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Nuclear startup TerraPower is moving fast. Some say too fast.

Founded by Bill Gates, TerraPower is one of the nuclear industry’s leading startups. But the fiery history of its cooling technology is raising alarms.

'Grave moment': Fears grow of new nuclear arms race as key U.S.-Russia treaty expires

The last major nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States expires on Thursday, ushering in an era without constraints set by the world’s largest nuclear powers

A half-century of US-Russian arms control ends with the expiration of the New START nuclear pact

New START, signed in 2010 by then-President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, restricted each side to no more than 1,550 nuclear warheads on no more than 700 missiles and bombers — deployed and ready for use. It was originally supposed to expire in 2021 but was extended for five more years.

New START expires, frees US, Russia from decades of nuclear arms restrictions

"If it expires, it expires," U.S. President Donald Trump said in his interview with The New York Times when asked about his intentions to extend the New START treaty that officially ended on Feb. 5. The expiration would put an end to the last bilateral agreement limiting Russian and U.

U.S. accuses China of secret nuclear testing as it calls for broad new arms treaty after New START

If nothing replaces the New START nuclear arms treaty, security analysts see a more dangerous environment with a higher risk of miscalculation.

No START To Check US-Russia Nuclear Arms Race. What It Means For India

It is 85 seconds to midnight on the Doomsday Clock in Chicago and, amid multiple conflicts in West Asia and in Ukraine, humanity has never before been so close to nuclear war, and the US-Russia nuclear arms control treaty,

For the first time in decades, the U.S. and Russia have no limits on nuclear weapons

Experts warn that the expiration of a long-standing nuclear arms control treaty between the two superpowers could mark the start of a new nuclear rivalry.

Trump calls for ‘modernized’ nuclear treaty after New START expires

President Trump will let a treaty to limit nuclear weapons for the U.S. and Russia expire on Thursday, he confirmed in a social media post. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) was set to end Feb.
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Boris Bondarev: Nuclear arms control was eroding long before New START's expiration

February 5 marked the expiration of the Treaty on the Reduction of Strategic Offensive Arms, the last major agreement between Russia and the United States on controlling nuclear arsenals. This is not merely the end of yet another international treaty.

Russia issues alerts as nuclear New START Treaty with US ends

The treaty is set to lapse Thursday, with Russia saying it had not heard from US officials.

Kremlin says Russia and US agree quick arms talks needed. US accuses China of secret nuclear tests

The Kremlin says Russian and U.S. negotiators have discussed the expiration of their last remaining nuclear arms pact.