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On October 30, 2025, US President Donald Trump announced that he had instructed the Department of War to begin nuclear weapons testing because “other countries are doing the same,” without specifying ...

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US President Trump directed the Pentagon to immediately resume nuclear weapons testing, breaking a 33-year moratorium. The ...

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If I mention nuclear reactor accidents, you’d probably think of Three Mile Island, Fukushima, or maybe Chernobyl (or, now, Chornobyl). But there have been others that, for whatever reason, ...