Safety at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is deteriorating, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned following a drone strike near the facility, Europe’s largest nuclear plant. The drone struck about 100 meters from the Dniprovska power line — the only remaining 750-kilovolt line providing a power supply to the plant, the IAEA said in … Read more
“Currently, radiation levels are within norm,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X which included a video. “As long as the Russian terrorists maintain control over the nuclear plant, the situation is not and cannot be normal.” “Since the first day of its seizure, Russia has been using the Zaporizhzhia NPP only to blackmail Ukraine, … Read more
THICK black smoke is billowing from the Ukrainian nuclear power plant occupied by Russia. Smoke can be seen coming out of one of the cooling towers tonight, posing the spectre of a nuclear disaster during Vladimir Putin’s invasion. 4 Smoke could be seen billowing from a cooling tower at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plantCredit: Getty 4 … Read more
Sam Altman is now chairman of a public company. But it’s not OpenAI. On Friday, advanced nuclear fission company Oklo started trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The company, which has yet to generate any revenue, went public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called AltC Acquisition Corp., founded and led by Altman. … Read more
New York billionaire John Catsimatidis said his firm Red Apple Group is looking to make “green” energy affordable by developing a new breed of small nuclear reactors — and the company has hired a seasoned energy executive to lead the effort. The $7 billion conglomerate — which owns the Gristedes and D’Agostino’s grocery chains, as … Read more
Last November, the Voyager 1 spacecraft began sending gibberish radio signals back to Earth. Engineers have now identified the problem, but trying to repair a 46-year-old device on a craft 24 billion kilometres from Earth is not easy. Voyager 1 and its twin Voyager 2 were both launched in 1977 on a reconnaissance mission to … Read more
The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan during the morning rush hour Wednesday, killing nine people, stranding dozens of workers at quarries and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings. The quake, which also injured more than 1,000, was centered off the coast of rural, mountainous Hualien County, where some buildings … Read more
The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that comes as global instability and growing demand drive uranium prices higher. The Biden administration and dozens of other countries have pledged to triple the capacity of nuclear power worldwide in their … Read more
An analysis by Britain’s Royal United Services Institute has found that many Western nations still rely on Russian nuclear fuel to power their reactors, despite efforts to sever economic ties with the Kremlin following its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Henry Ridgwell reports from London. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is … Read more
Zelenskyy used the attack to plead for more military aid from Ukraine’s allies. “There are no delays in Russian missiles, as in aid packages to our state,” he said. Shahed drones “do not have indecision, like some politicians. It is important to understand the cost of delays and delayed decisions,” Zelenskyy said. EU leaders at … Read more
