The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight years Wednesday, granting approval to plans by a Bill Gates-backed company to build a sodium-cooled reactor in western Wyoming. TerraPower filed for the permit in 2024, with construction now set to begin within weeks. Completion of the up … Read more
A member of Japan’s yakuza crime group was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a New York court on Tuesday after being convicted of trafficking nuclear material as well as drugs and weapons. Takeshi Ebisawa, 61, has been jailed since April 2022 on the drug and weapons charges, along with his Thai co-defendant Somphop … Read more
President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said that Iran claimed it had enough enriched uranium to make 11 nuclear bombs before the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on the country over the weekend. Witkoff told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Monday that Iran’s negotiators had said to him and Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, … Read more
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said “there was no intelligence that showed an immediate, imminent threat.” He added: “That should be normally the criteria.” Trump and his deputies are gambling that America’s formidable air power will deliver success and cripple Iran, reducing if not removing the threat once … Read more
Before the U.S. strikes on Iran, the two countries engaged in several rounds of high-stakes talks focused on reaching a nuclear deal. The Free Press contributor Jay Solomon and Aaron McLean, a national security and defense fellow at the Hudson Institute, analyze the progress and setbacks in the nuclear negotiations. The Free Press is a … Read more
The U.S. and Israel unleashed a major attack on Iran on Saturday in what President Trump said was designed to wipe out the regime’s military capabilities and eliminate the threat of the country creating a nuclear weapon. A map created by the CBS News data team shows the strike locations across Iran, based on government … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran launched missile and drone strikes targeting U.S. military facilities in multiple Middle Eastern countries Friday, retaliating after coordinated U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iranian military and nuclear-linked sites. Explosions were reported in or near areas hosting American forces in Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Jordan, … Read more
Washington — President Trump is pressuring Iran to either curtail its nuclear program or face potential military strikes, grappling with an issue that has vexed presidents from both parties for decades. Iran — which denies any nuclear weapons ambitions — has amassed a stockpile of uranium that is enriched to near the level of purity … Read more
Omani foreign minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, a key mediator in the US-Iran nuclear talks, tells “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan that he’s confident “a peace deal is within our reach” between the U.S. and Iran as negotiators meet over Tehran’s nuclear program. He also said, “I don’t think any alternative to diplomacy … Read more
Breaking down the U.S. demands on Iran’s nuclear program as world awaits news on strikes – CBS News Watch CBS News Mediators say talks with Iran over its nuclear program progressed, but no deal has been reached. CBS News’ Aaron Navarro reports. Source link