#Nuclear

# nuclear - Tuesday 7 January, 2020

Opinion: Iran's shrewdest retaliation for Soleimani assassination is political, not military

Jan 7th 2020, 6:17 PM 17,592 Views 57 Comments

Tehran will want to ensure its response does not bring further cost to the nation, writes Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics.

# nuclear - Friday 2 August, 2019

# Nuclear Arms

US blames Russia over ending of a major Cold War-era nuclear arms deal

Aug 2nd 2019, 1:46 PM 9,966 Views 26 Comments

This comes after Washington launched the process to pull out of the INF treaty this year.

# nuclear - Thursday 27 June, 2019

# Tensions

Iran's foreign minister warns Trump that idea of short war is 'an illusion'

Jun 27th 2019, 10:44 PM 14,447 Views 40 Comments

Tensions have been rising between the two countries since the US pulled out of a nuclear deal.

# nuclear - Saturday 1 December, 2018

# Study

Thyroid cancer impact on children and teens following Fukushima nuclear accident

Dec 1st 2018, 9:00 AM 16,073 Views 27 Comments

More than 3,600 people died from causes such as illness and suicide linked to the aftermath of the tragedy.

# nuclear - Tuesday 27 November, 2018

# France

France to shut down 14 of country's 58 nuclear reactors by 2035, Macron says

Nov 27th 2018, 1:18 PM 10,796 Views 25 Comments

The total includes the previously announced shutdown of France’s two oldest reactors.

# nuclear - Tuesday 31 July, 2018

# Nuclear

US intelligence agencies find North Korea 'building new missiles'

Jul 31st 2018, 8:18 AM 19,873 Views 86 Comments

Following the Singapore summit in June, President Donald Trump had declared that Pyongyang was “no longer a nuclear threat”.

# nuclear - Wednesday 2 May, 2018

# Hinkley Point C

'This has been a lone battle': Frustration at government approach to nuclear plant plans in UK

May 2nd 2018, 6:05 AM 8,392 Views 34 Comments

An Oireachtas committee is planning to write a submission to UK authorities to express its concern.

# nuclear - Thursday 26 April, 2018

# Chemical Attack

Defence Forces conduct exercise to help prepare for 'dirty bomb' attacks

Apr 26th 2018, 5:27 PM 11,779 Views 32 Comments

This EU-funded project uses robots and unmanned aerial vehicles to help minimise the risk to operators while collecting physical evidence.

# Tired Mountain Syndrome

North Korean nuclear test site has 'partially collapsed' after massive bomb blast last year

Apr 26th 2018, 8:21 AM 15,044 Views 11 Comments

Researchers have said the site is now unusable.

# nuclear - Friday 20 April, 2018

# On Hold

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un suspending nuclear and long-range missile tests

Apr 20th 2018, 11:45 PM 11,632 Views 61 Comments

North Korea carried out its sixth nuclear test last year.

# nuclear - Tuesday 6 March, 2018

# Pyongyang

North and South to hold inter-Korean summit - only the 3rd of its kind since 1950s conflict

Mar 6th 2018, 12:36 PM 9,221 Views 38 Comments

South Korea also claims that Pyongyang said it would consider abandoning nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees.

# nuclear - Saturday 13 January, 2018

# Sanctions

Iran rejects Trump's demand to change nuclear deal

Jan 13th 2018, 6:15 PM 7,367 Views 38 Comments

The US President has vowed to pull out of the accord if European allies don’t fix its “terrible flaws”.

# nuclear - Tuesday 7 November, 2017

# Seoul Searching

Trump promises to 'figure it out' with South Korea's president

Nov 7th 2017, 7:09 AM 6,799 Views 12 Comments

Trump has been visiting a number of Asian countries.

# nuclear - Tuesday 31 October, 2017

# Punggye-ri

Reports: 200 feared dead after tunnel collapses at North Korea nuclear testing site

Oct 31st 2017, 2:58 PM 25,639 Views 18 Comments

A tunnel has collapsed for the second time at Punggye-ri in North Korea.

# nuclear - Saturday 26 August, 2017

# US-NORTH KOREAN RELATIONS

Opinion: 'Trump should eliminate US nukes and give a chance to diplomacy'

Aug 26th 2017, 8:30 AM 5,548 Views 63 Comments

Yes, North Korea is a bad regime but this doesn’t mean that bombing it is the solution, writes Julien Mercille.

# nuclear - Saturday 8 July, 2017

# Going Nuclear

North Korea has 'built an intercontinental ballistic missile', so what now?

Jul 8th 2017, 9:45 AM 10,802 Views 40 Comments

The Hwasong-14 ICBM could apparently reach Alaska.

# nuclear - Saturday 24 June, 2017

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# Clawing Back

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# Clawing Back

Watch: Seán O'Brien crosses for Lions after sensational Liam Williams gamble and break

Jun 24th 2017, 10:00 AM 2,439 Views 2 Comments

After a half of pressure, Liam Williams cut loose on the All Blacks from his own five-metre line.

# nuclear - Wednesday 26 April, 2017

# Un Chernobyl Day

Adi Roche: 'I'm asking world leaders to help removing and storing Chernobyl's radioactive material'

Apr 26th 2017, 6:30 AM 290 Views 34 Comments

Let’s show the people of Chernobyl that they are not forgotten, writes Adi Roche.

# nuclear - Friday 23 December, 2016

# Cold War Of Words

Trump 'calls for arms race' after nuclear weapons comment

Dec 23rd 2016, 3:33 PM 15,682 Views 70 Comments

The US President-elect had said the US needs to expand its nuclear capabilities until “the world comes to its senses regarding nukes”.

# nuclear - Thursday 22 December, 2016

# Cold War Of Words

Trump says America needs to boost nuclear capability until 'world comes to its senses'

Dec 22nd 2016, 6:53 PM 12,797 Views 69 Comments

The US President-elect made the comment a few hours after Vladimir Putin said something similar about Russia.

# nuclear - Wednesday 21 December, 2016

# Explosive

Trump will have tough decisions to make about his somewhat decrepit nuclear arsenal

Dec 21st 2016, 9:00 PM 12,816 Views 33 Comments

Many are now asking how vulnerable US nuclear weapons are to cyber threats.

# nuclear - Thursday 15 September, 2016

# Nuclear Power

The UK is to push ahead with a new nuclear power station across the Irish Sea

Sep 15th 2016, 10:14 AM 15,577 Views 101 Comments

The Hinkley Point project had been thrown into doubt but it will go ahead.

# nuclear - Sunday 7 August, 2016

# Iran Nuclear Programme

Iran executes nuclear scientist accused of spying for the US

Aug 7th 2016, 1:10 PM 19,396 Views 27 Comments

Shahram Amiri disappeared in Saudi Arabia in June 2009 and resurfaced a year later in the United States.

# nuclear - Wednesday 3 August, 2016

# Tensions

North Korea launched a missile that landed 250km off the coast of Japan

Aug 3rd 2016, 7:07 AM 19,021 Views 37 Comments

The launch has been met with fury by Japan.

# nuclear - Thursday 28 July, 2016

# Across The Water

A new nuclear power station will be built 250 km from the Irish coast

Jul 28th 2016, 8:14 PM 28,618 Views 125 Comments

The Hinkley Point power station is the UK’s first for 20 years.

# nuclear - Sunday 19 June, 2016

# Arktika

This is the world's 'biggest and most powerful' icebreaker

Jun 19th 2016, 9:15 AM 32,532 Views 49 Comments

It can cut through ice of up to 2.8 metres thick

# nuclear - Saturday 12 March, 2016

# Abandoned

Chilling two-minute video captures 'stunning decay' of Chernobyl exclusion zone

Mar 12th 2016, 10:00 PM 46,565 Views 42 Comments

Chernobyl was the scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster .

# nuclear - Saturday 3 October, 2015

# France

Train evacuated over bag of smelly meat

Oct 3rd 2015, 1:23 PM 14,252 Views 14 Comments

The incident saw 250 people evacuated from the train.

# nuclear - Friday 11 September, 2015

# Kaboom

The billionaire hoping to send men to Mars says we'll need to nuke it first

Sep 11th 2015, 6:15 AM 25,459 Views 42 Comments

If we want to live there that is.

# nuclear - Tuesday 21 July, 2015

# Nukes

North Korea has some pretty scary stuff to say about its nuclear weapons

Jul 21st 2015, 3:11 PM 23,610 Views 52 Comments

They’re acting tough.

# nuclear - Sunday 14 June, 2015

# It's Pronounced Nuc-ular

Remember iodine tablets? You won't be getting them again

Jun 14th 2015, 8:00 AM 54,500 Views 40 Comments

But only because there threat of nuclear annihilation has receded. Yay.

# nuclear - Tuesday 7 April, 2015

# Blaze

A nuclear submarine is on fire in Russia, but 'there's nothing to worry about'

Apr 7th 2015, 3:07 PM 14,296 Views 30 Comments

It is believed the vessel wasn’t carrying nuclear fuel.

# nuclear - Thursday 2 April, 2015

# At Last

A breakthrough's been reached in nuclear talks between Iran and the West

Apr 2nd 2015, 8:57 PM 9,539 Views 88 Comments

US President Barack Obama has welcomed the “historic understanding” with Iran.

# nuclear - Sunday 15 February, 2015

# Scary Stuff

Why a mysterious black briefcase follows the US president everywhere

Feb 15th 2015, 6:00 PM 51,905 Views 71 Comments

It is always within Obama’s reach.

# nuclear - Wednesday 31 December, 2014

# Power Up

Ireland 'cannot rule out' nuclear power says the Energy Minister

Dec 31st 2014, 8:52 AM 6,519 Views 95 Comments

Alex White says he understands concerns over nuclear power.

# nuclear - Monday 29 December, 2014

# State Papers

Were there nuclear missiles stored in Northern Ireland?

Dec 29th 2014, 11:00 AM 17,651 Views 44 Comments

That was a big question back in the early 1980s.

# nuclear - Saturday 6 December, 2014

# Hermit Kingdom

If North Korea did hack Sony, it's a watershed moment in cyber-warfare

Dec 6th 2014, 6:30 PM 13,330 Views 26 Comments

It is reportedly the first to use “a highly destructive class of malicious software that is designed to make computer networks unable to operate” into a company’s computer system in the United States.

# nuclear - Wednesday 3 December, 2014

# 28 Years Later

VIDEO: Drone captures haunting footage of Chernobyl ghost town

Dec 3rd 2014, 7:30 AM 21,198 Views 26 Comments

‘Serene and disturbing.’

# nuclear - Saturday 22 November, 2014

# 6.2 Magnitude

'No damage to any nuclear power stations' after strong quake hits Japan

Nov 22nd 2014, 3:24 PM 7,347 Views 8 Comments

Five people are feared trapped in collapsed buildings.

# nuclear - Friday 7 November, 2014

# Energy

Opinion: Is it time for Ireland to embrace nuclear energy?

Nov 7th 2014, 1:00 PM 832 Views 165 Comments

The pros of going nuclear far outweigh the cons, and the overall net benefit is is much greater than continuing to burn fossil fuels.

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