Hitachi axes plans for North Wales nuclear power plant after struggling to secure government funding By James Salmon Associate City Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 22:10 BST, 15 September 2020 | Updated: 22:51 BST, 15 September 2020 Hitachi is set to ditch plans for a power station in North Wales, in another major setback … Read more
John Watson, then a Tory MP, knew he had a bit of a battle on his hands. He was addressing his audience about the benefits of nuclear power. Not an easy case to make with so many coal miners filling the chairs in front of him. But he felt pretty confident he could persuade them … Read more
Donald Trump claimed that he was ‘genetically’ capable of understanding nuclear weapons – because his uncle was a physicist. The President told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that he knew about his nuclear test sites ‘better than any of my people’ because his uncle Dr. John Trump taught at MIT. But Dr. Trump’s expertise was … Read more
President Donald Trump revealed a new nuclear weapons system to Bob Woodward and bragged that he was telling the author something that America’s foreign adversaries had no knowledge of. In an excerpt of his forthcoming book, ‘Rage,’ Woodward reveals the president told him about the system and noted neither Russian President Vladimir Putin nor Chinese … Read more
Winston Churchill said he would consider bombing Russia and China if he was Prime Minister during the Cold War, a newly-discovered memo has revealed. The then-76-year-old World War II hero told former-US army officer Julius Ochs Adler that if he ‘could secure the agreement’ of the US government he would give the Soviet Union ‘an ultimatum’. … Read more
North Korea’s nuclear activity is a ‘cause for serious concern’ with some facilities continuing to operate, UN watchdog warns UN fears Pyongyang is breaching international law with nuclear operations International Atomic Energy Agency voices warning in report issued this week Concerns raised over Yongbyon nuclear site in secretive country US warns sellers not to supply … Read more
Imagine a cellphone that never needs to be recharged or a car battery that lasted long enough for your grandchildren to use it. The claims come from a California-based startup that says it’s cleared significant hurdles in its goal to develop a a battery that could last up to 28,000 years without ever needing a … Read more
Satellite images capture single Chinese nuclear submarine entering ‘Bond lair’ cave complex – but all other berths are empty sparking fears the subs are all shadowing the US fleet New photos show the Yulin Naval Base on Hainan Island in China For the first time, a submarine is seen entering an underwater cave network The ‘James … Read more
The most terrible conflict in human history ended 75 years ago today with the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945. In a radio address to his nation, Emperor Hirohito announced his decision to accept the Potsdam Declaration bringing World War II to a close — at an estimated cost of up to 60 million … Read more
A nuclear power plant has been evacuated after a dangerous chemical was discovered. Bomb disposal experts cleared part of the Sellafield site in Cumbria after organic peroxide was found during a routine inspection yesterday. The sprawling station has been shut down until the chemical can be safely removed from the Magnox Reprocessing Plant. Bosses said … Read more