International

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization and the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration signed a memorandum of understanding that seeks to solidify the nuclear security and relationship between the two countries. The memorandum was signed during the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency’s International Conference on Nuclear Security in Vienna last week, according to a […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Radiological Security and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs spoke at last week’s International Conference on Nuclear Security on securing radioactive sources, according to a joint press release. The joint statement between the two powers highlighted the need to prevent the use of radioactive […]

The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency released a factsheet on their Incident and Trafficking Database on Monday, citing 168 incidents in 2023 in 31 States. The IAEA Incident and Trafficking Database (ITDB) contains information on smuggling or otherwise illegal possession or sale of nuclear material, as well as the unauthorized disposal or discovery of […]

The Department of Energy planned to show off its 12-axle Atlas rail car, designed for hauling spent nuclear fuel, at the agency’s National Transportation Stakeholders Forum next weekend in Denver. Atlas in 2023 did a dry run over the rails, with no spent fuel aboard, to practice hauling nuclear material.   Former President Donald Trump […]

After President Biden’s national security adviser met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this weekend, the Saudi foreign ministry said Sunday the Kingdom was close to finalizing a security deal with the U.S. Official statements by the White House and the Kingdom did not say what the two sides discussed, but media, citing […]

Nuclear Waste Services recently put out the equivalent of a request for information for companies interested in building a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste in the United Kingdom. The repository, which Nuclear Waste Services calls a Geologic Disposal Facility, could be built under a future contract worth up to $1.6 billion over 10 or […]

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Sunday died in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran, Iranian state media reported. The fatal crash happened about a month after Iran’s drone-and-missile attack against Israel and only weeks after the head of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy visited Iran in an attempt […]

Nuclear Waste Services recently put out the equivalent of a request for information for companies interested in building a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste in the United Kingdom. The repository, which Nuclear Waste Services calls a Geologic Disposal Facility, could be built under a future contract worth up to $1.6 billion over 10 or […]

After President Biden’s national security adviser met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this weekend, the Saudi foreign ministry said Sunday the Kingdom was close to finalizing a security deal with the U.S.  Official statements by the White House and the Kingdom did not say what the two sides discussed, but media, citing […]

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Sunday died in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran, Iranian state media reported. The fatal crash happened about a month after Iran’s drone-and-missile attack against Israel and only weeks after the head of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy visited Iran in an attempt […]

Senators in a hearing Wednesday pressed Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins about what the State Department is doing to deter Russia and China’s nuclear capabilities. Jenkins was the sole witness in the hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which met less than a year before the February 2026 expiration of the New START nuclear arms control […]

A State Department spokesperson said in a press briefing this week that despite comments made by an Iranian official last week on Iran’s nuclear doctrine, the Joe Biden (D) administration assesses that the Islamic Republic is not building a nuclear weapon. The spokesperson was responding to a reporter’s question on Monday about a reported statement […]

Senators in a hearing Wednesday pressed Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins about what the State Department is doing to deter Russia and China’s nuclear capabilities. Jenkins was the sole witness in the hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which met less than a year before the February 2026 expiration of the New START nuclear arms control […]

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency visited Iran this week during the country’s International Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology and met with Iranian officials. Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi met with Iran’s nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami this past Tuesday. While Eslami told Iran International that the […]

By June, a special committee of the Township of Ignace’s local government will hear a consultant’s report about how much residents support, or do not support, the idea of becoming a host for a future Canadian nuclear-waste repository. The Pembroke, Ontario-based consultant With Chela on April 30 finished four days of feedback gathering from Ignace […]

By June, a special committee of the Township of Ignace’s local government will hear a consultant’s report about how much residents support, or do not support, the idea of becoming a host for a future Canadian nuclear-waste repository. The Pembroke, Ontario-based consultant With Chela on April 30 finished four days of feedback gathering from Ignace […]

Media reported this week that Poland’s President Andrzej Duda is “ready” to host U.S. nuclear weapons on Polish territory. Duda made the declaration Monday in a Polish-language interview with the Polish publication Fakt.    House Republicans on the Foreign Affairs Committee, including Rep. Joe Wlson (R-S.C.), whose district includes the Savannah River Site in Aiken, […]

President Joe Biden (D) this week signed a $95-billion foreign aid bill that includes funds to help the National Nuclear Security Administration monitor radiological threats in war-torn Ukraine. Biden signed the bill Wednesday after it easily passed the Senate Tuesday on a 79-18 vote. It was a modified piece of Senate legislation that the House […]

The local government of South Bruce, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday voted to let its citizens decide this fall whether they want to host a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste. The seven-member South Bruce council voted in support of the question, which now is eligible to appear on ballots during a by-election to be held on […]

The local government of South Bruce, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday voted to let its citizens decide this fall whether they want to host a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste. The seven-member South Bruce council voted in support of the question, which now is eligible to appear on ballots during a by-election to be held […]

A day after the Senate passed it, President Joe Biden (D) on Wednesday signed a $95-billion foreign aid bill that includes funds to help the National Nuclear Security Administration monitor radiological threats in war-torn Ukraine. The bill easily passed the Senate 79-18 on Tuesday. It was a modified piece of Senate legislation that the House […]

The supplemental national security appropriations bill the House passed Saturday has about $150 million for the National Nuclear Security Administration to help monitor nuclear Ukrainian power plants occupied by invading Russians. President Joe Biden (D) has said he will sign the roughly $95-billion proposal, which the House split into three bills and recombined after receiving […]

Local police this week arrested at least 10 antiwar advocates who were part of a protest that included about 50 people outside the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Kansas City National Security Campus in Kansas City, Mo., the local Kansas City Star reported. The Star did not say why the protesters chose to demonstrate at […]

A U.S. Senator asked Tuesday if a planned manufacturing plant in Kansas poses a threat to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nearby factory in Missouri for non-nuclear nuclear-weapon components. The conservative publication Daily Caller in December reported that Cnano Technology USA Inc., a company the publication said has ties to Chinese businesses, planned to build […]

A Canadian municipality this week planned another step towards letting its citizens choose whether to host a deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel. On Tuesday, the seven-member Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of South Bruce heard a staff report about the last procedural step needed to include a ballot question about the […]

A U.S. Senator asked Tuesday if a planned manufacturing plant in Kansas poses a threat to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nearby factory in Missouri for non-nuclear nuclear-weapon components. The conservative publication Daily Caller in December reported that Cnano Technology USA Inc., a company the publication said has ties to Chinese businesses, planned to build […]

A Canadian municipality this week planned another step towards letting its citizens choose whether to host a deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel.  On Tuesday, the seven-member Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of South Bruce was scheduled to vote on the last procedural step needed to approve a ballot question about the […]

Drones last week attacked parts of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed this week. “On Sunday, the International Support and Assistance Mission to ZNPP (ISAMZ) confirmed the first attacks since November 2022 to directly target Zaporizhzhya NPP,” Rafael Grossi, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) director general […]

Drones on Saturday attacked parts of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Saturday in a statement. The U.N. nuclear-power agency did not say who was responsible for the attacks on the facility, which is Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and has been under Russia’s control since the […]

Michigan state Rep. Graham Filler (R) last week unveiled a bill to promote development of advanced nuclear reactors in the state.  The measure has 24 co-sponsors and would change Michigan law to adapt the federal definition of advanced nuclear reactors into the state’s laws and legally define the phrase “advanced nuclear reactor technologies” as any […]