A poll for the BBC indicates a small and diminishing appetite around the world for building new nuclear reactors, although the UK bucks the trend.

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Nuclear power ‘has small support’

Ron Rosenbaum makes the case that we are entering a new nuclear era in “How the End Begins.”

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Books of The Times: Thinking the Unthinkable Again in a New Nuclear Age

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated President Obama on the Senate’s approval of a new nuclear arms control treaty between the countries.

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Russia leader lauds U.S. OK for START

A new nuclear arms treaty with Russia cleared a key hurdle in the Senate on Tuesday, advancing to a final vote with a margin that appeared to guarantee ratification and a major foreign-policy victory for President Obama.

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Arms pact has votes to pass in Senate

Senate Republicans mounted a counter-attack Sunday against ratifying a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia this year, trying to put off a vote that Democrats say they will win if it is held.

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McConnell leads anti-START effort

The Senate will begin formal debate Thursday on a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia, a top presidential priority that conservative Republicans had tried to block in the current lame-duck session of Congress.

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Senate to debate nuclear arms treaty

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell presses the US Senate quickly to ratify a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia.

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Powell joins push on nuclear pact

The Republican senator who opposes ratification this year of a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia made clear Sunday that politics, not policy, is the main issue.

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Senators at odds on START treaty

South Korea has not responded to the existence of a new nuclear enrichment plant that was revealed Sunday.

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North Korea Nuclear Revelation Surprises South

The top US commander says a report that North Korea has built a new nuclear facility is further evidence of Pyongyang’s “belligerent behaviour”.

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N Korea plant ‘confirms US fears’

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne insists the government is committed to plans for new nuclear power plants after a call for reassurance to investors.

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Nuclear power is on track – Huhne