Nuclear

UN nuclear watchdog back in Iran, no deal yet on inspections

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told Fox News on Tuesday that "the first team of IAEA inspectors is back in Iran," but that the agency was still discussing how to resume inspections.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) logo and Iranian flag is seen in this illustration taken June 16, 2025.
IDF soldiers sit on top of tanks at the Gaza border, August 26, 2025

IDF Arabic spox. says Gaza City evacuation 'inevitable,' military kills Hamas terrorist

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with ambassadors in Tehran, July 12, 2025; illustrative.

Iran is prepared for another war with Israel, response will be even stronger, FM Araghchi warns

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi looks on during a doorstep with Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker, Austrian Vice-Chancellor Andreas Babler and Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger at the Austrian Chancellery in Vienna, Austria, June 25, 2025.

IAEA director-general says first team of inspectors arrive in Iran, set to restart work


Trump plans to make Cold War-era plutonium available for nuclear power

Boosting the US power industry is a policy priority for the Trump administration as US electricity demand rises for the first time in two decades on the boom in data centers needed for AI.

US President Donald Trump meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (not pictured), in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025

Radioactive water leaks from UK nuclear bomb base into sea off Scotland - report

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency warned that up to half of the components at the base were beyond their design life when the leaks began.

Loch Long is frozen over at Arrochar, Scotland, Britain, December 11, 2017.

Nagasaki mayor warns of nuclear war as city marks 80 years since atomic bomb

On the 80th anniversary of the US's atomic bombing of the western Japanese city of Nagasaki, Mayor Shiro Suzuki called on the world to abolish nuclear weapons.

Attendees pray for the victims on the day of a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the city, at Nagasaki's Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, August 9, 2025.

July quake appears to have damaged Russian nuclear sub base, NY Times reports

Photos captured by Planet Labs show damage to a floating pier at the Pybachiy submarine base on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

 An aerial view shows the Russian nuclear submarine Dmitry Donskoy moored on the eve of the the Navy Day parade in Kronshtadt, a seaport town in the suburb of St. Petersburg, Russia, July 28, 2017.

Radioactive wasp nest found in US where nuclear components were manufactured

The radiation in the nest was discovered to be 10 times the federal regulation limits, officials said.

A wasp walks on the nest that's built inside a wooden hotel for solitary bees made by the Metropolitan Area of the Aburra Valley (AMVA) in Barbosa, Colombia April 21, 2021.

Trump says he wants to maintain nuclear limits with Russia

It was the first time since taking office that Trump has said he wants to maintain the treaty's limits on strategic nuclear weapons deployments when it expires on February 5.

 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attend a G20 summit in Buenos Aires in 2018. Putin probably isn’t losing sleep over Trump’s recent deadline to make peace with Ukraine, says the writer.

US strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites - NBC

The two other facilities that the US struck were not as badly damaged and may have been degraded only to a point where nuclear enrichment could resume in the next several months.

 Fire of Israeli attack on Shahran Oil depot is seen following the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

Trump says he hopes for Gaza deal in a week, Sa'ar tells Iranian counterpart to 'relax a little'

IDF missile misfire kills six children, injures 17 at Gaza aid site • Netanyahu to meet with small group of ministers to discuss hostage deal • IDF stray fire wounds soldier

 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick during a cabinet meeting at the White House, earlier this week.

Israel's nuclear ambiguity no longer enough to deter future Iran threat - opinion

Above all, Israel should do whatever is needed to upgrade and enhance its nuclear deterrence posture.

 IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Abbas Araghchi looks on during a news conference in Istanbul last month, amid Iran’s war with Israel. The writer asks: What should be Jerusalem’s next protective steps?

Iranian advisor shares AI image depicting a nuclear strike on Israel

The picture, shared to Instagram, appears to portray two large nuclear explosions with fallout across Israel.

 An image posted by an Iranian advisor depicting two mushroom clouds and nuclear fallout over Israel, July 12, 2025.

Trump not opposed to another Israeli attack on Islamic Republic if nuclear program continues - WSJ

During his conversation with Trump, the US leader said he hoped there would be no more US bombing of Iran.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House, in Washington DC, US, July 8, 2025