Nuclear power

Israel must come up with its own Manhattan Project, but even faster and much better - opinion

Israel doesn’t have to invent a bomb. Nonetheless, as we face existential threats, it is time to intensify our search for new local means of defense.

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NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN and Adolf Hitler leave their meeting at Bad Godesberg, Sept. 23, 1938.
A geiger counter measures a radiation level at a site of fire burning in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, outside the village of Rahivka.

Russian drone strikes nuclear fuel storage facility near Chernobyl, Ukraine says

Zelensky condemned the strike as “extremely vile,” saying Russia deliberately targeted critical nuclear infrastructure near Chernobyl.

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Fire and smoke rise in the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone, caused by debris after interception of a drone by air defenses, UAE, March 4, 2026; illustrative.

UAE says drone that hit near its nuclear plant was launched from Iraq

The head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, Raphael Grossi, warned that a direct hit on the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant would result in a "very high release of radioactivity."

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FILE PHOTO: International Energy Agency Executive Director Dr Fatih Birol speaks during a press conference on developments in global energy markets, in Brussels, Belgium March 6, 2026.

Italy should rethink nuclear power, IEA chief says

Italy has no operating nuclear reactors and relies heavily on energy imports, including electricity generated by nuclear power in neighboring countries such as France.

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Staying alert: A new strategic phase in the Israel-Iran confrontation - opinion

Israel and Iran stand on the threshold of a new phase in their strategic confrontation, and Israel must act with heightened intelligence alertness.

JULY 16, 2025ByYOSSI MANSHAROF
REGARDING THE potential renewal of nuclear talks with the US, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian faces criticism internally from conservative and radical-conservative factions, says the writer.

Netanyahu’s 2018 Tehran gamble: The roots of the US bombing of Iran - opinion

Benjamin Netanyahu's unveiling of the Mossad's Tehran archive heist in 2018 created a shift in the international approach to Iran.

JUNE 26, 2025ByILAN EVYATAR
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu exposes files of Iran’s nuclear program at a news conference in Tel Aviv, in 2018. The true significance of the Tehran archive heist wasn’t just in what it uncovered; it was in what Israel chose to do with it, says the writer.

UK to buy fighter jets capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons

The purchase of the Lockheed Martin jets would allow Britain's air force to carry nuclear weapons for the first time since the end of the Cold War, Downing Street said.

JUNE 25, 2025ByREUTERS
An F-35 plane stands on the tarmac at Nevatim Air Force Base.

Putin envoy says Russia could supply a small nuclear power plant for Musk's Mars mission

"Russia can offer a small-sized nuclear power plant for a mission to Mars and other advanced technological capabilities," the state RIA news agency cited the envoy as saying.

MARCH 31, 2025ByREUTERS
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its Super Heavy booster is launched on its eighth test at the company's Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, March 6, 2025.

Russia may need to expand and upgrade its nuclear arsenal to counter the West, diplomat says

Russian Ambassador-at-Large Grigory Mashkov's statements come after Russia vastly updated its nuclear doctrine.

JANUARY 30, 2025ByREUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects the NICA Nuclotron-based ion collider facility as he visits the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Moscow region's city of Dubna, Russia June 13, 2024.

The world has Israel to thank for no nuclear fears in post-Assad Syria- opinion

Thanks to Israel, the now-impending Syrian chaos may be deeply destabilizing, but it will plausibly be nonnuclear.

JANUARY 7, 2025ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
IN SEPTERMBER 2007, IDF fighter jets carried out Operation Orchard and destroyed a nuclear reactor in Syria. If not for the Israeli operation, nuclear weapons could eventually have fallen into the hands of Sunni jihadi terrorist organizations now beginning to contend for power in post-Assad Syria.

Argentina to add nuclear power plant to 'to meet the energy demands of AI'

The plan's first step involves constructing a small modular reactor (SMR) at the Atucha site, intended to facilitate access to energy throughout Argentina.

DECEMBER 23, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Atucha II.