Business Jul 3, 2023

Minireactor cost surge threatens nuclear’s next big thing

High inflation and rising interest rates are driving up the cost of a new generation of miniature atomic reactors that the nuclear industry is relying on to lift sales.

World Apr 21, 2023

Heat and drought force Europe to confront growing pain from climate change

Record summer temperatures decimated harvests across France and central Europe last year, while climate-related losses worldwide soared to an estimated $270 billion.

World Mar 28, 2023

Putin’s Belarus nuclear move is at odds with China pledge

Russia and China declared that "all nuclear weapons states should refrain from deploying nuclear weapons abroad” in a joint statement at the end of Xi’s visit to Moscow.

World Mar 6, 2023

Climate change is launching a mutant-seed space race

Seeds are being exposed to more-intense solar radiation in space in a trial to induce genetic mutations so they can survive a warming planet.

Asia Pacific Mar 1, 2023

China’s imports of Russian uranium spark fear of new arms race

China’s burgeoning capacity to expand its atomic weaponry comes as the last remaining treaty limiting the strategic stockpiles of the U.S. and Russia is on the verge of collapse.

World Feb 20, 2023

Nuclear inspectors in Iran find uranium enriched to 84% purity

Iran had previously told the IAEA that its centrifuges were configured to enrich uranium to a 60% level of purity.

World Jan 23, 2023

How Europe needs freight trains to cross Russia from China

Russia is at the center of a rail cargo route from China supplying Western arms manufacturers with a steady supply of rare metals used in modern weaponry.

World May 13, 2022

Biden’s hopes for Iran deal fade just when world needs oil most

For Iran, $100 per barrel oil has mitigated the urgency to secure sanctions relief. Crude prices have almost doubled since talks began a year ago.

Business Apr 7, 2022

Europe’s other energy problem: Relying on Russian nuclear fuel

Trying to cut ties prematurely could imperil electricity supplies for almost 100 million Europeans in countries that rely on nuclear plants as their biggest source of clean energy.