Nuclear Issues

The tiny Pacific island of Tinian was once used to cause the most devastating blast in human history. Now its 80-year-old airfield is being brought back to life, and locals fear history could repeat itself.

Residents near one of the Coalition's proposed nuclear plants are divided by the need for work, and the environment.

The US president has issued an unusually critical assessment of Vladimir Putin, saying he was angered when the Russian president criticised Volodymyr Zelenskyy's leadership.

A series of massive underground tunnels for nuclear waste are under construction across Europe and the UK, but how we will warn future generations of their dangers is still up in the air. 

Former NSW treasurer Matt Kean has slammed his own party over its advocacy of nuclear power, calling plans to subsidise nuclear reactors "nonsense".

A drone armed with an explosive warhead pierced the containment shell over Chernobyl's melted-down nuclear reactor early on Friday morning, causing a small fire but major concerns for peace prospects.

Explosions have been heard and a fire ignited after an unmanned drone hit the roof of Chernobyl's radiation containment shell in Ukraine, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The Coalition's promised nuclear power plants could consume three times more water than existing coal sites, posing a question of where that water would come from. 

As Japan grapples with new crises, nuclear power is once again being seen as the energy of the future.

A former senator says the documents are a sign the government is exploring the idea of dismantling nuclear submarines at shipyards in Adelaide's north-west, but the SA minister who attended the meeting says it was not the "focus" of the discussions.

Atomic Scientists have moved their symbolic 'Doomsday Clock' closer to midnight, citing ongoing conflicts and climate change as contributing factors.

Takeshi Ebisawa has pleaded guilty in New York to conspiring with a network of associates to "brazenly" traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar, the US justice department says.

One of Australia's closest neighbours proposes 29 locations for nuclear power plants across the archipelago, but critics say the plan is "dangerous".

An inquiry into nuclear energy has wrapped up after 19 hearings giving communities a chance to have their say on plans for nuclear energy in their towns.

Details of the coming promise to voters, which follows months of consultation with the gas industry, are being calibrated to counter Labor's likely strategy of ongoing direct-to-households energy bill relief.

After months of speculation, the Coalition has released the projected costs for its nuclear policy. We spoke to energy experts about what we can and can't take from the modelling, and what it means for you.

Internal debate over the nuclear modelling, and when Mr Dutton should release details, has been a source of tension within the Coalition for months.

After heavy criticism, Australia's leading science agency doubles down its findings that the cost of nuclear power for Australia would likely be double that of renewable energy, and it would take at least 15 years for a plant to be built.

Port Augusta's former coal power station has been identified as one of seven sites for a nuclear energy plant, but the community remains divided over the plan and has made emotional submissions to a federal inquiry.

Peter Dutton said the quiet part out loud this week when asked why he was taking so long to release his nuclear costings.