Person of interest charged after car drives through security fences at South Carolina nuclear plant: Police Saturday, November 4 by ABC News(OCONEE COUNTY, S.C.) -- A person of interest has been charged a day after a man drove a vehicle through security fences at a nuclear power station in South Carolina, authorities said.The incident occurred at the Oconee Nuclear Station Thursday night, according to the... Read More.
Police investigating incident at South Carolina nuclear plant after car drives through security fences Friday, November 3 by ABC News(OCONEE COUNTY, S.C.) -- Police in South Carolina are investigating an incident involving a vehicle that drove through security fences at a nuclear power station on Thursday.The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is now in the early stages of an investigation into an incident that... Read More.
DHS office that counters nuclear weapons could close if Congress doesn’t act by December Thursday, October 19 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- An office at the Department of Homeland Security that helps detect biological and chemical weapons could shutter if Congress doesn't fund it by December -- an increasingly likely possibility as Republicans on Capitol Hill struggle to select a speaker.The Countering Weapons of Mass... Read More.
Biden’s nominee to serve as Israel ambassador faces GOP grilling over past Iranian nuclear policies Wednesday, October 18 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- While senators on both side of the aisle are eager to confirm a nominee to serve as ambassador to Israel, Senate Republicans on the Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday questioned whether President Joe Biden's nominee to fill the vacant post, Jack Lew, is... Read More.
Cuban government calls US nuclear submarine stop a ‘provocative escalation’ Wednesday, July 12 by ABC News(HAVANA) -- The Cuban Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called the stop by a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay a "provocative escalation.”The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Pasadena, stopped at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay earlier this month, the... Read More.
Zelenskyy to ABC: Russia could sabotage nuclear power plant to halt Ukrainian advances Thursday, July 6 by ABC News(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Russia could stage an explosion at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to halt Ukrainian advances on the battlefield, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in a wide-ranging new interview with ABC News that was previewed on "World News with David Muir" on Thursday.Speaking... Read More.
What we know about the situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Thursday, July 6 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Ukrainian officials have heightened warnings in recent days that Russia plans to blow up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant -- the largest nuclear plant in Europe.The plant has been at the center of concern since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24,... Read More.
UN nuclear watchdog green-lights Fukushima water release plan Wednesday, July 5 by ABC News(TOKYO) -- The United Nation's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), approved plans by Japan to release water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday.The plan would see Japan release 1.3 million tons of treated wastewater... Read More.
On This Day, June 12, 1982: Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor and more headline Rally for Nuclear Disarmament in New York Monday, June 12 by ABC NewsOn This Day, June 12, 1982…Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Joan Baez, Linda Ronstadt and Gary U.S. Bonds performed for a million protestors at Rally for Nuclear Disarmament in New York’s Central Park.The gathering was the largest anti-nuclear weapons demonstration in U.S. history.In 2018, a two-CD set featuring highlights from... Read More.
AI leaders warn the technology poses ‘risk of extinction’ like pandemics and nuclear war Wednesday, May 31 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of business leaders and public figures sounded a sobering alarm on Tuesday over what they described as the threat of mass extinction posed by artificial intelligence.Among the 350 signatories of the public statement are Sam Altman, the chief executive of... Read More.
Hiroshima survivor’s message to Putin: ‘You don’t know the reality of a nuclear weapon’ Saturday, May 20 by ABC News(HIROSHIMA, Japan) -- Nearly eight decades after surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, 85-year-old Keiko Ogura had this message for Russian President Vladimir Putin: "You don't know what is a nuclear weapon, the reality of a nuclear weapon. So come here and see."Ogura spoke... Read More.
Exclusive: Bill Gates on the future of nuclear energy, AI Monday, May 8 by ABC News(KEMMERER, Wyo.) -- TerraPower, founded by billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in 2008, is opening a new nuclear power plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming. The plant will be the first of its kind, with the company hoping to revolutionize the nuclear energy industry in... Read More.