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Trump called time on nuclear talks with the Iranian regime.

A seven-page proposal was on the table. Then Trump learnt a tantalising fact

For months before Saturday’s strike on Iran, politicians and analysts argued about the country’s nuclear capability. Trump cut through them.

  • Michael Koziol

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Type One Energy says its magnet stellarator will produce clean energy.

This tech could solve all of Australia’s energy woes. There’s just one teensy problem

A nuclear fusion company building a reactor in America is targeting Australia for international expansion and says it could have a plant up and running here by the middle of next decade.

  • Liam Mannix
It's believed that Nanda Devi was hit by multiple avalanches when the group was trying to scale one of the peaks.

How the CIA lost a nuclear device at the top of the world

On a mission to spy on China, a team of hand-picked climbers managed to mislay a plutonium-laden device in the remote Himalayas. It has never been found.

  • Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar
TAE is a company with serious credibility in its field, having spent the past 27 years researching and developing ways to commercialise fusion energy.

‘Holy Grail’: Trump goes nuclear with a very peculiar deal

Donald Trump has never been afraid to make a deal. Some are more curious than others.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Nuclear fusion is seen as a promising solution to climate change caused by burning fossil fuels, but one that is a long way off compared to today’s clean technologies like wind and solar.

‘Huge conflict of interest’: Trump’s $600 million windfall after nuclear deal

Trump Media has announced a $9.1 billion merger with a nuclear fusion company in a deal that has attracted criticism - and already made the president a lot of money.

  • Matt O'Brien and Jennifer McDermott
Wind power.

Wind and solar, and not nuclear, the key to cheaper energy: CSIRO

The science agency has found that combining onshore renewables with back-up from batteries, hydro, gas and powerlines will keep future power prices as low as possible.

  • Nick Toscano
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New NSW Liberal leader Kellie Sloane.

After 14 years in TV journalism, Kellie Sloane says politics is a ‘walk in the park’

The new NSW Liberal leader on what drives her, what she said to make Mark Speakman stand down, death threats and making mistakes.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Radioactive material is broken down at the Idaho National Laboratory, which was key to the development of modern reactors.

Nuclear battle to resume as Coalition doubles down on Dutton’s push

Opposition energy spokesman Dan Tehan has declared there is overwhelming support for nuclear energy in the Coalition despite its thumping election loss.

  • Mike Foley
Chernobyl’s containment structure was damaged by a Russian drone earlier this year.

Zelensky says Russia intentionally raising nuclear risk after Chernobyl power hit

Ukraine’s president warns Russian strikes on electricity supplies increase the risk of a radioactive incident, while the US will reportedly provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile strikes on Russia.

Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie and leader Sussan Ley.

Ley receives ‘mass exodus’ warning after Hastie threatens to quit frontbench over net zero

Leading MPs Andrew Hastie and Jonathon Duniam have flagged a wave of dissent over climate policy in a fresh test of Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s authority.

  • James Massola and Nick Newling