International

The United States on Wednesday sanctioned five entities and one individual that it says support entities overseeing Iran’s nuclear program, the State Department said in a press release. The entities sanctioned include the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and its subordinate Iran Centrifuge Technology Company as part of President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign on […]

In opening remarks at a hearing Wednesday on military posture in the Indo-Pacific region, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said to “accelerate AUKUS” to strengthen deterrence against China and North Korea. “China now has the world’s largest Navy—and a shipbuilding capacity over 200 times greater than our own,” Rogers, chair of the House Armed Services Committee, […]

Russia will obtain licenses to operate, and potentially restart, all units of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine by 2027, plant director Yuri Chernichuk recently told Russian-owned news source Strana Rosatom. Chernichuk told Strana Rosatom, which is owned by Russian state-owned nuclear energy corporation Rosatom that has occupied Zaporizhzhia since 2022, Rosatom will need […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration hosted Cobalt Magnet 25, an emergency response exercise, with local, federal and international partners from the U.S. and Canada from March 14 to 21. The exercise provided a scenario of a notional nuclear power plant accident to allow response personnel to practice scanning for radiological materials, protecting affected populations and […]

Amid saber rattling between President Donald Trump and Iran, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told a Congressional panel recently  Iran doesn’t have a nuclear weapon. Gabbard’s remarks came while testifying at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing March 25. Gabbard said the U.S. Intelligence Community assesses that “Iran is not building a nuclear weapon, and […]

While Wall Street focuses on the S&P 500’s worst quarter in three years due to trade-war threats, the nuclear enterprise could also face market slowdown as uranium stocks fall even further, according to published reports. President Donald Trump has imposed a 10% tariff on energy resources from Canada since early March. He paused the tariffs […]

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the United States. would receive a “strong reciprocal blow” if it commits any military “mischief,” according to a statement Monday. Khamenei’s comments come after President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran if the Islamic Republic did not comply with a nuclear deal, as part of his “maximum pressure” […]

Russia’s top commander in Ukraine Gen. Sergei Surovikin discussed using nuclear weapons to prevent Ukraine from advancing into Crimea in the fall of 2022, the New York Times said March 29. The Times cited U.S. intelligence reports, which also reportedly said that U.S. intelligence agencies put the chances of Moscow using nuclear weapons between 5-10%, […]

President Donald Trump has his eyes on the coveted Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant as part of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during an Oslo press conference Thursday, March 20. The two leaders have been discussing a limited ceasefire for the past couple weeks focused on energy infrastructure, and as […]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, told Naval witnesses at a hearing Tuesday that the U.S. needs to “reciprocate” the commitment Australia made to the shipbuilding workforce. “I’m very pro-AUKUS,” Kaine said at the hearing on the state of conventional surface shipbuilding at the Capitol, […]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, told Naval witnesses at a hearing Tuesday that the U.S. needs to “reciprocate” the commitment Australia made to the shipbuilding workforce. “I’m very pro-AUKUS,” Kaine said at the hearing on the state of conventional surface shipbuilding at the Capitol, […]

President Donald Trump has his eyes on the coveted Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant as part of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during an Oslo press conference Thursday. The two leaders have been discussing a limited ceasefire for the past week focused on energy infrastructure, after Russian president Vladimir Putin […]

PHOENIX — More than 100 people showed up and gave a standing ovation March 11 at the conclusion of the first of two presentations here at the Waste Management Symposia on the status of nuclear power plants in Ukraine during the ongoing Russian invasion. “We are talking about a sovereign nation that is a member […]

PHOENIX — More than 100 people showed up and gave a standing ovation March 11 at the conclusion of the first of two presentations here at the Waste Management Symposia on the status of nuclear power plants in Ukraine during the ongoing Russian invasion. “We are talking about a sovereign nation that is a member […]

PHOENIX — More than 100 people showed up and gave a standing ovation March 11 at the conclusion of the first of two presentations here at the Waste Management Symposia on the status of nuclear power plants in Ukraine during the ongoing Russian invasion. “We are talking about a sovereign nation that is a member […]

CHANTILLY, VA – Amentum has announced Corhyn Parr as its vice president of international development on Tuesday. Parr previously served as the CEO of Nuclear Waste Services, a subdivision of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and was the director of Integrated Waste at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. “I am thrilled to join Amentum at […]

PHOENIX — More than 100 people showed up and gave a standing ovation March 11 at the conclusion of the first of two presentations here at the Waste Management Symposia on the status of nuclear power plants in Ukraine during the ongoing Russian invasion. “We are talking about a sovereign nation that is a member […]

PHOENIX —— Canada is one of the first but won’t be the last nation to successfully use “consent-based siting” to select a deep underground repository location for used nuclear fuel, the CEO of Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization, said here Monday. A “decade of engagement” was key to Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) being […]

The Australian government published a new submarine strategy March 7 that called for investing $19 billion over 30 years to support future AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines with a domestic industrial base. “The scale, complexity and technology requirements of the program also mean the Australian Submarine Industrial Base will need to work with trusted United Kingdom and […]

The Australian government published a new submarine strategy March 7 that called for investing $19 billion over 30 years to support future AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines with a domestic industrial base. “The scale, complexity and technology requirements of the program also mean the Australian Submarine Industrial Base will need to work with trusted United Kingdom and […]

PHOENIX —— Canada is one of the first but won’t be the last nation to successfully use “consent-based siting” to select a deep underground repository location for used nuclear fuel, the CEO of Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization, said here Monday. A “decade of engagement” was key to Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) being […]

PHOENIX — Executives from Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency are scheduled to help kick off the 2025 Waste Management Symposia here Monday. Canada is this year’s featured nation at the conference for nuclear waste professionals held annually in Downtown Phoenix. Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization President and […]

At the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors meeting Monday, Director General Rafael Grossi briefed the board on the situations in Ukraine and Iran. Grossi visited Ukraine in February, and said there was “no room for complacency” in his opening statement. He also said that he had visited Iran since the last Board session, […]

The Virginia-class submarine USS Minnesota arrived at HMAS Stirling, Australia on Feb. 25 for the first of several SSN routine port visits to Australia set to occur this year.  This visit is also the first of two planned U.S. submarine (SSN) visits to that base in 2025. The visits are part of increasing experience and […]

The House Financial Services Committee passed legislation Wednesday morning promoting international funding for nuclear power projects by a vote of 39 to 10.  The International Nuclear Energy Financing Act (H.R. 1474) would set up a nuclear trust fund at the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and other financial entities. With dozens […]

The House Financial Services Committee will mark up legislation Wednesday morning promoting international funding for nuclear power projects. The International Nuclear Energy Financing Act (H.R. 1474) would set up a nuclear trust fund at the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and other financial entities. With dozens of nations planning or studying […]

Following the tense meeting with the leader of Ukraine last week, President Donald Trump could touch upon Ukraine policy Tuesday night during a address to both chambers of Congress. The address to the joint session of Congress is set for 9 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday and will give the president an opportunity to speak about […]

The Virginia-class submarine USS Minnesota arrived at HMAS Stirling, Australia on Feb. 25 for the first of several SSN routine port visits to Australia set to occur this year.  This visit is also the first of two planned U.S. submarine (SSN) visits to that base in 2025. The visits are part of increasing experience and […]

An explosion early Valentine’s Day morning caused a fire overnight at the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on X. “Ukrainian firefighters have been working around the clock in freezing weather to completely extinguish small fires that still smoulder after Friday’s drone strike on the building containing […]

Israel might strike Iran’s Fordow and Natanz nuclear facilities in the first six months of 2025, multiple media outlets reported that U.S. intelligence said. According to Washington Post-reported intelligence reports spanning from the end of the Joe Biden administration and the beginning of the Donald Trump administration, such an attack would set Iran’s nuclear program […]