the country will be a...

The Daily Mail 25 Apr 2024

Russia will make NATO nuclear weapons in Poland one of its primary targets if they are deployed there, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov declared today in the latest escalation of tensions between Moscow and Europe.

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France warns against placing nukes in Poland

Russia Today 25 Apr 2024

The defense minister’s remarks came after President Duda signaled Warsaw’s willingness to host US nuclear weapons ... The president pointed out at the time that Washington has for decades deployed its own nuclear weapons in allied nations.