January 12, 2020 Pickering nuclear station 'incident' that triggered mass emergency alert in Canada was sent in error Residents across the greater Toronto area were jolted awake early Sunday after a mass mobile alert was sent after an "incident" was reported at a nuclear power plant that turned out to be sent in error.
December 22, 2019 US on high alert for possible ‘Christmas gift’ missile from North Korea U.S. officials are on high alert for signs of a possible missile launch from North Korea in the coming days that officials have referred to as a “Christmas gift.”
November 14, 2019 Iranian citizen who violated US sanctions by exporting carbon fiber gets prison time An Iranian businessman charged with exporting tons of carbon fiber, a controlled substance with military and nuclear uses, from the U.S. to Iran was sentenced to nearly four years in prison Thursday, the Justice Department announced.
November 11, 2019 Iran enriching uranium at 'not declared' site, UN nuclear watchdog says Uranium of a man-made origin has been discovered in Iran at a site that has "not been declared" to inspectors, the United Nation's nuclear watchdog disclosed for the first time in a report Monday.
October 30, 2019 Russian nuclear sub successfully test-launches intercontinental ballistic missile, government claims Russia test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from one of its new nuclear-powered submarines, and it hit a target, which was hundreds of miles away, government officials said Wednesday.
October 16, 2019 3 US diplomats detained near secret Russian military training ground: officials Three U.S. diplomats were removed from a train and detained Monday near a mysterious military site in northwestern Russia where a deadly explosion and radiation leak took place, according to officials.
October 16, 2019 Typhoon Hagibis swept away Fukushima nuclear decontamination waste bags into river The historic rainfall from Typhoon Hagibis that spawned widespread devastating flooding over the weekend in Japan caused several bags that had decontaminated waste from the Fukushima nuclear disaster to be swept into a river, according to officials.
September 19, 2019 Former Fukushima execs found not guilty of negligence after 2011 nuclear disaster Three former executives facing five years in jail for professional negligence in the 2011 nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima plant were found not guilty in a Thursday ruling.
September 10, 2019 Japan will have to dump toxic Fukushima nuclear plant water into Pacific Ocean, environment minister says Massive amounts of toxic water from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan has to be dumped into the Pacific Ocean because the facility is running out of space, the country's environment minister said Tuesday.
September 7, 2019 Iran injects gas into advanced centrifuges, violating deal Iran has begun injecting uranium gas into advanced centrifuges in violation of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a spokesman said Saturday.