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Trump plan to give start-ups plutonium harvested from Cold War–era nuclear weapons is risky, experts say Nuclear Weapons

Trump plan to give start-ups plutonium harvested from Cold War–era nuclear weapons is risky, experts say

The Trump administration’s plan to offer plutonium from dismantled Cold War–era nuclear weapons to private energy companies is drawing criticism from experts who say it makes little economic sense and presents a national security threat. There are currently no operational nuclear reactors in the country that are built to use…
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May 28, 2026
Nuclear powers are expanding their arsenals instead of disarming. Australia doesn’t have to be complicit in this Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear powers are expanding their arsenals instead of disarming. Australia doesn’t have to be complicit in this

Hundreds of diplomats from almost every country just met for four weeks at United Nations headquarters in New York to review the most comprehensive nuclear non-proliferation treaty in the world. And they agreed to absolutely nothing. After thousands of interventions, working papers, statements, national reports, side events, preparatory conferences, closed-door…
bubmag
May 25, 2026
US progressive Democrats demand end to silence on Israel nuclear policy Nuclear Weapons

US progressive Democrats demand end to silence on Israel nuclear policy

Left-wing Democratic lawmakers have called on the United States to break its silence on Israel's suspected nuclear weapons program, shattering a decades-long bipartisan reticence in Washington on the sensitive issue. Israel is widely believed to have developed nuclear weapons in the 1960s but keeps a deliberately ambiguous policy by neither…
bubmag
May 7, 2026
Trump Claims Iran Wants Deal ‘At Any Cost’, Flexes Military Strength As Tehran Reviews US Proposal Nuclear Weapons

Trump Claims Iran Wants Deal ‘At Any Cost’, Flexes Military Strength As Tehran Reviews US Proposal

Last Updated: May 06, 2026, 22:50 IST Donald Trump says Iran wants a deal with the US at any cost, calls current tensions a skirmish, claims control of regional waters, vows Iran will never get nuclear weapons. US President Donald Trump. (Reuters Image) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signalled…
bubmag
May 6, 2026
Between a fatwa and war: how Iran makes sense of its nuclear capability Nuclear Weapons

Between a fatwa and war: how Iran makes sense of its nuclear capability

Under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to abandon its nuclear programme, Iran has “vowed” to protect its nuclear stockpile. At the same time, former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei disapproved of the use of nuclear weapons on religious grounds. How does Iran reconcile the two positions? The Treaty on…
bubmag
May 3, 2026
‘Significant Stress’ as UN Prepares for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference Nuclear Weapons

‘Significant Stress’ as UN Prepares for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference

Conferences, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Nuclear Disarmament Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, at a press conference on the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the…
bubmag
April 27, 2026