Barack Obama, in the final months of his tenure, is the first sitting President to visit Hiroshima, but has declined to apologise for the bombing of the city more than 70 years ago.
The Belgian government has just announced a massive distribution of iodine pills to its citizens who live within 62 miles (100km) around the country’s nuclear facilities. While health authorities say the move is part of the country’s nuclear emergency plan, many citizens think the iodine pill distribution is a pre-emptive anti-nuclear terrorism plan following recent terrorist attacks in Brussels.
While the Chernobyl nuclear reactor blew up and killed thousands in Russia 30 years ago, some species are certainly not complaining: Animals.
Iran is now counting the results of the nation’s first parliamentary elections since the landmark nuclear agreement- pitting ideological hardliners against the reformists who wish a gradual opening of the economy and normal relations with the West.
The United States and China have met to discuss how they should handle North Korea after the country carried out an unsanctioned nuclear test.
The crowds outside made themselves clear: No nukes. But the government ordered another reactor started, the second since the shutdown caused by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear reactor crisis.
