The move comes days after a deal with Washington that lifted U.S. sanctions against the Belarusian potash industries, a key source of export earnings.

Japan is moving to unlock more public funding for its crippled nuclear power sector, which experts say is crucial to jump-starting an industry long financed by shareholder-owned utilities.

A senior government official who advises Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on security expressed a personal opinion that Japan should have nuclear weapons, according to local media reports.

VIENNA (AP) — In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing, a U.S. government representative defended the stance at a global nuclear arms control meeting and pointed to nuclear provocations from Russia, China and North Korea.

Though the two countries are now in a race to develop atomic technology, China’s most advanced reactor was the result of collaboration with American scientists.

The only reason an investor would buy nuclear energy stocks today is based on hopes for the future of the industry. When examining the underlying business fundamentals of both Oklo and NuScale Power, there's much to be desired with minimal or zero revenue, minimal contracts (or no contracts at all), and heavy cash burn.

India’s Parliament approved new legislation Thursday that enables opening the tightly controlled civil nuclear power sector to private companies. The government termed it a major policy shift to speed up clean energy expansion while the opposition political parties argued that it dilutes safety and liability safeguards.