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Nagasaki marks 75th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing

Ayano Shimizu, Kyodo News
Updated as of Aug 09 12:16 PM

The mayor of Nagasaki on Sunday pushed the Japanese government to take more action toward realizing a world free of nuclear weapons, amid a global retreat of leadership on the issue, at a memorial ceremony on the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. Read more »

Modular nuclear power plant balak itayo ng gobyerno

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 08:05 PM

Modular nuclear power facilities ang balak itayo ng gobyerno kasunod ng utos ni Pangulong Duterte na gumawa ng panuntunan kaugnay sa usaping nuclear. Read more »

Philippine Red Cross, ICRC urge PH to ratify treaty banning nukes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 01:49 PM

Below is a joint statement signed by Philippine Red Cross chair Sen. Richard Gordon and Boris Michel, International Committee of the Red Cross head of delegation in the Philippines Read more »

'Unspeakable horror': the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Kyoko Hasegawa, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 01:07 PM

TOKYO - Japan on Thursday marked 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack, which killed around 140,000 people in Hiroshima and left many more deeply traumatized and even stigmatized. Read more »

75 years on, Japan bomb survivors make final pleas for abolition

Kyoko Hasegawa, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 04 12:22 PM

As Japan marks 75 years since the devastating attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the last generation of nuclear bomb survivors are working to ensure their message lives on after them. Read more »

Quest advances to recreate sun's energy on Earth

Olivier Lucazeau, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 30 06:13 AM

Fourteen years after receiving the official go-ahead, scientists on Tuesday began assembling a giant machine in southern France designed to demonstrate that nuclear fusion, the process which powers the sun, can be a safe and viable energy source on Earth. Read more »

Nuclear power? Environmental group urges Duterte gov't to focus on renewable energy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 06:21 PM

Harnessing nuclear energy opens the Philippines to several dangers, non-government organization Greenpeace said, noting that the Philippines should fast track the adoption of renewable energy instead. Read more »

Japan court recognizes more Hiroshima bomb survivors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 29 05:29 PM

Around 140,000 people were killed in the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath, and 74,000 perished in the Nagasaki attack. Read more »

Philippines eyes nuclear power in energy mix

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 05:53 PM

The Philippines is looking at the possible inclusion of nuclear energy in its power generation mix as President Rodrigo Duterte sought a study on its viability while the country battles a global health crisis. Read more »

North Korea's Kim says nuclear deterrent crucial

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 01:56 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that Pyongyang's nuclear weapons guarantee its safety, state media reported Tuesday, signalling once again that it will not give up its arsenal. Read more »

Iran says damage at nuclear site 'significant'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 06 03:05 PM

An accident at a nuclear complex in Iran caused significant damage and could slow the production of centrifuges used to enrich uranium, the country's atomic energy spokesman said. Read more »

Iran reports accident at 'inactive' nuclear site, no casualties

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 02 04:01 PM

Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, was quoted as saying that the complex is currently inactive and there is no risk of radioactive pollution. Read more »

US and Russia to resume nuclear talks, but China casts cloud

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 07:23 AM

WASHINGTON - Russia confirmed Tuesday that it would open talks with the United States this month on extending a major nuclear disarmament treaty but warned that US insistence on including China could scuttle efforts. Read more »

China needs more nuclear warheads: Chinese editor

Yew Lun Tian, Reuters
Posted at May 09 12:53 AM

China should expand its stock of nuclear warheads to 1,000 soon, Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin said on Friday, even as US President Donald Trump repeats his call for China to join an arms control treaty. Read more »

China may have conducted low-level nuclear test blasts, US says

Jonathan Landay, Reuters
Posted at Apr 16 08:08 AM

China may have secretly set off low-level underground nuclear test explosions despite claiming to observe an international pact banning such blasts, the U.S. State Department said in a report on Wednesday that could fuel U.S.-Chinese tensions. Read more »

Tiny shrimps shut down nuclear plant in China twice in a week

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Apr 01 07:40 AM

The power-generating units of a nuclear plant in southern China were shut down twice last week after its water filters were blocked by masses of small shrimp, the safety regulator said. Read more »

N.Korea says it conducted successful test of multiple rocket launchers

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 07:32 AM

North Korea's latest test of super-large multiple rocket launchers a day earlier was a success, state media said on Monday. Read more »

US military plans portable mini nuclear power plants

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 10 08:11 AM

The US military said Monday they are planning to deploy a miniature nuclear generator that can be carried in a freight truck and could power a remote base indefinitely. Read more »

Virus forces Japan to cancel ceremony to mark tsunami

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 12:31 PM

TOKYO, Japan - Japan is canceling an annual ceremony marking the anniversary of a deadly tsunami and nuclear disaster as the country steps up efforts to curb the new coronavirus, officials said Friday. Read more »

Japan lifts evacuation order for part of disaster-hit Fukushima town

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 11:55 AM

TOKYO, Japan - Japan on Wednesday lifted an evacuation order for parts of Futaba, one of two towns where the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is located, ahead of an Olympic torch relay in the region.   Read more »