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# Nuclear

This year
2023
North Korea has launched new nuclear attack submarine, local media reports
Kim Jong Un described the latest addition to his fleet as crucial to standing up to the naval might of the US and its Asian allies.
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Sep 8th 2023, 6:35 AM
Putin planning to put Sarmat nuclear missile 'on combat duty' after suspending arms treaty
Sarmat is among Russia’s next-generation missiles that Putin has described as “invincible”.
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Feb 23rd 2023, 2:31 PM
Last year
2022
Ukraine nuclear plant completely out of control and extremely dangerous, says UN nuclear expert
A mission is needed to prevent a potential Chernobyl-like accident from taking place as a result of repeated shelling and a lack of repairs.
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Aug 3rd 2022, 11:27 AM
Tom Clonan: Time is running out for Putin in Ukraine and this makes him dangerous
The security analyst says that having seized all of Luhansk, Putin will now turn his attention to Donetsk.
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Jul 24th 2022, 8:30 AM
Iran nuclear talks have 'not yet' yielded hopes for progress
An EU source said the discussions were supposed to last several days.
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Jun 29th 2022, 10:48 PM
Here's What Happened Today: Monday
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
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May 16th 2022, 10:45 PM
Russian state TV host responds to Taoiseach's comments that nuclear simulation is 'sinister'
The station had broadcast a simulation of Ireland and the UK being destroyed by a nuclear strike.
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May 16th 2022, 6:56 PM
EU envoy holds talks in Iran aiming to 'close gaps' on 2015 nuclear deal
Ireland is the UN Security Council’s facilitator on the Iran nuclear deal.
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Mar 27th 2022, 1:02 PM
Gardaí appeal for nuclear gauge and other items taken from a van in Co Louth
The gauge contains a radioactive source, and was taken sometime between last night and this morning.
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Mar 1st 2022, 6:55 PM
Missiles hit radioactive waste disposal site in Ukraine’s capital
The report came a day after an electrical transformer at a similar disposal facility in Kharkiv was damaged.
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Feb 28th 2022, 6:48 AM
'Milestone' nuclear fusion energy record hit by UK-based scientists
A team in England more than doubled a 1997 record for sustained energy generated.
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Feb 9th 2022, 2:21 PM
Experts review plan at Fukushima nuclear plant to release treated radioactive water into sea
The tanks holding the water are expected to reach their capacity of 1.37 million tons later this year.
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Feb 7th 2022, 1:22 PM
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North Korea fires 'missile', insists on right to weapons tests
It is the latest in a series of mixed messages from Pyongyang, coming days after the rogue state dangled the prospect of an inter-Korean summit.
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Sep 28th 2021, 7:24 AM
North Korea appears to have resumed nuclear reactor operation - UN atomic agency
The reactor referred to in a report produces plutonium, one of the two key ingredients used to build nuclear weapons.
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Aug 30th 2021, 10:06 AM
Iran ‘may pursue nuclear weapon if sanctions persist’
A 1990s fatwa, or religious edict, by the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei states that nuclear weapons are forbidden.
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Feb 9th 2021, 12:14 PM
Opinion: Iran's shrewdest retaliation for Soleimani assassination is political, not military
Tehran will want to ensure its response does not bring further cost to the nation, writes Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics.
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Jan 7th 2020, 6:17 PM
US blames Russia over ending of a major Cold War-era nuclear arms deal
This comes after Washington launched the process to pull out of the INF treaty this year.
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Aug 2nd 2019, 1:46 PM
Iran's foreign minister warns Trump that idea of short war is 'an illusion'
Tensions have been rising between the two countries since the US pulled out of a nuclear deal.
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Jun 27th 2019, 10:44 PM
Thyroid cancer impact on children and teens following Fukushima nuclear accident
More than 3,600 people died from causes such as illness and suicide linked to the aftermath of the tragedy.
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Dec 1st 2018, 9:00 AM
France to shut down 14 of country's 58 nuclear reactors by 2035, Macron says
The total includes the previously announced shutdown of France’s two oldest reactors.
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Nov 27th 2018, 1:18 PM
US intelligence agencies find North Korea 'building new missiles'
Following the Singapore summit in June, President Donald Trump had declared that Pyongyang was “no longer a nuclear threat”.
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Jul 31st 2018, 8:18 AM
'This has been a lone battle': Frustration at government approach to nuclear plant plans in UK
An Oireachtas committee is planning to write a submission to UK authorities to express its concern.
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May 2nd 2018, 6:05 AM
Defence Forces conduct exercise to help prepare for 'dirty bomb' attacks
This EU-funded project uses robots and unmanned aerial vehicles to help minimise the risk to operators while collecting physical evidence.
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Apr 26th 2018, 5:27 PM
North Korean nuclear test site has 'partially collapsed' after massive bomb blast last year
Researchers have said the site is now unusable.
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Apr 26th 2018, 8:21 AM
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un suspending nuclear and long-range missile tests
North Korea carried out its sixth nuclear test last year.
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Apr 20th 2018, 11:45 PM
North and South to hold inter-Korean summit - only the 3rd of its kind since 1950s conflict
South Korea also claims that Pyongyang said it would consider abandoning nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees.
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Mar 6th 2018, 12:36 PM
Iran rejects Trump's demand to change nuclear deal
The US President has vowed to pull out of the accord if European allies don’t fix its “terrible flaws”.
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Jan 13th 2018, 6:15 PM
Trump promises to 'figure it out' with South Korea's president
Trump has been visiting a number of Asian countries.
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Nov 7th 2017, 7:09 AM
Reports: 200 feared dead after tunnel collapses at North Korea nuclear testing site
A tunnel has collapsed for the second time at Punggye-ri in North Korea.
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Oct 31st 2017, 2:58 PM
Opinion: 'Trump should eliminate US nukes and give a chance to diplomacy'
Yes, North Korea is a bad regime but this doesn’t mean that bombing it is the solution, writes Julien Mercille.
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Aug 26th 2017, 8:30 AM
North Korea has 'built an intercontinental ballistic missile', so what now?
The Hwasong-14 ICBM could apparently reach Alaska.
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Jul 8th 2017, 9:45 AM
Watch: Seán O'Brien crosses for Lions after sensational Liam Williams gamble and break
After a half of pressure, Liam Williams cut loose on the All Blacks from his own five-metre line.
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Jun 24th 2017, 10:00 AM
Adi Roche: 'I'm asking world leaders to help removing and storing Chernobyl's radioactive material'
Let’s show the people of Chernobyl that they are not forgotten, writes Adi Roche.
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Apr 26th 2017, 6:30 AM
Trump 'calls for arms race' after nuclear weapons comment
The US President-elect had said the US needs to expand its nuclear capabilities until “the world comes to its senses regarding nukes”.
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Dec 23rd 2016, 3:33 PM
Trump says America needs to boost nuclear capability until 'world comes to its senses'
The US President-elect made the comment a few hours after Vladimir Putin said something similar about Russia.
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Dec 22nd 2016, 6:53 PM
Trump will have tough decisions to make about his somewhat decrepit nuclear arsenal
Many are now asking how vulnerable US nuclear weapons are to cyber threats.
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Dec 21st 2016, 9:00 PM
The UK is to push ahead with a new nuclear power station across the Irish Sea
The Hinkley Point project had been thrown into doubt but it will go ahead.
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Sep 15th 2016, 10:14 AM
Iran executes nuclear scientist accused of spying for the US
Shahram Amiri disappeared in Saudi Arabia in June 2009 and resurfaced a year later in the United States.
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Aug 7th 2016, 1:10 PM
North Korea launched a missile that landed 250km off the coast of Japan
The launch has been met with fury by Japan.
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Aug 3rd 2016, 7:07 AM
A new nuclear power station will be built 250 km from the Irish coast
The Hinkley Point power station is the UK’s first for 20 years.
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Jul 28th 2016, 8:14 PM
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