US, Iran clash over nuclear program
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran's nuclear ambitions remain the central issue in any negotiations. In an interview on FNC's "Special Report," Rubio said that Tehran already uses the Strait of Hormuz as an "economic nuclear weapon" and would threaten the entire Middle East if it obtained an actual nuclear weapon.
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A US official says that President Donald Trump is unhappy with an Iranian proposal because it did not address Iran’s nuclear program. “He doesn’t love the proposal,” the US official says, referring to Trump.
The US has rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz under its conditions, calling it unacceptable and reiterating that curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions remains the core issue.
Reports say veteran hardliner Saeed Jalili may replace Ghalibaf on Iran's negotiating team, deepening fractures within the regime's political leadership.
New guidance for private industry plus a new test bed facility are set to speed widespread nuclear energy development in microreactors.
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Sunday, April 26, marks the 40th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union.
The Chernobyl disaster remains the world’s worst nuclear accident, displacing hundreds of thousands and reshaping global safety standards decades later.