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NASA To Build Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2030, Here's Why
The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.
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NASA Wants Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2030. Here's Why That Matters
Nuclear power in space isn't a new idea. Since the 1960s, the US and the Soviet Union have relied on radioisotope generators that use small amounts of radioactive elements to power satellites.
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"Forced" To Suspend Nuclear Pact, US Was Using It To Help Ukraine: Russia
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that Moscow had been forced to suspend its participation in the new START nuclear arms control treaty because Washington was using it to help Ukraine attack Russian strategic sites.
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Russia Blocks Adoption Of Nuclear Disarmament Declaration At UN
Russia on Friday prevented the adoption of a joint declaration following a four-week UN conference on a nuclear disarmament treaty, with Moscow denouncing what it said were "political" aspects of the text.
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Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons To Enter Into Force: UN
An international treaty banning nuclear weapons has been ratified by a 50th country -- Honduras -- allowing it to enter into force after 90 days, a UN official said Saturday.
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India Backs Calls For Urgent Talks On Nuclear Disarmament Treaty
India on Friday called for a "meaningful dialogue" among all nuclear armed countries for "building trust and confidence", and supported the "immediate commencement" of negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT).
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Will Quit Global Nuclear Deal If Case Goes To UN, Says Iran
Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement, a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West.
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India May Join Nuke Club NSG If It Signs Test Ban Treaty: UN Body Chief
Thirty-four years of nuclear apartheid may have ended with India signing the 2008 Indo-US Civilian Nuclear deal but one critical goal still eludes the country - membership to the elite club that controls global nuclear commerce called the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
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"No Progress" On Nuclear Treaty With Washington Ahead Of Deadline: Russia
Moscow and Washington have made "no progress" in talks on saving a key arms control treaty, a Russian diplomat said, with the United States expected to begin withdrawal this weekend.
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Russia Wants UN Resolution To Preserve Nuclear Arms Treaty
The US pushed back Thursday against a Russian draft resolution to the UN General Assembly that proposed to preserve the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) that the US plans to pull out of, according to diplomatic sources.
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Ratify Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: UN Chief To India, US
UN chief Antonio Guterres reiterated his appeal to eight nations, including India and the US, to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, saying the failure to bring it into force undermines global efforts to ensure a world free of atomic weapons.
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World Faces Increased Nuclear Weapons Threat, UN Warns
A top UN official on Monday denounced growing rhetoric claiming that nuclear arms are necessary and warned that the risk of such weapons being used was on the rise.
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UN Adopts Global Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons, India Skips Talks
Over 120 countries in the United Nations voted to adopt the first-ever global treaty to ban nuclear weapons, even as India and eight other nuclear-armed nations, including the US, China and Pakistan did not participate in the negotiations for the legally binding instrument to prohibit atomic weapons.
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Nearly Two-Thirds Of UN States Agree Treaty To Ban Nuclear Weapons
Nearly two-thirds of United Nations states agreed on Friday to a treaty to ban nuclear weapons after months of talks, which were boycotted by the United States, Britain, France and others who instead pledged commitment to a decades-old Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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United Nations Set To Adopt Treaty Outlawing Nuclear Weapons
A global treaty banning nuclear weapons is set to be adopted at the United Nations today despite opposition from the United States, Britain, France and other nuclear powers that boycotted negotiations.
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NASA To Build Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2030, Here's Why
The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.
-
NASA Wants Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2030. Here's Why That Matters
Nuclear power in space isn't a new idea. Since the 1960s, the US and the Soviet Union have relied on radioisotope generators that use small amounts of radioactive elements to power satellites.
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"Forced" To Suspend Nuclear Pact, US Was Using It To Help Ukraine: Russia
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that Moscow had been forced to suspend its participation in the new START nuclear arms control treaty because Washington was using it to help Ukraine attack Russian strategic sites.
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Russia Blocks Adoption Of Nuclear Disarmament Declaration At UN
Russia on Friday prevented the adoption of a joint declaration following a four-week UN conference on a nuclear disarmament treaty, with Moscow denouncing what it said were "political" aspects of the text.
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Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons To Enter Into Force: UN
An international treaty banning nuclear weapons has been ratified by a 50th country -- Honduras -- allowing it to enter into force after 90 days, a UN official said Saturday.
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India Backs Calls For Urgent Talks On Nuclear Disarmament Treaty
India on Friday called for a "meaningful dialogue" among all nuclear armed countries for "building trust and confidence", and supported the "immediate commencement" of negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT).
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Will Quit Global Nuclear Deal If Case Goes To UN, Says Iran
Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement, a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West.
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India May Join Nuke Club NSG If It Signs Test Ban Treaty: UN Body Chief
Thirty-four years of nuclear apartheid may have ended with India signing the 2008 Indo-US Civilian Nuclear deal but one critical goal still eludes the country - membership to the elite club that controls global nuclear commerce called the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
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"No Progress" On Nuclear Treaty With Washington Ahead Of Deadline: Russia
Moscow and Washington have made "no progress" in talks on saving a key arms control treaty, a Russian diplomat said, with the United States expected to begin withdrawal this weekend.
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Russia Wants UN Resolution To Preserve Nuclear Arms Treaty
The US pushed back Thursday against a Russian draft resolution to the UN General Assembly that proposed to preserve the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) that the US plans to pull out of, according to diplomatic sources.
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Ratify Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: UN Chief To India, US
UN chief Antonio Guterres reiterated his appeal to eight nations, including India and the US, to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, saying the failure to bring it into force undermines global efforts to ensure a world free of atomic weapons.
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World Faces Increased Nuclear Weapons Threat, UN Warns
A top UN official on Monday denounced growing rhetoric claiming that nuclear arms are necessary and warned that the risk of such weapons being used was on the rise.
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UN Adopts Global Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons, India Skips Talks
Over 120 countries in the United Nations voted to adopt the first-ever global treaty to ban nuclear weapons, even as India and eight other nuclear-armed nations, including the US, China and Pakistan did not participate in the negotiations for the legally binding instrument to prohibit atomic weapons.
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Nearly Two-Thirds Of UN States Agree Treaty To Ban Nuclear Weapons
Nearly two-thirds of United Nations states agreed on Friday to a treaty to ban nuclear weapons after months of talks, which were boycotted by the United States, Britain, France and others who instead pledged commitment to a decades-old Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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United Nations Set To Adopt Treaty Outlawing Nuclear Weapons
A global treaty banning nuclear weapons is set to be adopted at the United Nations today despite opposition from the United States, Britain, France and other nuclear powers that boycotted negotiations.
