That was the moment when human beings first unleashed the power of the nucleus in an immense, blinding ball of fire above a ...

Ahead of the International Day against Nuclear Tests on August 29 2018, we met up with British atomic veterans who were present at test sites in Australia and the Pacific, to find out what it’s like ...

VIENNA (AP) — The United States and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests. Experts say ...

Minutes before walking into a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this past week, President Donald Trump announced what could prove to be a stunning shift in American nuclear policy.

President Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. would begin testing nuclear weapons again for the first time in decades. “We’ve halted many years ago, but with others doing testing I think it’s ...

America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed Saturday the Kremlin is working on proposals for nuclear weapons testing following through on strongman Vladimir Putin’s orders, state media reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered officials to prepare proposals for a possible resumption of nuclear weapons testing in response to comments from President Donald Trump suggesting ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a novel pilot program that will allow private developers to build and operate full-scale advanced nuclear test reactors outside of the national ...