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Predictably, ACT Independent Senator David Pocock attacked the Coalition's policy to build nuclear power generators.

Uncertainty in Australia's energy policy would endanger investment, as one in five approval requests are for renewable projects, the environment minister says.

Former fossil fuel centres will be transformed into nuclear energy plants under a coalition plan to power the nation.

Scientists at the Australian National University have invented a 99 per cent accurate method for detecting underground nuclear tests.

This week, letter writers talk about the Ben Roberts-Smith situation, our kangaroo population, welcome to country and nuclear power.

This week’s letter writers talk about the Calvary Hospital situation, giving thanks, sustainability, the environment and nuclear power.

There is a concerted push by conservatives for Australia to have nuclear power generation.

Nuclear-armed North Korea has conducted what would be its largest missile test since 2017, sending a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile soaring into space and sparking condemnation from the United States and its allies.

A senior US diplomat has urged North Korea to refrain from additional missile tests and to resume nuclear diplomacy, days after the North fired its first underwater-launched ballistic missile in two years.

Japan's new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has defended his pro-nuclear energy policies, saying that re-starting nuclear power plants mothballed since the 2011 Fukushima disaster is vital.

Hiroshima has marked the 76th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, as the mayor of the Japanese city urged global leaders to unite to eliminate nuclear weapons, just as they are united against the coronavirus.