Shandelle Battersby has an uneasy time at an exhibition about nuclear warfare.

Looming sanctions would make it difficult for the Iranian economy to flourish, Mehdi said.

Readers have their say on the cosmos; velodrome; nuke-free Denmark and the Russian scourge

"Confrontational warmongering" remarks by US officials condemned.

After a possible "accident" at a nuclear facility in Russia or Kazakhstan.

North Korea continues to build its nuclear weapons programme.

New CIA files lend weight to claims that in 1984 new PM David Lange was working on a loophole big enough for the United States to sail a non-nuclear warship through.

The United States has been warned of a potentially "devastating confrontation" over the South China Sea.

A new mega structure will cover Chernobyl power plant and prevent further radiation spewing from the reactor for at least a century.

Five years after Fukushima, the then prime minister reveals the "paper-thin" margin that stood between his country and an unimaginable future.

Rokkasho reprocessing complex in a northeast corner of Japan's main island of Honshu is raising speculation.

Recent satellite images suggest North Korea is excavating a new tunnel at its main nuclear test site, but there are no indications that a test is imminent.

Children living near the Fukushima nuclear meltdown site have been diagnosed with cancer at a rate of up to 50 times that of children elsewhere.

Murray McCully said today the nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers was an “important” breakthrough.

Veterans of British nuclear tests in the mid-Pacific in the 1950s, including New Zealand servicemen, have taken heart from a first victory in their long fight for compensation for illnesses linked to radioactive fallout.

A sonar early warning system is being developed to stop swarms of jellyfish shutting down Britain’s nuclear power plants.

A group of men who witnessed nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll in 1973 are calling for a Government study into the effects of radiation on their health.

Serving world leaders their lunch is a serious affair. No room for "blondes" or women in dresses then, it appears.

New Zealand has been at the forefront of a 16-country push for a ban on nuclear weapons on humanitarian grounds.

Iran will start dismantling parts of its uranium stockpile next week after details of an interim deal on its nuclear programme were finalised over the weekend.

Fine sediment clay within the Japan Trench plate boundary megathrust fault, was a key factor in triggering the devastating Fukushima tsunami in March 2011, according to a new study involving Otago University researchers.

Mexican nuclear official have said a stolen container of radioactive material has been found empty.

Saudi Arabia dislikes the deal the West has cut with Iran for two reasons.

Responding to his critics, President Barack Obama forcefully defended the nuclear agreement with Iran, declaring that the United States "cannot close the door on diplomacy."

On Sept 18, 1980, two airmen entered Launch Complex 374-7, an underground silo outside Damascus, Arkansas, to service a Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile.

Japan's hopes of fixing its nuclear leaks at Fukushima rest on an ambitious plan to build a 3.2km frozen underground wall.