A moderately strong magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of central Japan on Tuesday night, again rattling an area still traumatised by a devastating January jolt.

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolts central Japan, local nuclear plant declared safe

Los Alamos, where the American atomic bomb was born under the Manhattan Project led by Robert Oppenheimer, currently has plutonium levels similar to the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, researchers have warned.

This American nuclear site has as much plutonium levels as Chernobyl disaster area in Ukraine

Tensions continue to rise between Ukraine and Russia as Moscow has ordered the evacuation of families with children and the elderly from areas in southern Ukraine that are held by Russia.

Families evacuated from Russia-held regions in Ukraine amid fears of nuclear disaster at Zaporizhzhia plant

The UN nuclear watchdog has sounded alarm over the fragile situation at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is occupied by Russia, and called for an urgent need for “interim measures to prevent a nuclear accident”.

Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant: IAEA calls for urgent measures to ‘prevent disaster’

In order to prevent "a nuclear accident" at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station on the frontlines of the conflict, UN inspectors said on Wednesday that they will work to establish a permanent presence at the plant in southern Ukraine controlled by Russia.

IAEA wants 'permanent presence' at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to avoid 'radiation accident'

Ukraine vowed not to give ground at talks with Moscow on Sunday as Ukrainian forces resisted a Russian invasion four days in and Moscow put its nuclear forces on high alert.

Ukraine vows no 'capitulation' at talks, Putin orders nuclear alert

Six Japanese youth sued the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant alleging that they developed thyroid cancer after being exposed to the radiation following the plant’s meltdown in 2011.

6 Japanese youth sue Fukushima nuclear plant operator over cancer claims

The meeting was low-key, a presentation last month by South Korean officials to about 50 villagers gathered in a community hall on the country’s southeastern coast.

South Korea has long wanted nuclear subs. A new reactor could open a door.

Despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's stance of using nuclear plants to power the world's third-largest economy, the Japanese public has remained staunchly against atomic energy.

Hiroshima High Court overrules go-ahead for restarting nuclear plant near fault line

In the grounds of the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant sits a million-tonne headache for the plant's operators and Japan's government: tank after tank of water contaminated with radioactive elements.

At Fukushima plant, a million-tonne headache: radioactive water

A Japanese court on Thursday cleared three energy firm bosses of professional negligence in the only criminal trial stemming from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown.

Japan court acquits energy bosses over Fukushima disaster

Radiation levels were up to 16 times the norm in a nearby town after an explosion at a Russian missile testing site, the national weather service said Tuesday. The explosion at the Arctic facility on Thursday killed five scientists with Russia's nuclear agency, which later confirmed they were involved in testing new weapons.

Radiation up to '16 times' the norm near blast site: Russian weather service

Russia's nuclear agency chief on Monday confirmed that five scientists killed last week were developing "new weapons" and vowed to continue testing "until the end", despite the explosion.

Russians killed in missile test blast were working on 'new weapons'

There is still no confirmation about the nature of the accident

Romania shuts nuclear plant after accident: Reports

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