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Articles with tag "Nuclear"

What We Know About Russia’s Latest Test of the Nuclear-Powered Burevestnik Missile

The Moscow Times looks at the Burevestnik’s capabilities and what the timing of the latest test launch might signify.

Putin Oversees Nuclear Forces Drills – Kremlin

Footage showed Putin overseeing the test ICBM launches from land, sea and air while seated alone in the presidential situation room.
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Work Begins to Repair Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant's Power Lines in Ukraine

The site lost its connection to the grid on Sept. 23, marking the longest outage of external power supply to the facility since Russia invaded Ukraine...
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opinion Vladimir Slivyak

How Russia Tried to Con the U.S. Out of Money for Plutonium Disposal – and Why It Didn’t Work

The headline that Russia withdrew from a plutonium disposal agreement with the U.S. sounds very serious, but it doesn’t tell the whole story.
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Power Flowing to Chernobyl Nuclear Plant After Outage – Officials

The UN's atomic energy watchdog said two emergency diesel generators were now supplying the plant's confinement structure with electricity.
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Russia Says Situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Under Control

Europe's largest atomic energy plant lost power on Sept. 23, the longest of the 10 outages it has undergone since Russia seized the station.
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News Analysis

‘It Doesn’t Really Cost Much to Russia’: What’s Behind Putin’s Offer to Extend New START Treaty?

While experts and analysts hailed Putin’s announcement, they also noted that Russia is likely hoping to bolster its negotiating position on Ukraine.
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Russia Preparing to Test Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Despite Putin-Trump Talks – Reuters

“It's full steam ahead,” said Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California.
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Iranian Nuclear Scientists Sought Sensitive Tech During Secret Russia Visit – FT

The reported trip raises questions about whether Moscow is softening its historical opposition to Iran acquiring nuclear weapons.
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Trump Deploys Nuclear Submarines in Row With Russia

Former President Dmitry Medvedev had harshly criticized Trump's threat of new sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia Expands Nuclear Ambitions in Africa With Niger Power Plant Deal

The agreement signals another milestone in Moscow’s growing influence across the Sahel, where Western partnerships have frayed in recent years.
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Rosatom Blames ‘Unfriendly Countries’ for Delayed Wages at Turkish Nuclear Plant

The comments came after workers staged a protest at the Akkuyu site over months of delayed wage payments.
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Putin Meets Khamenei's Top Adviser Larijani for Nuclear Talks

The surprise meeting comes amid reports that Iran is preparing to hold fresh nuclear talks with European countries.
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Russian Workers at Turkish Nuclear Plant Report Months of Unpaid Wages

The workforce at the Akkuyu plant, one of Moscow’s most high-profile overseas energy projects, has reportedly shrunk from 12,000 to just 3,000.
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No Sign of Russian Preparations to Restart Zaporizhzhia, IAEA Official Says

Previous reports said that Russia is building power lines to connect the Zaporizhzhia plant to its own grid.
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Russia's Vast Nuclear Modernization Exposed in 'Unprecedented' Security Breach – Der Spiegel

The documents show how numerous nuclear facilities have been torn down and rebuilt — and offer a glimpse inside Strategic Missile Forces bases.
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opinion Charles Digges

Russia's State Nuclear Giant Is Now Inseparable From Its War on Ukraine

The company's slick commercial rhetoric belies the fact that Rosatom is a company that is literally at war.
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Russia Says It’s Ready to Help Mediate U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks

Russia has issued multiple appeals for de-escalation in recent weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to threaten Iran with military action.
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Belarus Now ‘Untouchable’ Under Russia’s Nuclear Umbrella, Lukashenko Says

A pact signed by Moscow and Minsk in December formalizes the two countries' intention to enhance their joint defense posture.
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Iranian Foreign Minister to Visit Moscow This Week to Discuss U.S. Nuclear Talks

An Iranian spokesman said the trip was "pre-planned" and would be "an opportunity to discuss the latest developments related to the Muscat talks."
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