Tag: nuclear

US to test nuclear engine for future Mars missions

NASA and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have announced a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, the key steps for sending the first crewed missions to Mars.

January 25, 2023

India, Bangladesh decide to extend cooperation in various sectors of interest, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India and Bangladesh have decided to extend cooperation in various sectors including IT, space and nuclear energy, which are of interest to the younger generation.

September 6, 2022

UN chief warns humanity ‘one miscalculation away from nuclear war’

UN head Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the world faced "a nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War" and was just "one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation."

August 2, 2022

Japan PM Kishida’s vision of a world free of nuclear weapons

Addressing the NPT conference will give Kishida a concrete starting point as prime minister to continue his lifework on nuclear disarmament and abolition.

July 23, 2022

Nuclear threat

 For over a decade starting 2006, multiple United Nations (UN) resolutions okaying the implementation of ever harsher sanctions seeking to dissuade North Korea have been the norm

July 22, 2022

RIP, NPT

In 1994, Ukraine returned to Russia almost 2,000 nuclear weapons that it had inherited receiving in return a guarantee, in the form of the Budapest Memorandum (also signed by America and the United Kingdom), that Ukraine would not be attacked. Today, Kiev is probably ruing the day it agreed to do so.

April 2, 2022

India nuclear energy generation increases by 28% during past five years

The power generation has increased by almost 28 % from 3416.2 crore units to 4391.8 crore units, the Minister gives the data while replying to a question in the Lok Sabha.

February 10, 2022

Pyongyang’s playbook

Pyongyang appears to be inching closer to its earlier threat to consider suspending a self-imposed moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests amidst an impasse in its nuclear negotiations with America. The latest launch suggests that Kim’s moratorium is already broken. In recent months, North Korea has ramped up its testing activity.

February 3, 2022

S. Korea, UAE hold high-level talks on forming joint bidding team for nuclear energy projects

The agreement was reached during the fourth session of their high-level consultation on nuclear energy, led by Seoul's Second Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-moon and Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, the UAE minister of energy and industry, held through video links, according to the ministry.

January 26, 2022

India welcomes joint statement by 5 world powers on preventing nuclear war

For the first time, leaders of China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US on Monday issued a joint statement on preventing nuclear war and avoiding an arms race while not aiming nuclear devices at each other or at any other state.

January 7, 2022

S.Korea hopes for progress in Iran nuclear negotiations

It hopes all parties concerned will reach agreement on the nuclear accord and faithfully comply with it to promote regional peace and stability.

November 29, 2021

US urges new Iranian govt to return to nuke talks

"This process cannot go on indefinitely," State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.

August 6, 2021

North Korea suspends nuclear, missile tests ahead of summit with South, US

North Korea said on Saturday it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests and plans to close its nuclear test site.

April 21, 2018

Nuclear competition

Having been engaged since 2015 in a war without end in Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s seemingly reformist Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has now ratcheted up the pressure on Iran, indeed going back in time to compare the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to Adolf Hitler. The comparison between the two figures has not been suitably...

March 17, 2018

Kerry: We must ensure Iran nuke deal survives

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry says it is “absolutely critical” to make sure that world powers nuclear agreement with Iran survives. President Donald Trump is deeply sceptical about the 2015 nuclear deal. He extended sanctions waivers in January but said he would not do so again when they come up for renewal in...

February 18, 2018

NASA’s small nuclear reactor to power a habitat on Mars

To provide safe and plentiful energy for future robotic and human missions for Mars and beyond, NASA is conducting experiments on Kilopower — a small nuclear reactor that can generate a reliable power supply. This pioneering space fission power system could provide up to 10 kilowatts of electrical power — enough to run two average...

January 19, 2018

India successfully test-fires nuclear capable Agni-V ballistic missile

In a major shot in the arm for the country’s defence forces, India on Thursday successfully test-fired the nuclear capable Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), officials said. The surface-to-surface missile, which has a range of 5000 km and can reach can reach the northern-most parts of China, was fired from a test range on Abdul...

January 18, 2018