An unmanned aircraft has targeted the Russian city of Kurchatov, an industrial hub near the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, the governor of Kursk Region said on Friday morning. The attack resulted in minor damage to a non-residential building, Roman Starovoyt wrote on Telegram. No one was hurt in the incident, …
Read More »Israel may strike Iran over atomic program
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz suggested his country could launch a strike against Iran’s nuclear program, calling it “a global problem” at a conference on Tuesday. He also criticized the 2015 nuclear deal – abandoned by the US in 2018 – and the possibility of its revival, though the negotiations …
Read More »German politician compares anti-Russian sanctions to atomic bomb
Cutting Russia off from the international banking payment system SWIFT would have a serious impact on Western economies, according to the incoming leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz. The politician stressed that the suspension of the system for Moscow “would basically break the back of international …
Read More »Nuclear 5 issue statement on atomic war & arms race
China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US have released a joint statement affirming their opposition to using their nuclear arsenals for offensive purposes. They also promised to work together on nuclear disarmament. “We affirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” read the statement released …
Read More »Iran allows International Atomic Energy Agency to use monitoring equipment at its nuclear sites after meeting in Tehran
After IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi met with AEOI vice president and head Mohammad Eslami, it was announced that IAEA inspectors would now be able to service “identified equipment” in Iran and “replace their storage media which will be kept under the joint IAEA and AEOI seals” in the country. …
Read More »Japanese PM Suga apologizes for skipping ‘most important’ part of Hiroshima atomic bombing anniversary speech
“I want to take this occasion to apologize for having skipped some parts of my speech at the ceremony,” Suga said at a news conference after an event to mark the anniversary. He went on to summarize parts of the address he passed over, including recognition that Japan is the …
Read More »Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization says 55 kilos of 20%-enriched uranium produced since January amid nuclear deal talks
Speaking with the Sada-e Vasima news agency on Wednesday, Behrouz Kamalvandi, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran’s (AEOI) spokesman, said the country had exceeded the enrichment capacity achieved before the introduction of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2015. The JCPOA saw Iranian atomic ambitions curtailed in exchange …
Read More »Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization announces plan to cold test redesigned Arak nuclear reactor
Spokesperson for the AEOI Behrouz Kamalvandi laid out the plan in a statement made to Iranian media outlets on Friday. Although a specific date wasn’t given, the official said it would take place early in the Iranian new year, which begins on March 20. The process of cold testing was …
Read More »‘Mini atomic bombs’: Sneezes travel much farther than we thought and droplets remain suspended for longer
Researchers from Loughborough University in the UK modeled the fluid dynamics of expiratory clouds ejected during coughing and sneezing. They found that the ever-evolving clouds of mucus mist, spittle spray, and assorted discharge contained in sneezes match a phenomenon known as buoyant vortex rings – which would be the envy …
Read More »Atomic submarine “Tomahawks” had entered the sea of Japan
The submarine will take part in joint us-South Korean exercises. Attack nuclear submarine of the U.S. Navy Tucson (SSN-770) equipped with cruise missiles “Tomahawk” entered the waters of the sea of Japan. This is evidenced by data from the international automatic identification system AIS. This submarine has twelve launchers to …
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