Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in a military uniform, announced on Oct. 26, 2025, that Russia had successfully tested a nuclear-powered missile. If true, such a weapon could provide Russia with a unique military capability that also has broader political implications.

The Trump administration wants to sharply speed up the construction of nuclear power plants, but fixing the industry’s bottlenecks could take years.

- The 9M730 Bu revestnik, whose name translates as "storm petrel", is a ground-launched, low-flying cruise missile that is not only capable of carrying a nuclear warhead but is also nuclear-powered. NATO refers to it as the SSC-X-9 Skyfall.

Palisades Nuclear Plant receives 68 new fuel assemblies as it moves toward becoming the first shuttered U.S. nuclear facility to restart operations.

Developers have finally broken ground on the project, known as Sizewell C, but getting there meant navigating wary investors and local opposition.

(Original Caption) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The four cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant are not in operation after a leak in the cooling system shutdown the plant here. “What will I do with the rest of my life?” That’s ...

EADaily, October 31st, 2025. The Russian army does not retaliate against Ukraine's nuclear power plants, but restricts their work by destroying substations through which nuclear power plants supply electricity to the power grid.

President Donald Trump responded by calling for the US to resume the testing of nuclear weapons . Neither country has tested nuclear weapons since the ‘90s, and Russia was quick to clarify that Putin did not announce new nuclear testing.