The announcement comes just days after NPR revealed the administration had secretly rewritten safety and environmental standards.

R OBERT OPPENHEIMER, the father of America’s nuclear bomb, described his country’s atomic rivalry with the Soviet Union as “two scorpions in a bottle”. The risks of this standoff have been contained over the years by various arms-control agreements,

Berlin is considering developing its own atomic weapons to bolster Europe’s nuclear umbrella and the US’s own stockpile in the region, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Speaking before the German parliament Thursday,

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Russia is ready for the new reality of a world with no U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control limits after the New START treaty expires this week, Moscow's point man for arms control said on Tuesday.

The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.

Several nations boast nuclear arsenals, although nearly 90% of all nukes belong to a minority. Here's who holds the lion's share of nuclear weapons.

A new Dept. of Energy funding bill redirects billions of $ to the Office of Nuclear Energy. It comes alongside announcements of an effort to establish Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses.

Yet January 14th marked the longest period humankind has gone without one or another part of the whole exploding one of these deadly weapons, stretching back to the last North Korean test in September, 2017. All other nuclear armed states conducted their last nuclear tests between 1990 and 1998 when Pakistan ceased its nuclear testing.

The New START treaty, which limits strategic nuclear weapons, expired on February 4, raising concerns about global nuclear stability.