MoD to take full control of nuclear submarine steel firm Forgemasters

MoD to take full control of nuclear submarine steel firm amid concerns it could go bust By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:21 BST, 7 July 2021 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 7 July 2021 A steel company that makes parts for the UK’s nuclear submarine programme is close to being nationalised amid concerns … Read more

New form of matter was created by the first nuclear bomb explosion in 1945

On July 16, 1945, the US Army tested the first nuclear bomb at Trinity Site in New Mexico unbeknownst they would leave behind something that would one day help scientific research. Decades later this hidden treasure has been uncovered – a ‘quasicrystal, which is new form of matter that breaks the rules of classical crystalline … Read more

Chernobyl: Fears of another explosion as nuclear reactions found smouldering in inaccessible chamber

Nuclear reactions have been discovered smouldering ‘like embers at a barbecue’ in an inaccessible chamber at Chernobyl, according to scientists.  A surge in neutrons have been observed in a chamber known as Subreactor Room 305/2, 35 years after the catastrophic nuclear disaster.  Neutrons are particles in an atom, and are a signal of fission – the splitting … Read more

Extinction Rebellion protesters blockade nuclear base by locking themselves onto giant plant pots

Extinction Rebellion protesters blockade Faslane nuclear base by locking themselves onto giant plant pots Environmental activists have blocked the north gate of HMNB Clyde in Scotland The naval base houses Britain’s nuclear submarines armed with Trident missiles Protesters locked onto planters have stopped all but emergency access to base XR say the action is part of … Read more

Air raid sirens sound at Israeli nuclear reactor as air force shoots down missile

Air raid sirens sound at Israeli nuclear reactor as air force shoots down missile over the country – before hitting targets near Damascus in retaliation on tense night in the Middle East There were no immediate reports of any injuries or damage in Israel after blast Israel said in response to the launch it attacked … Read more

US Honey contains traces of radioactive fallout from nuclear bomb testing during the Cold War

Fallout from nuclear bomb testing during the Cold War has been found in honey produced along the US East Cost, a new study reveals. A team at William & Mary University discovered cesium-137, a byproduct of nuclear fission involving the reaction of uranium and plutonium, in more than half of 122 samples taken from Main … Read more

Strategic Command warns US must prepare for nuclear war due to today’s unpredictable conflicts

US must prepare for nuclear war: Strategic Command warns today’s unpredictable conflicts could escalate ‘rapidly’ where countries consider nuclear use as ‘their least bad option’ US Strategic Command is giving testimony to Congress in its posture review In a preview, the command said conflict today is ‘neither linear nor predictable’ US Space Command will also … Read more

Vladimir Putin is ready to roll: Ukraine fears it’s on the brink of invasion – and nuclear threat

Ukraine fears more than 100,000 Russian troops will be in place on its borders, ready to invade, by the end of the month. A Ukrainian government report, obtained by the Daily Mail, estimates the Kremlin will deploy up to 30,000 extra soldiers, accompanied by more tanks and rocket systems, in support of 80,000 Russian troops … Read more

Vladimir Putin is ready to roll: Ukraine fears it’s on the brink of invasion – and nuclear threat

Ukraine fears more than 100,000 Russian troops will be in place on its borders, ready to invade, by the end of the month. A Ukrainian government report, obtained by the Daily Mail, estimates the Kremlin will deploy up to 30,000 extra soldiers, accompanied by more tanks and rocket systems, in support of 80,000 Russian troops … Read more