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News Articles: Nuclear

The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency flies in front of its headquarters during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria.

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  • Middle East

Iran says it will create a new uranium enrichment facility after a vote at the IAEA

The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors formally found that Iran isn't complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, a move that could lead to further tensions.

June 12, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Hayden Station, a coal-fired power plant, dominates part of the landscape between Hayden and Steamboat Springs in northwest Colorado. The power plant is expected to start shutting down before the end of the decade.

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  • Environment

As coal plants close, Colorado towns consider nuclear waste storage

The federal government hopes former coal towns will help the nuclear industry grow, by taking on the decades-long challenge of storing radioactive waste

February 13, 2025
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  • Scott Franz
The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency flies in front of its headquarters during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria.

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  • World

United Nations nuclear agency again condemns Iran for failing to fully cooperate

The resolution comes after the agency said Iran has defied demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.

November 22, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Unit 3’s reactor and cooling tower stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Company officials announced Wednesday, May 24, 2023, that Unit 3, one of two new reactors at the site, has reached commercial operation after years of delays and billions in cost overruns.

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  • News

Plant Vogtle Unit 3 shut down by ‘valve issue’

One of the two newest nuclear reactors at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle has been shut down due to a “valve issue,” the Atlanta-based utility announced Tuesday.

July 17, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp pose for selfie at Plant Vogtle before Kemp’s remarks at an official ceremony marking the completion of Units 3 and 4.

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  • Energy

After years and billions of dollars in delays, a party for new nuclear at Georgia's Plant Vogtle

The long-anticipated completion of the new nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle's Unit 4 actually occurred a few weeks ago. The public fanfare waited.

May 30, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Plan Vogtle is pictured in an undated photo.

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  • News

PSC expert: Plant Vogtle expansion bad deal for Georgia Power customers

Years of cost overruns at the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle have made the project a poor deal for Georgia Power customers, an expert with the PubliC Service Commission said Thursday.

July 28, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
Japan plans to release more than a million tons of nuclear waste water into the Pacific.

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  • World

The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog says Japan can release nuclear waste water into the ocean

The International Atomic Energy Agency has approved a plan by Japan's government to dump nuclear waste water from the destroyed Fukushima power plant into the Pacific Ocean.

July 04, 2023
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  • Ashley Westerman
Georgia Power Co. CEO Chris Womack rests on a company truck as he talks with members of his team at Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Despite years of delays and billions in overruns, Womack, now CEO of parent Southern Co., says the two new reactors at the site are “absolutely” a success because they will provide reliable power and cheap fuel to the utility’s 2.7 million customers for decades.

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  • News

Georgia nuclear rebirth arrives 7 years late, $17B over cost

The first new U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades has begun generating electricity. The lead owner of Georgia Power Co. says the reactors are a success. But the project is $17 billion over budget and seven years late.

May 25, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A woman in Simferopol, Crimea, watches a TV broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address on Tuesday. Putin announced Russia is suspending participation in the New START nuclear weapons treaty.

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  • National Security

What happens now after Russia suspends the last nuclear arms treaty with the U.S.?

Just before he invaded Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with other leaders that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought." So why is he eroding a key treaty?

February 22, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4

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  • News

Georgia nuclear plant startup delayed due to vibrating pipe

Startup of a nuclear power plant in Georgia will be delayed after its operator found a vibrating pipe in its cooling system. Georgia Power Co., the lead owner of Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, announced the delay Wednesday.

January 12, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Volunteers James Baum and Ramsey Jones help to redress dummies used in the decontamination scenarios at a full scale nuclear response training in East Point, Georgia November 4, 2022.

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  • News

Emergency management agencies partner on nuclear response training

Emergency responder and military personnel gathered in Georgia to practice responding to a nuclear detonation scenario. The event was designed to educate and encourage collaboration.

November 08, 2022
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  • Amanda Andrews
The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant was scheduled to be shuttered in 2025. But California Governor Gavin Newsom now wants to expand its lifespan.

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  • Energy

Why even environmentalists are supporting nuclear power today

Environmentalists advocating for nuclear power have led a push to extend the operating life of Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant. Japan and Germany consider similar extensions.

August 30, 2022
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  • Uri Berliner
North Korea's flag is seen on a TV screen during a South Korean news program in this file photo from Oct. 10, 2020.

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  • Politics

North Korea Tests Short-Range Missile But White House Keeps Door Open To Talks

The Biden administration is in the final stages of reviewing its North Korea policy, and sees the recent test as on the "low end" of a "familiar menu of provocations."

March 24, 2021
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  • Ayesha Rascoe
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks over towards U.S. President Donald Trump as Trump speaks during their joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Cracking Open a Russian Troll Farm

On this edition of "Political Rewind," we’ve heard a lot about Russian tampering with our elections but what visible evidence has been seen that it’s...

August 10, 2018
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  • Robert Jimison

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