Australia is considering exporting uranium to Ukraine.

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.

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.

Environmental columnist Sam Judd takes a look at the disastrous consequences of the Japan earthquake on our food chain.

ESR scientists are monitoring the Pacific for airborne radioactivity resulting from yesterday's underground nuclear test in North Korea.

A year on, Michael Dickison finds a Government keen to improve its world image while its citizens struggle on.

John Key finally got to chat with US President Barack Obama - the pair swapped....