Nuclear Issues

Atomic Scientists have moved their symbolic 'Doomsday Clock' closer to midnight, citing ongoing conflicts and climate change as contributing factors.

Takeshi Ebisawa has pleaded guilty in New York to conspiring with a network of associates to "brazenly" traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar, the US justice department says.

One of Australia's closest neighbours proposes 29 locations for nuclear power plants across the archipelago, but critics say the plan is "dangerous".

An inquiry into nuclear energy has wrapped up after 19 hearings giving communities a chance to have their say on plans for nuclear energy in their towns.

Details of the coming promise to voters, which follows months of consultation with the gas industry, are being calibrated to counter Labor's likely strategy of ongoing direct-to-households energy bill relief.

After months of speculation, the Coalition has released the projected costs for its nuclear policy. We spoke to energy experts about what we can and can't take from the modelling, and what it means for you.

Internal debate over the nuclear modelling, and when Mr Dutton should release details, has been a source of tension within the Coalition for months.

After heavy criticism, Australia's leading science agency doubles down its findings that the cost of nuclear power for Australia would likely be double that of renewable energy, and it would take at least 15 years for a plant to be built.

Port Augusta's former coal power station has been identified as one of seven sites for a nuclear energy plant, but the community remains divided over the plan and has made emotional submissions to a federal inquiry.

Peter Dutton said the quiet part out loud this week when asked why he was taking so long to release his nuclear costings.

Jim Radford lived up the road from Fukushima's nuclear power plant before it failed. He has strong feelings about plans for another one near his Gippsland home.

Professor Stephen Wilson told a nuclear committee he had received no funding from coal companies. The committee has written to the Institute of Public Affairs fellow to ask if that's true, which he has affirmed to the ABC.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a revised doctrine lowering the bar for Moscow's use of its atomic arsenal, including in response to conventional weapons. Does it change the likelihood of Russia using its nuclear capabilities?

Residents in Adelaide say they've been blindsided by a decision to store radioactive submarine waste at the city's suburban shipyards.

Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles says the agreement, which Australia had been expected to join, is not relevant to the country's circumstances.

The $368 billion AUKUS pact is promising to return submarine construction to Australia. But residents have just learned the deal also means nuclear waste will be stored on their doorstep.

The federal government holds the first nuclear energy inquiry hearing outside Canberra and the central Queensland community of Biloela is split over the prospect of a reactor in its backyard.

The Rainbow Warrior made headlines around the world when it was sunk by French intelligence operatives. But before that, its lesser-known last mission was to evacuate an entire island poisoned by nuclear testing in the Pacific.

With the world "on the brink of a potential nuclear war", scientists are trying to work out just how bad it would be.

Federal Nationals leader David Littleproud says he expects Queensland to fall into line on nuclear power if the Coalition wins the next federal election. What does the law say?