All news on the topic: Nuclear power

Scientists at Georgetown University knew more than a decade ago that China had a network of tunnels for transporting missiles. They estimated that the tunnels could hold 3,000 intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Industry figures say fate of Anglesey facility to have been built by Hitachi shows problems with planning system.

The government has announced plans to make it easier to build mini nuclear power stations in England and Wales, as part of its efforts to boost UK economic growth.

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China appears to be building a large laser-ignited fusion research centre in the southwestern city of Mianyang, experts at two analytical organisations say, a development that could aid nuclear weapons design and work exploring power generation.

There has been an update on the Royal Navy’s effort to explore nuclear-powered surface ships, building on its earlier Request for Information (RFI) issued last year.

The UK had private fears about the threat from Russia as Ukraine gave up its inherited nuclear weapons, newly released documents show.

Nuclear waste dump in Cumbria pleaded guilty to leaving data that could threaten national security exposed for four years, says regulator

America’s Three Mile Island energy plant, the site of the worst nuclear accident in US history, is preparing to reopen as Microsoft looks for ways to satisfy its growing energy needs.

A council said it is disappointed after a city missed out on an opportunity to host a factory for small modular nuclear reactors.

The former prime minister is also under scrutiny for appointing ex-aide Charlotte Owen as Vice President, despite her lack of experience in the energy sector.

Nuclear site awaits sentencing over breaches that it admitted could have threatened national security

Christian Sollitt, 44, claimed he was an "MI6 agent" and wanted access to a high security spy base in Yorkshire. However, he was busted by police and was handed a 18-month community order

Following the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chornobyl in 1986, the surrounding area known as the Exclusion Zone, was transformed into a deadly radioactive landscape

The head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos spoke today of plans to to deliver and install a nuclear power plant on the moon by 2035 with China

The multi-million pound mansion is one of many at risk of tumbling into the Pacific Ocean as the unstable cliff in California crumbles

Russian President Vladimir Putin is 'laughing' at the UK after our nuclear deterrent Trident flopped in its latest test, according to Prof Anthony Glees, security and intelligence expert at the University of Buckingham

Centrica chief executive Chris O'Shea said the Sizewell site was a "possible future investment" as the Government tries to secure funding for the plant

When miners started being arrested on demos during 1984, their wives joined them and spoke of the cause around the country.

An estimated 5,500 litres of radioactive water leaked from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant - but no sign of contamination has been detected outside the facility

The final cost of the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, being built in Somerset, could be as much as £35 billion, according to the French firm developing it

Tommy Marshall, who is living at Pontins Brean Sands in Somerset while working on the Hinkley Point C project, has told how his kids love visiting him at the resort

Pontins Brean Sands, in Somerset, closed to the public earlier this year to make room for 900 workers on the Hinkley Point C project as EDF builds two new nuclear reactors in the area

Baba Vanga, also known as the ' Nostradamus of the Balkans', is believed to have have strong visions and is said to have gained her powers after she lost her sight during a deadly storm