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France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier set out his stall on Tuesday with his maiden policy speech to a fractious parliament. From slashing debt to boosting nuclear power and restricting immigration, RFI looks at the issues he promised would be top of his government's priorities.

Microsoft will purchase energy produced by the restarted Three Mile Island nuclear plant

Amendments to Russia's nuclear doctrine have been prepared and "will now be formalised", the Kremlin said Sunday, days after President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles and would consider any attack backed by a nuclear power to be an attack…

Russia's Foreign Minister warns against conflict with a nuclear power, highlighting concerns over Ukraine and strategic threats.

President Vladimir Putin made a chilling declaration this week when he proposed changes to Russia’s nuclear war policies. One of the most concerning was the possibility of mobilising the country’s nuclear arsenal if another nuclear power supports a non-nuclear state’s attack on Russia. The comments marked a clear escalation in…

There is little difference between this government’s and its Conservative predecessor’s policies on expansion

The U.N.'s nuclear chief says the world must recognize that North Korea possesses nuclear weapons and pursue dialogue despite its violations of U.N. sanctions and international law

Russia's updated nuclear doctrine under Putin considers support for attacks as aggression, potentially leading to nuclear response.

Ukrainian president urges world leaders to back peace plan in general assembly speech ahead of Biden meeting

Ukrainian President Zelensky warns of Russian threats to target nuclear power plants, risking a potential disaster and humanitarian crisis.

So far there are no costings and no details on what type of reactors there would be, their size or who would build them