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International Nuclear News 05/2007 - Διεθνή Πυρηνικά Νέα
02 May 2007
Iran fights discussion of nuclear compliance at UN conference Iran on Tuesday blasted nuclear weapons powers for failing to honor promises to disarm and insisted that a conference here on non-proliferation drop a call for compliance that could target Tehran. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070501/wl_mideast_afp/unnuclearpolitics_0
70501173256>
Warnings about nuclear proliferation at opening of meeting in Vienna The United States called for cracking down on nations that withdraw from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, as North Korea did, at an NPT conference that opened in Vienna Monday. AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070430/wl_afp/unnuclearpolitics_070430142
838;_ylt=AqE7e0ar2MSNX6Aidg8lA1eQOrgF> / AP <
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2499335.ece >
Ties with India deeper, says Iran Iran's Energy Minister Parviz Fatah said on Tuesday that his country would sign next week a contract to sell gas to European Union. The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/02/stories/2007050216051400.htm >
Nothing to hide: Iran "We have nothing hidden and underground," Iran's Energy Minister Parviz Fatah said about his country's nuclear energy programme, to a visiting Indian delegation on Tuesday. The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/02/stories/2007050205540100.htm >
UN chief urges reinforcement of international nuclear security UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on the international community to build a safe world through multilateral cooperation in the field of international nuclear security. Xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200705/01/eng20070501_371303.html >
Don't have endless patience over N. Korea's nuke issue: Rice U.S.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned North Korea on Tuesday that the United States will not wait endlessly for Pyongyang to take initial denuclearization steps as agreed in February at the six-party nuclear talks now that the 60-day deadline to fulfill the accord has already passed. Kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070501/kyodo/d8oro7001.html >
US and India discuss nuclear deal Senior US State Department official Nicholas Burns is to go to India later this month to try to finalise a landmark nuclear fuel treaty. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6611541.stm > / AFP < http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontine
nt/2007/May/subcontinent_May36.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=>
Other Nuclear News
Iran Standing Firm in Nuclear Dispute Iran accused the United States and other world powers of being the true nuclear threats Tuesday at a meeting hamstrung by Tehran's opposition to language calling for full compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. AP <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6601425,00.html >
Nuclear meeting chief aims to lift Iran challenge The Japanese chairman of a meeting on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty said on Tuesday he was determined to persuade Iran to lift objections threatening to paralyse the gathering. Reuters <
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070501/137/6f77c.html >
US faces odds, risks in talks with Iran The prospect of rare senior-level talks this week between the United States and Iran offers the first real hope in some time of defusing a confrontation between Tehran and the West, but the odds of success are long and risks abound.
Reuters <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/02/int20.htm >
Iran Gives $1 Billion in Credit to Iraq Iran has extended $1 billion in credits for reconstruction projects in Iraq, a senior official said Tuesday ahead of an international conference on stabilizing Iraq. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/01/AR20070
50101837.html>
U.S.-Iran Talks Unlikely at Conference Despite the buildup to a possible meeting between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Iranian counterpart are unlikely to hold substantive one-on-one talks at a conference in Egypt on Friday, U.S.
and Iranian officials said yesterday. WP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/01/AR20070
50101592.html?nav=rss_world/mideast> / Reuters
<
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2
007-05-01T173850Z_01_DAH143385_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-IRAN.xml>
World powers to discuss Iran in London Wednesday Senior officials of six world powers will meet in London on Wednesday to review Iran's nuclear plans following renewed talks between the European Union and Tehran, Britain said on Monday. Reuters
<
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2
007-05-01T104425Z_01_L30588870_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAN-NUCLEAR.xml>
US to give North Korea more time The US and Japan expect N Korea to fulfil its disarmament pledge The US has said it is willing to give North Korea more time to act on its nuclear disarmament pledge after talks with Japan on regional security issues. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6613953.stm > / AP < http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6601205,00.html >
Nuclear Regulatory Commission tightens security at university research reactors The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced tighter security requirements Tuesday for research and test reactors, located mostly at universities. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/02/america/NA-GEN-US-Reactors-Se
curity.php> / Reuters
<
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyi
d=2007-05-01T172009Z_01_N01413506_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-NUCLEAR-TESTREACTORS-
SECURITY.xml>
Al Qaeda desperate to acquire N-bomb: Tenet Al Qaeda is desperate to acquire a nuclear bomb and has in the past worked with some officials of the Pakistani nuclear establishment to achieve this goal, former CIA Director George J. Tenet writes in his new book. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/02/int7.htm >
Nuclear power banned NUCLEAR power stations, nuclear facilities and radioactive waste dumps are now banned in Queensland. Daily Telegraph <
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21658557-5006009,00
.html>
Ministers act to stop lights going out in 2015 Fears that Britain could be plunged into an energy crisis by 2015 will result in the green light being given by Christmas for a new generation of nuclear power stations, senior Whitehall sources are indicating. The Guardian <
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2070133,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=
1>
Deals reached on Kazakh uranium Japan will import 30 percent of its uranium for power plants from Kazakhstan as part of a civil nuclear cooperation agreement signed Monday between the two new "strategic partners." IHT/Asahi <
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200705020070.html >
Opinion and Analysis
Don't punish the scientists The Guardian <
http://society.guardian.co.uk/health/story/0,,2064705,00.html >
This has nothing to do with energy The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/02/stories/2007050202901000.htm >
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Posted: 04/05/2007 06:46 PM
03 May 2007
N-programme still dependent on illicit sources - IISS To an extent Pakistan
is still dependent on illicit sources and smuggling routes to maintain its
nuclear weapons making capability, alleged Mark Fitzpatrick, the editor of a
research dossier - "Nuclear markets:
Pakistan, A. Q. Khan and the rise of proliferation networks - a net
assessment" - launched at a press conference here on Wednesday at the
International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), UK's leading think tank.
Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/03/nat5.htm >
/ The Independent < http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2504649.ece >
Veiled threat but no plan after Iran talks THE UN Security Council will need
to take "further action" if Iran fails to meet demands to suspend its nuclear
program, a British Foreign Office spokesman said following six-nation talks in
London. News.com.au <
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,21663629-401,00.html?from=public_r
ss> / AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070502/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics
_070502215212>
Iran Arrests Former Nuclear Negotiator A former Iranian nuclear negotiator
was arrested on an unspecified security charge, the state news agency reported
Wednesday, as the country's hardline president said Iran would not retreat "even
an iota" from its pursuit of nuclear technology AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/02/AR20070
50200696.html>
India, U.S. claim progress in talks After two rounds of meetings in
Washington, D.C., between Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Under
Secretary of State Nicholas Burns, India and the United States publicly claimed
that considerable progress had been made in the crucial `123 agreement' on
bilateral civil nuclear cooperation. The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/03/stories/2007050304060100.htm >
Germany Proposes IAEA-Run Uranium Enrichment Facility Germany has proposed
building a facility to enrich uranium under the control of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to prevent countries from covertly developing
nuclear weapons. Deutsche Welle <
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2464730,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all
-1573-rdf>
5 nations' ministers may meet in Egypt on N. Korea's nuke programs Foreign
ministers from five nations discussing denuclearization with North Korea may
meet in Egypt on Friday to put pressure on Pyongyang to fulfill February's
disarmament deal, sources close to the matter said Wednesday. Kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070503/kyodo/d8osivg01.html >
Other Nuclear News
As summit opens, talks with Iran, Syria are main focus At the strong urging
of Iraq and other Arab countries, the United States looks likely to meet with
some of its staunchest Mideast foes - Syria and Iran - at a summit of leaders
that begins here Thursday, in an effort to ease regional tensions. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/03/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Conference
.php> / The Independent
<
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2504632.ece >
Major powers warn Iran of possible new sanctions World powers warned Iran on
Wednesday a third round of U.N. sanctions loomed if it did not halt its uranium
enrichment work, which the West suspects could be used to build nuclear weapons.
Reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/02/AR20070
50202141.html> / AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070502/pl_afp/irannuclearpoliticsus_07050
2135107>
Atomic treaty talks suspended over Iran objection A meeting of 130 countries
on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was suspended on Wednesday for 24 hours
so diplomats could try and overcome a standoff triggered by Iran's objections to
the agenda. Reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070502/wl_nm/nuclear_treaty_dc_4 >
/ AP < http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1616949,00.html?xid=rss-w
orld> / AFP <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/03/int26.htm >
/ The Irish
Times
<
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0502/breaking75.htm >
Iran vows no nuclear retreat Iran underlined its determination to press ahead
with sensitive nuclear work despite Western opposition on Wednesday when a
senior official said it was capable of mass-producing machines used for
enriching uranium. Reuters <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070502/3/3181w.html >
Japan, Egypt press Iran on nuclear crisis Japan and Egypt on Wednesday agreed
to push together in a bid to end the crisis over Iran's nuclear ambitions,
calling for a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070502/wl_asia_afp/mideastjapangulfdiplom
acyegypt_070502150309>
China asked to freeze investment in Iran China should freeze investments in
Iran and vigorously enforce UN sanctions against the Islamic republic for
pursuing sensitive nuclear work, an ex-senior US official who crafted US policy
on China said Wednesday. AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070502/pl_afp/usiranchinanuclear_07050219
3401>
UAE expresses concern over nuclear proliferation The United Arab Emirates has
expressed concern over the continuing nuclear threats in the world as a result
of insistence of nuclear states to keep their stockpiles of nuclear weapons and
improve delivery systems, and attempts by some other states to pursue similar
nuclear programmes. Khaleej Times <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theuae/200
7/May/theuae_May85.xml§ion=theuae&col=>
UniStar Nuclear Chooses Lusby For Possible Plant UniStar Nuclear has selected
a site in Calvert County as the potential location of a nuclear plant that could
bring thousands of jobs, company officials said yesterday. WP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/30/AR20070
43001770.html>
Japan PM: more N. Korea sanctions may be needed Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that more sanctions against North Korea may be
needed if Pyongyang does not soon meet its initial obligations under a
six-nation disarmament pact. Reuters <
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=200
7-05-02T162559Z_01_L02650762_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH-JAPAN.xml&pageNumb
er=0&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage2>
Meetings on U.S.-India nuclear cooperation plan come to end The United States
said a final agreement on a U.S.-Indian civilian nuclear cooperation plan could
come within a month as meetings ended over efforts to restart the program, which
has sparked frustration in both countries. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/02/news/nuke.php >
Pressure on Iran over Argentina blasts Two bomb attacks in the Argentine
capital, Buenos Aires, have remained unsolved for many years. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6612951.stm >
Green Lobby Pushes Renewable Energy There's no shortage of ideas for
high-tech measures to combat global warming: develop clean biofuels made of corn
or palm oil, build more nuclear power stations or bury harmful carbon emissions
in underground vaults. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/02/AR20070
50201349.html>
Reagan's diary shows he feared Armageddon Former US president Ronald Reagan
saved his most private and dramatic thoughts for a handwritten diary, in which
he recalled his frustration with the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and how the
Jewish state's bombing of Iraq's nuclear reactor in
1981 sparked his fear that Armageddon was near. The Australian <
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21662738-2703,00.htm
l>
Opinion and Analysis
A new and improved Bush policy toward North Korea Christian Science Monitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0503/p09s02-coop.html >
Awkward truth of scientist's 'nuclear supermarket' The Times <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/bronwen_maddox/arti
cle1739042.ece>
Nuclear Winter Times of India
<
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Editorial/Nuclear_Winter/art
icleshow/1986014.cms>
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Posted: 06/05/2007 07:26 PM
04 May 2007
Iran Refuses to Budge at Nuclear Meeting Iran's refusal to budge on its
objections to the agenda of a nuclear conference pushed the meeting closer to
collapse Thursday, as diplomats said Tehran had set up hundreds more centrifuge
machines to enrich uranium at an underground facility. AP <
http://marketwatch.nytimes.com/custom/nyt-com/html-story.asp?guid={4B049501-31B5-484A-859A-BB902E052F59}&symb=&sid=&siteid=NYT&dist=NYT&osymb= >
Iran: U.S. Official Says Tehran Has 'No Right To Nuclear Weapons' U.S.
Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns was in London for
talks on Iran's nuclear program with British and EU officials. He told Radio
Farda correspondent Sharan Tabari that international pressure is mounting on
Tehran to enter into earnest negotiations on the standoff. RFE/RL <
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/5/17f7d0f3-dc8d-4de7-af3f-90137ec55406.html >
Cambodia, 3 other nations join global efforts to combat nuke terrorism
Cambodia has joined the U.S.-Russia-led Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear
Terrorism along with Armenia, Macedonia and Romania, the State Department said
Thursday. Kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070503/kyodo/d8ot5icg1.html >
Other Nuclear News
When the 'Great Satan' met the 'Axis of Evil' The "Great Satan" and the "Axis
of Evil" greeted one another over lunch but refrained from shaking hands or
exchanging anything more than pleasantries. The Telegraph <
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/04/wsharm04.xml >
/ The Scotsman < http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=689152007 >
Historic meeting with Rice ends Syria's diplomatic isolation The Bush
administration has ended its diplomatic quarantine of Syria by having the
Secretary of State meet her counterpart from Damascus during a conference in
Egypt that the US hopes will be a first step towards restoring stability to
Iraq. The Independent <
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2510913.ece >
British and Iranian foreign ministers meet for first time a month after
Tehran frees British sailors The British and Iranian foreign ministers met for
the first time since Tehran, a month ago, freed 15 British sailors and marines
following a nearly two-week standoff that frayed relations between the two
countries. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/04/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Conference-Britain-Iran.php >
Support growing for wider trade curbs on Iran Support is growing in the
United States and Russia for action that would require European companies to
curb business in Iran as a means of pressuring Tehran to end its nuclear
programs, U.S. and other diplomatic sources said on Thursday. Reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050302209.html >
Ahmadinejad again rules out Iran nuclear work halt Iran will not bow to
international pressure to halt its nuclear program, President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said on Thursday, after world powers told Tehran to halt uranium
enrichment or face a third round of U.N. sanctions. Reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070503/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_ahmadinejad_dc_2 >
IEA chief says Iran should be allowed nuclear power There is no reason why
Iran should not have nuclear energy, the head of the International Energy Agency
(IEA) said on Thursday. Reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070503/wl_nm/iea_iran_dc_1 >
Lawmakers Say India's Iran Ties Threaten Nuclear Deal (Update3) India's ties
with Iran could ``significantly'' jeopardize congressional approval of a final
nuclear technology accord, top U.S. lawmakers told Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh in a letter. Bloomberg <
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aeXALGp7PVJg >
Qualifying nuclear test moratorium may offer way out India and the United
States are looking at a range of proposals aimed at bridging their differences
on the 123 agreement but it is not clear how the "considerable progress" claimed
by Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon in Washington on May 1 will translate
into textual consonance when negotiations resume later this month. The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/04/stories/2007050404701600.htm >
Nothing new in dossier on Dr Khan, says FO The Pakistan Foreign Office on
Thursday shrugged off the disclosures made by the UK-based think tank,
International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), in its dossier on nuclear
scientist Dr. A. Q. Khan, saying there was ?nothing new? that warranted a
comment. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/04/top13.htm >
/ Christian Science Monitor < http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0504/p07s01-wosc.html >
US let Pakistan go nuclear: ex-CIA official The Reagan administration allowed
Pakistan to continue its nuclear programme because it needed Islamabad?s support
to fight the Russians in Afghanistan, says a former CIA official. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/04/top4.htm >
Frozen funds elude N Korea North Korea is still having trouble recovering
$25m (?18m, ?12.5m) in previously frozen assets that are crucial to implementing
the six-party deal towards denuclearising the Korean peninsula. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d7b36e84-f9dc-11db-9b6b-000b5df10621.html >
Old nuclear weapons base open to tourists China has declassified its first
nuclear weapons base and is inviting tourists to visit the site, in a remote
part of the northwestern province of Qinghai, the official Xinhua news agency
reported on Thursday. Reuters <
http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/old-nuclear-weapons-base-open-to-tourists/2007/05/04/1177788357774.html >
Deal reached on climate change report International delegates reached an
agreement early Friday on the best ways to combat climate change despite efforts
by China to water down language on cutting destructive greenhouse gas emissions.
AP <
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/05/03/climate.report.ap/index.html >
/ The Times < http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1744491.ece >
Lula: Brazil to push nuclear power if hydro fails Brazil will increase the
use of nuclear energy if it cannot build enough hydroelectric plants, President
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday. Reuters <
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0346253020070503 >
Bush to proceed on East Europe missile shield talks The Bush administration
said on Thursday it will launch negotiations this month to deploy a missile
shield in Eastern Europe despite Russia's objections and growing opposition in
the Democratic-led U.S. Congress. Reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050301671.html >
Banks, funds seen first in NYMEX uranium trade Investment banks and hedge
funds probably will be first to trade a new uranium futures contract on the New
York Mercantile Exchange as consumers and suppliers of the nuclear fuel lag,
experts said. Reuters <
http://africa.reuters.com/metals/news/usnN03361869.html >
Opinion and Analysis
Reading Russia Right NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/opinion/04gottemoeller.html?_r=1&oref=slogin >
ASAHI PROPOSAL/ Japan's new strategies Asahi Shimbun <
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200705040046.html >
The fruits of Hizbullah's victory The Jerusalem Post <
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178198606866&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull >
War is becoming old fashioned Jordan Times <
http://www.jordantimes.com/fri/opinion/opinion5.htm >
Is Ahmedinejad?s Star Fading? Worldpress <
http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/2776.cfm >
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Posted: 08/05/2007 08:17 PM
08 May 2007
U.S. Debates Deterrence for Nuclear Terrorism Every week, a group of experts
from agencies around the government - including the C.I.A., the Pentagon, the
F.B.I. and the Energy Department - meet to assess Washington's progress toward
solving a grim problem: if a terrorist set off a nuclear bomb in an American
city, could the United States determine who detonated it and who provided the
nuclear material? NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/washington/08nuke.html?hp >
No nuclear suspension: Iran Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said
on Monday the country had no intention of suspending its nuclear programme in
line with a Swiss plan aimed at ending a stand-off with the United Nations.
Reuters <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/08/int2.htm >
Iran asks for time on nuclear compromise A 130-nation nuclear meeting stalled
for its sixth consecutive day Monday after Iran refused to commit itself to a
compromise meant to break a deadlock over Tehran's opposition to language of the
agenda. AP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_on_re_mi_ea/nuclear_treaty_conference_7 >
Other Nuclear News
EU-Iran talks on nuclear row within weeks: Solana EU foreign policy chief
Javier Solana said Monday he plans fresh talks with Iran's top security official
"in the coming weeks" to discuss a UN demand that Tehran freeze uranium
enrichment. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070507/wl_mideast_afp/euirannucleartalks_070507195037 >
Iran nuclear talks "very difficult": EU's Solana EU foreign policy chief
Javier Solana said on Monday his talks with Iran on its disputed nuclear program
were very difficult, while Tehran stressed it had no intention of suspending
uranium enrichment. Reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070507/wl_nm/nuclear_iran_dc_1 >
Iran's Ahmadinejad to visit UAE, Oman Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
will visit the United Arab Emirates and Oman starting this weekend for talks
expected to cover Iraq and Iran's nuclear programme, officials and press reports
said Monday. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070507/wl_mideast_afp/uaeomanirandiplomacy_070507151251 >
North Korea ready to shut down reactor North Korea is ready to quickly shut
down its nuclear reactor as soon as it receives funds that had been frozen in a
banking dispute, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. AP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070507/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear_8 >
Bush and Singh discuss U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation U.S. President George
W. Bush spoke with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday by telephone
to discuss civilian nuclear cooperation between their countries. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/07/america/NA-GEN-US-India-Nuclear.php >
/ Dawn < http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/08/top11.htm >
/ The Hindu < http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/08/stories/2007050810540100.htm >
Radiation scanning at Port Qasim The installing of a new radiation scanning
system at Port Qasim follows US concerns that Pakistani ports can be used for
smuggling out a nuclear weapon, says a senior US official. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/08/top9.htm >
Federal government unveils radiation scanner at Port of Montreal New
radiation scanners at the Port of Montreal are part of an international effort
to improve marine security, Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said Monday. CP
<
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=174a6d40-382d-4631-9cf6-400fec0379a2&k=74566 >
Second, Canadian-built nuclear reactor turned on at Romanian plant The second
nuclear reactor at a plant in eastern Romania was switched on Monday, and is
expected to be fully functioning by the end of September, officials said. AP <
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=bfd6672d-a251-4dee-bccf-4ff521d65db0&k=88167 >
Alabama Plant Reopening Marks Nuclear Resurgence? The Tennessee Valley
Authority expects later this month to reopen a nuclear reactor that has been
shut for 22 years, heralding what industry advocates call a US nuclear
renaissance. Reuters <
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/41736/story.htm >
Lehtom?ki says Finland needs nuclear to cope with climate goals Paula
Lehtom?ki (centre), Finland's new environment minister, said Saturday that
Finland might find it very difficult if not impossible to reach energy and
environment policy goals without building another high-output nuclear power
station. STT <
http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=15679&group=Politics >
Study suggests cancer risk from depleted uranium Depleted uranium, which is
used in armour-piercing ammunition, causes widespread damage to DNA which could
lead to lung cancer, according to a study of the metal's effects on human lung
cells. The study adds to growing evidence that DU causes health problems on
battlefields long after hostilities have ceased. The Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,,2074419,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=11 >
LTTE threat to Indian N-sites The Tamil Tigers' homegrown air wing of light
aircraft poses a threat to neighbouring India's nuclear installations, Sri
Lanka's government said yesterday. Reuters <
http://www.bahraintribune.com/ArticleDetail.asp?ArticleId=152154&CategoryId=3 >
Alien submarine breaks technical barriers "It's a mean looking beast. I think
it looks like the alien," remarks Chris Nelson of Bae Systems, as we walk round
the front of the Royal Navy's new Astute submarine in Barrow. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6625477.stm >
Opinion and Analysis
The case for strikes against Iran Christian Science Monitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0508/p09s01-coop.html >
Mitsuhiro Mimura: Time to scrap futile sanctions against N.Korea Asahi
Shimbun <
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200705080073.html >
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Posted: 09/05/2007 12:58 PM
09 May 2007
Senior officials from 6 world powers to meet in Berlin on Iran's nuclear
defiance Senior officials from the United States and five other world powers
will meet in Berlin this week to discuss ways to react to Iran's continued
defiance of U.N. Security Council demands to stop uranium enrichment, diplomats
said Tuesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/08/europe/EU-GEN-Nuclear-Iran.ph
p>
Iran offers to help US find Iraq exit Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian deputy
foreign minister who attended last week's conference on Iraq's future at Sharm
el Sheikh, Egypt, has offered Tehran's co-operation to the US in developing an
"exit strategy" from Iraq. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f9f7f8fe-fd95-11db-8d62-000b5df10621.html >
Gulf states nuclear project to take up to 15 years Gulf Arab states need
between 12 and 15 years to establish their proposed peaceful nuclear programme,
Kuwait's foreign minister said in remarks published on Tuesday. AFP <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/May/middleeast_May143.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Energy indicators can help achieve sustainable development goals - UN report
Energy indicators for sustainable development represent an important component
in national planning, says a new report analyzing results in seven countries
that was issued today by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. UN News <
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22468&Cr=sustainable&Cr1=d
evelopment>
U.S. says it wants to give DPRK more time to resolve financial issue The
United States said Tuesday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
is actively working to revolve the issue of frozen assets in Macau's Banco Delta
Asia (BDA) and it is willing to give the DPRK more time to resolve this complex
issue. Xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200705/09/eng20070509_373064.html >
Other Nuclear News
Iran compromises on nuclear talks agenda Iran agreed Tuesday to a compromise
on the agenda text of a global conference called to consider ways to strengthen
the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, taking a surprise turn under pressure from
allies to end a weeklong deadlock preventing talks. AP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070508/ap_on_re_mi_ea/nuclear_treaty_confe
rence;_ylt=AngiPXI_w.W5z0tkaf8.pRlw24cA> / Reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070508/wl_nm/nuclear_treaty_dc;_ylt=Arpnuj
QBM.qKeRdkIQWI4ORm.3QA>
Iran's FM: We oppose nuclear weapons Iran's foreign minister on Tuesday
insisted that his nation opposes atomic weapons, and only wants nuclear
technology for peaceful purposes. AP <
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178431599316&pagename=JPost
%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull>
G8 to back further measures against Iran: diplomats The Group of Eight
industrialized powers plan to back "further measures" against Iran if it does
not comply with U.N. demands to suspend its nuclear enrichment program, G8
diplomats said on Tuesday. Reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070508/ts_nm/iran_nuclear_group_dc_1 >
Official: Iran turns down Swiss nuclear offer A top nuclear official said
Tuesday that the Swiss offer is the kind of plan calling for suspension of
Iran's nuclear activities, which Tehran does not accept and has rejected. IRNA <
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0705080425195137.htm >
Former Iranian nuc negotiator released on bail Iran's former senior nuclear
negotiator Hossein Moussavian was released Tuesday on bail, the Mehr news agency
reported. DPA <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/May/middleeast_May151.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
US looking into complaints by Macau bank caught in North Korea row The US
government is looking into allegations that it encouraged a Macau bank to pursue
illicit dealings on behalf of North Korea for a decade before finally
blacklisting the institution for those same activities, a senior official said
on Tuesday. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/275053/1/.h
tml>
N.Korea: Let Us Use U.S. Bank North Korea has asked for permission to use an
American bank to transfer its funds out of a blacklisted Macau lender accused of
helping the North launder money and handle counterfeit currency, an official
said Tuesday. AP <
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070508/nkorea_frozen_funds.html?.v=1 >
/ Kyodo < http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070508/kyodo/d8p0bhm80.html >
SKorea considering NKorea summit if nuclear deal implemented South Korea is
considering holding a summit with North Korea later this year if the communist
neighbor begins to act on its pledge to start dismantling its nuclear program, a
news report said Wednesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/09/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Summit.php
>
'Khan nuclear network was beyond state control' There's no evidence to
suggest that Pakistan allowed A.Q. Khan's network to sell nuclear technology to
fund its nuclear programme, the lead author of a dossier on the activities of
the network told Dawn on Tuesday. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/09/top7.htm >
Study warns A.Q. Khan nuclear smuggling ring may resume business A Pakistani
nuclear smuggling network that was reportedly crippled three years ago could
resume business amid strong demand for atomic technology from governments and
terrorist groups, a new study says. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/275075/1/.h
tml> / Reuters
<
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2007-05-09T034258Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-297292-1.xml>
Agency defends nuclear power plant development The Nuclear Technology
Supervisory Agency has defended the government's policy to develop nuclear
technology for research, industry and energy on the basis that such technology
has been proven safe. Jakarta Post <
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20070509.H06&ir
ec=5>
Former lab worker accused of taking documents to face 1 charge, attorney says
The former Los Alamos National Laboratory worker who took secret data home from
the nuclear weapons lab will face a single misdemeanor charge of negligent
handling of classified documents, her lawyer said.
AP
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/09/america/NA-GEN-US-Los-Alamos -
Documents.php>
Lords warn against use of 'counterproductive' sanctions Economic sanctions
must not be used to resolve the ongoing disputes with Iran and North Korea, an
influential committee of peers will warn today. The Guardian <
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,,2075067,00.html ?
gusrc=rss&feed=19>
Consortium wins contract to run Livermore lab The Energy Department on
Tuesday awarded a seven-year contract to operate Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory to an industry consortium that includes the University of California,
which has run the lab since it opened in 1952.
LA Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-livermore9may09,1 ,
6950677.story?track=rss>
Sellafield to ship its waste to Sweden The operator of Sellafield has signed
an innovative agreement to send nuclear waste to Sweden for treatment. Telegraph
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/05/09/cnnuc
lear09.xml>
Turkey adopts legislation on planned nuclear power plants The Turkish
parliament on Tuesday adopted a law setting a legal framework for the
construction of the country's first nuclear power plants, the Anatolia news
agency reported. Turkish Press <
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=175200 >
Opinion and Analysis
Wrestling Nuclear Genies Back Into the Bottle, or at Least a Can NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/opinion/09wed4.html >
Iran: an indispensable player The Daily Star <
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&articl
e_id=82068>
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Posted: 10/05/2007 12:33 PM
10 May 2007
US warns about danger of Iran withdrawing from nuclear treaty The United
States warned on Wednesday about the danger of Iran possibly withdrawing from
the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the world's basic agreement against the spread of
nuclear weapons. AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070509/wl_afp/unnuclearweaponsiran_070509
181840;_ylt=AobhFxRrbFS9KOdWXbfP3t6QOrgF> / AP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070509/ap_on_re_eu/nuclear_treaty_conferen
ce_22>
Another meeting on Iran's nuclear program Representatives of major global
powers were gathering Wednesday to discuss imposing tougher United Nations
sanctions against Iran unless it halted uranium enrichment work that the West
contends is part of a program to build nuclear weapons. Reuters <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/09/news/iran.php >
U.S. urges penalties to deter atom treaty walkouts It said North Korea's
detonation of what "it had been developing for years while a member in bad faith
of the NPT", and hints from Tehran it could quit the treaty too if sanctions
intensified, underlined a need for the accord to be revised. Reuters <
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL0823119820070509?feedType=R
SS&pageNumber=2>
World powers to discuss Iran standoff in Berlin Senior diplomats from six
major powers will meet in Berlin on Thursday to prepare for crucial negotiations
with Iran about its contested nuclear drive, the German foreign ministry said on
Wednesday. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/275176/1/.html >
Other Nuclear News
Abe repeats 'patience not unlimited' on N. Korea Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe on Wednesday reiterated his call on North Korea to act on its pledge
to take initial denuclearization steps, repeating that "patience is not
unlimited" among Japan and the other nations in the six-way talks. Kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070509/kyodo/d8p0rl6g0.html >
/ AFP < http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070510/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsja
pan_070510031502>
Bush and Hu Consult on North Korea President Bush and China's President Hu
Jintao agreed on Wednesday that North Korea must fulfill its pledge to abandon
nuclear weapons. AP <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6620683,00.html >
/ AFP < http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/275256/1/.h
tml>
S.Korea calls for quick end to N.Korea row South Korea wants the ongoing
banking dispute over North Korea's foreign assets resolved quickly so the
disarmament process can move forward. UPI <
http://www.upi.com/International_Intelligence/Briefing/2007/05/09/skore
a_calls_for_quick_end_to_nkorea_row/>
UN panel said close to finishing N.Korea audit Auditors have nearly finished
a preliminary report into U.N. operations in North Korea following allegations
that funds were diverted to the Pyongyang government, a U.N. official said on
Wednesday. Reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070509/wl_nm/korea_north_un_dc;_ylt=AmnvZh
r.Qtu9uiF9mGDzxWRm.3QA>
Lure of Iran gas puts energy-hungry Asian companies in hot seat This year
alone three of Europe's biggest energy groups have announced they are
considering investing billions of dollars in Iran's giant gas fields. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a3ac935c-fe93-11db-bdc7-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage
=5b566934-3013-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html>
Pakistan preparing to deploy new N-missile: report Pakistan is preparing its
next-generation of nuclear-capable ballistic missile for deployment, says a
report by the Federation of American Scientists. The federation was founded 60
years ago by scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first
atomic bombs. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/10/top7.htm >
India tests N-capable missile India on Wednesday successfully tested a
nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a site in the eastern state of Orissa,
defence sources said. The test of the Prithvi-1 (Earth 1) surface-to-surface
missile took place at Chandipur-on-sea, about 200km northeast of Orissa's state
capital Bhubaneswar. The 8.5-metre missile, which can carry a one-ton
conventional or nuclear warhead, can travel 150 kilometres in five minutes and
has a range of up to 250 kilometres.
APP/AFP <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/10/int18.htm >
Finnish Town Votes Against E.ON Nuclear Plant The city council of Finnish
town Loviisa has nullified the town's preliminary agreement to sell land to
Germany's E.ON for a nuclear power plant, a senior city official told Reuters on
Wednesday. Reuters <
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/41818/story.htm >
Cost of reopening U.S. nuclear reactor shows how difficult it will be to
build new facilities The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to reopen its Browns
Ferry 1 nuclear reactor this month - 22 years after it was shut for safety
reasons and five years after extensive renovations began. IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/09/sports/nuke.php >
Kuwaiti MPs laud government's plans to cope with US-Iran war Kuwait's
government briefed legislators Wednesday on contingency plans to face a possible
outbreak of US-Iranian hostilities over Tehran's nuclear program, a senior
minister and lawmakers said. A government emergency team briefed Parliament's
Foreign Relations Committee on the possibility of Kuwait being attacked or
targeted by terrorists if Washington strikes Iran, committee chairman Mohammad
al-Sager told reporters. Daily Star <
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&articl
e_id=82108>
Israel, France had secret nuclear pact, book reveals Israel and France once
made a secret deal to produce a nuclear bomb together, according to a new
biography of Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres Reuters <
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070509.wisrael-nuk
e0509/BNStory/International/home>
Former U.N. weapons chief advocates review of outer space treaty The former
chief U.N. weapons inspector on Wednesday spoke in favor of reviewing a treaty
that provides the basic framework on international space law. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/09/europe/EU-GEN-Austria-Space-T
reaty.php>
Opinion and Analysis
What Iran has in common with the great Satan FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/54bf96f0-fdca-11db-8d62-000b5df10621.html >
Another nuclear arms race is in the offing Sydney Morning Herald
<
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/another-nuclear-arms-race-is-in-the -
offing/2007/05/09/1178390393817.html>
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Posted: 11/05/2007 01:39 PM
11 May 2007
World powers discuss Iran nuclear standoff Senior officials from the UN
Security Council permanent member nations plus Germany held talks here on
Thursday ahead of negotiations with Iran about its contested nuclear programme.
AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070510/wl_mideast_afp/irannucleardiplomac
yusung8germany_070510102221> / Reuters
<
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storyID=2007-05-11T013348Z_01_L10612399_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-IRAN-NUCLEAR-COL.
XML&archived=False>
Iran and West Clash Over Nuclear Treaty Iran defended its record Thursday at
a conference looking to tighten a treaty on curbing the spread of nuclear
weapons, but the United States and France accused Tehran of breaching the pact
by trying to build atomic bombs. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/10/AR20070
51001733.html> / AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070510/wl_mideast_afp/unnuclearweaponsira
n_070510184526>
U.S. criticised at talks on troubled nuclear treaty The United States on
Thursday argued that Iran and North Korea's nuclear activities could harm
developing nations' access to peaceful atomic energy, but drew criticism for its
own ties with nuclear-armed Israel and India. Reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?rpc=401&type=topNews&
storyID=2007-05-11T012936Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-297669-1.xml&archive
d=False>
Security Council and Germany agree to resume Iran talks Senior diplomats
representing the United Nations Security Council and Germany agreed Thursday to
resume negotiations with Iran in a bid to persuade it to stop its uranium
enrichment program. NYT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/10/news/iran.php >
Japan, S. Korea urge N. Korea to fulfill denuclearization promise Japan and
South Korea reaffirmed their cooperation Thursday over the North Korean nuclear
standoff, again urging the North to fulfill its promise to denuclearize in line
with a multilateral deal, Japan's Foreign Ministry said. Kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070510/kyodo/d8p1e1oo1.html >
Aso doubtful N. Korea will act speedily after funds release Japanese Foreign
Minister Taro Aso said Friday he is doubtful that North Korea will immediately
implement initial steps for denuclearization even after North Korean funds
frozen at a Macao bank are released. Kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070511/kyodo/d8p1sooo0.html >
Russia, Kazakhstan sign deal on uranium enrichment center Russian President
Vladimir Putin's visit to Kazakhstan has produced a bilateral agreement to set
up an international uranium enrichment center in East Siberia. RIA Novosti <
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070510/65233073.html >
UN-backed forum links advanced knowledge to sustainable development The
interconnections between education, scientific research and technological
innovation and their part in sustainable development will be explored in
Trieste, Italy, starting today by policy-makers and experts from the
educational, scientific and business worlds, the United Nations' educational
agency said today. UN News <
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22506&Cr=development&Cr1=u
nesco>
A New Nuke Black Market for Iran? Although U.S. and allied intelligence
services have broken up parts of the nuclear-parts trafficking network run by
A.Q. Khan, creator of Pakistan's atomic bomb, Iran has constructed a new - and
possibly larger - clandestine network for acquiring nuclear technology,
according to a new report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies,
a respected London-based think tank. Time
<
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1619039,00.html?xid=rss -
nation>
Other Nuclear News
North Korean funds could end up in US bank The United States has reportedly
indicated it would consider allowing North Korea to transfer
25 million dollars from Macau to an account in a US bank in a bid to firm up
an agreed deal for Pyongyang to shut down its main nuclear reactor. AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070510/pl_afp/usnkoreanuclear_07051013421
2> / Reuters
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070510/wl_nm/korea_north_bank_dc_1 >
N. Korea blames U.S. for delay in money transfer settlement: report North
Korea's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam, on Thursday blamed the United
States for the delay in resolving the issue of transferring frozen North Korean
funds to a third country, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported. Kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070510/kyodo/d8p1kdh80.html >
US Embassy denies ambassador said formal end to Korean War could come this
year The U.S. Embassy in Seoul denied Friday that its ambassador suggested
Washington could later this year formally end the war with North Korea. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/11/asia/AS-GEN-NKorea-US.php >
Six world powers meet over Iran's nuclear defiance Senior officials from six
world powers met in Berlin on Thursday to discuss Iran's defiance of U.N.
demands that it stop uranium enrichment work the West believes is at the centre
of a secret atom-bomb plan. Reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070510/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_dc_5 >
Top NKorea official holds talks in Tehran Iran Thursday said it was ready to
step up cooperation and share technical know-how with fellow US foe North Korea,
as a top official from the reclusive state held talks in Tehran, Iranian media
reported. AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070510/wl_asia_afp/irannkoreadiplomacy_07
0510154431>
Brazil environment minister attacks nuclear option Brazil's environment
minister attacked proposals for new nuclear power plants on Thursday, a week
after the president said he would push for more reactors if enough hydroelectric
plants cannot be built. Reuters <
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10152345.htm >
Giving an inch, taking a mile Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was
in Washington last week to save the troubled US-India nuclear deal by which the
US would end longstanding restrictions on nuclear cooperation with India.
Non-proliferation watchdogs and many countries that do not have nuclear weapons
howled over this radical jettisoning of rules established to reward states that
signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/11/int17.htm >
A Nuclear Reactor Reborn The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to reopen its
Browns Ferry 1 nuclear reactor this month - 22 years after it was shut for
safety reasons and 5 years after extensive renovations began.
NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/business/11nuke.html?ref=business >
Energy White Paper delayed after Chancellor's intervention The Government's
long-awaited Energy White Paper setting out plans for a new generation of
nuclear power stations has been delayed for a third time after intervention by
Gordon Brown, the Chancellor. Independent <
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2530822.ece >
Kirk urges government to avoid 'evil' of new nuclear power plants THE Church
of Scotland has broken its silence on nuclear power by criticising plans for a
new generation of reactors. The Scotsman <
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=727512007 >
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Posted: 14/05/2007 09:34 PM
14 May 2007
IAEA denies Iran blocked N-site visit The UN's nuclear watchdog denied on
Friday a report that Iran had blocked its inspectors from visiting a nuclear
facility where it is enriching uranium. Reuters
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2
007/May/theworld_May343.xml§ion=theworld&col=>
New IAEA team arrives in Iran A new team of two International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) inspectors have arrived in Iran, Fars news agency reported late
Sunday. DPA <
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/news/article_1303986.php/
New_IAEA_team_arrives_in_Iran>
Iran, NAM countries downgrade atom treaty text Iran and other developing
nations cast a cloud over global nuclear disarmament efforts on Friday by
downgrading the final statement of a two-week review meeting. Reuters
<
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/12/worldupdates/2007 -
05-12T003448Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-297818-3&sec=Worldupdates> / Xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200705/12/eng20070512_374020.html >
India-US nuclear deal faces legal hurdle India's Supreme Court is to hear a
petition which says the country's landmark civilian nuclear deal with the United
States could threaten national security, a report said yesterday. AFP <
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/indiaus-nuclear-deal-faces-legal-hu
rdle/2007/05/12/1178899167694.html>
Algeria takes precautions against nuclear accidents Civil Protection at the
White House in Algiers organised a training drill on Wednesday (May
9th) to practice dispatching rapid response units in the event of radioactive
accidents. Magharebia <
http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features
/2007/05/13/feature-02>
Other Nuclear News
Iran rules out any atomic work freeze Iran on Sunday ruled out any suspension
of its uranium enrichment work, either as a precondition for talks with major
powers or as part of their outcome. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-iran-nuclear.html?pa
gewanted=print>
Iran: U.S. Is True Nuclear Proliferator Iran on Friday accused the United
States of being the true violator of the Nonproliferation Treaty as a global
conference ended without managing to bridge conflicting priorities on how to
tighten the pact meant to prevent the spread of nuclear arms. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/11/AR20070
51101644_pf.html>
Cheney vows Iran will not get nuclear weapons US Vice President Dick Cheney
warned Friday from the hangar deck of a US aircraft carrier in the Gulf that the
United States will not let Iran get nuclear weapons.
"We'll stand with others to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons and
dominating this region," he told thousands of sailors on the nuclear-powered USS
John C. Stennis as it cruised roughly 240 kilometres (150 miles) from Iran. AFP
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2
007/May/theworld_May340.xml§ion=theworld&col=>
Iran vows "severe" response if U.S. attacks Iran's President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad promised on Monday "severe" Iranian retaliation if the United States
attacked his country, which is in a standoff with the West over its nuclear
programme. Reuters <
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?rpc=401&type=topNews&
storyID=2007-05-14T074810Z_01_L14734664_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-IRAN-USA-AHMADINE
JAD-COL.XML>
Pakistan's proliferation worries U.S. Pakistan is United States' "most
serious national proliferation problem" with Islamabad's role being instrumental
in the Iranian nuclear weapons programme, an expert on nuclear non-proliferation
has told a U.S. Congressional panel. The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/13/stories/2007051301940900.htm >
Historic Korean city wants future with nuclear dump The ancient Korean
capital of Kyongju's past is reflected in the royal burial mounds from over
1,000 years ago. Its future, by popular local acclaim, will be as the country's
biggest nuclear waste dump. Reuters <
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSSEO24031720070513?fe
edType=RSS>
Thousands of Nuclear Arms Workers See Cancer Claims Denied or Delayed Walter
McKenzie's assignment toward the end of the Cold War was to mop up after mishaps
at a nuclear weapons factory. With a crew of other laborers from rural Georgia,
he swabbed away leaks and spills inside the secret buildings, until one day his
body became so contaminated with radiation that alarms at the factory went off
as he passed. WP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/11/AR20070
51102277_pf.html>
Opinion and Analysis
The spectre of Chernobyl Guardian
<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2078722,00.html >
Nuclear terror: How real? Washington Times <
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20070512-102004-1533r.htm >
Nuclear Khan game to reopen? Washington Times <
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20070511-084957-4577r.htm >
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Posted: 15/05/2007 06:43 PM
15 May 2007
Inspectors Cite Big Gain by Iran on Nuclear Fuel Inspectors for the
International Atomic Energy Agency have concluded that Iran appears to have
solved most of its technological problems and is now beginning to enrich uranium
on a far larger scale than before, according to the agency's top officials. NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/world/middleeast/15iran.html?_r=1&hp=
&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print>
Tehran Both Warns And Reassures U.S. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
warned yesterday that Iran would retaliate against any U.S.
strike on his country and urged U.S. troops to "pack their bags" and leave
the Persian Gulf region. But during a visit yesterday to the United Arab
Emirates, he also acknowledged that Tehran is "ready and prepared" to hold talks
with the United States. WP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/14/AR20070
51400189_pf.html>
N Korea hopes to get Delta Asia funds via American bank The North Korean
authorities hope that the US administration will help transfer Pyongyang's 25
million US dollars from accounts in Banco Delta Asia in Aomen (Macao) through a
third country to North Korea, independent candidate for the South Korean
presidency, former governor of the Gyeonggi-do province Son Hak-Gyu said here,
the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported on Monday. Itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11524303&PageNum=0 >
UN nuclear watchdog team to visit Jordan for talks A delegation from the U.N.
nuclear watchdog is due in this capital city later Monday for talks as Jordan
pushes forward with its plans to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, a
Cabinet minister said. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/14/africa/ME-GEN-Jordan-Nuclear .
php>
Japanese nuclear energy chief sees possible enrichment deal with Russians
Japan would benefit from a proposed nuclear energy deal with Russia by gaining
access to Moscow's advanced fast-breeder reactor technology and uranium
enrichment services, Japan's atomic energy chief said Monday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/14/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-Nuclear-Rus
sia.php>
Other Nuclear News
Bush, Abe regret North Korea delay in disbanding nuclear arsenal US President
George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed regret that
North Korea has not fulfilled its promise to begin dismantling its nuclear
weapons program, the White House said Monday.
AFP
<
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/276222/1/.h
tml>
U.S. envoy urges North Korea to live up to nuclear disarmament obligations
The top U.S. diplomat in Seoul urged North Korea on Tuesday to act on a pledge
to shut down its nuclear reactor amid scant signs of progress in a banking
dispute that has bedeviled the process to disarm the communist regime. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/15/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph
p>
Progress on N. Korea remains elusive a month after nuke deadline Progress on
the denuclearization of North Korea remains elusive Monday, exactly a month
after Pyongyang missed the deadline for implementing initial steps toward that
goal, as a prolonged banking problem continued to impede the process. Kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070514/kyodo/d8p442lg0.html >
India hopes to export reactors if n-deal goes through Although the road to
the much talked about Indo-US civil nuclear deal remains bumpy, India's nuclear
industry hopes to cash in if it finally goes through.
The Economic Times
<
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/India_hopes_to_
export_reactors_if_n-deal_goes_through/articleshow/2042671.cms>
NZ study paves way for N-test cash claim NEW research showing New Zealand
sailors used as "human guinea pigs" in nuclear tests in the 1950s suffered
serious genetic damage may pave the way for a multibillion-dollar lawsuit
against the British Government. SMH <
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/nz-study-paves-way-for-nuclear-test-ca
sh-claim/2007/05/14/1178995077352.html> / The Times <
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article1790516.ece >
Opinion and Analysis
Bush doesn't want detente. He wants to attack Iran Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2079648,00.html >
A Q Khan nuclear network alive and kicking Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IE15Df02.html >
Indonesia looks to a nuclear future Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IE15Ae01.html >
Russia: where's it heading in nuclear? Nuclear Engineering International <
http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=147&storyCode=2044327 >
Amend US law, or reject nuclear deal Rediff News <
http://in.rediff.com/news/2007/may/14guest.htm >
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Posted: 16/05/2007 09:20 PM
16 May 2007
U.S. cautious about Iran nuclear report Bush administration officials reacted
cautiously Tuesday to indications that Iran has improved its ability to enrich
uranium as fuel for nuclear reactors, a crucial step toward nuclear weapons.
LATimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-irannuke16may16,1,3
632406.story?coll=la-headlines-world>
Ex-U.N. inspector: Iran making 'slow but steady' progress on enrichment Iran
is making "slow but steady" progress in its efforts to enrich uranium, but
probably still will not have enough fuel for a single nuclear warhead until 2009
at the earliest, a former U.N. inspector said Tuesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/15/europe/EU-GEN-Nuclear-Iran.ph
p>
Iran Not Complying With U.N. Demands Iran persists in its brazen defiance of
U.N. Security Council demands that it halt uranium enrichment, the chief U.S.
nuclear envoy warned Tuesday ahead of a fresh assessment that could lead to
tougher sanctions against Tehran. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR20070
51500963_pf.html>
We must attack Iran before it gets the bomb Iran should be attacked before it
develops nuclear weapons, America's former ambassador to the United Nations said
yesterday. Telegraph <
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/16/wbolton
16.xml>
North Korea says work to transfer bank funds under way North Korea said on
Tuesday that work is under way to move funds and end a long-running banking
dispute, marking concrete progress towards concluding a nuclear disarmament
deal. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/276391/1/.h
tml> / FT
<
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3a1f2f1a-034a-11dc-a023-000b5df10621.html >
Russia to build nuclear centre in sanctions-hit Myanmar Russia said Tuesday
it had agreed to help build a nuclear research centre in Myanmar, the Asian
state run by a military that is under European and US economic sanctions. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/276457/1/.h
tml>
Other Nuclear News
Iran, EU to hold nuclear talks on May 31: IRNA Iran's chief nuclear
negotiator Ali Larijani and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana
will meet on May 31 for a new round of talks on Tehran's nuclear program, the
IRNA news agency said on Tuesday. Reuters <
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL15119120070515?rpc=401&sr
c=051507_1336_TOPSTORY_eu-iran_to_hold_nuclear_talks>
Iran invites Arab experts to inspect nuclear plant Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad on Tuesday called on Gulf Arab neighbors to send experts to inspect
his country's nuclear power plant, in an apparent effort to ease fears over
Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-iran-oman-ahmadenija
d.html?pagewanted=print>
Iran's former President Khatami blames West for nuclear standoff Iran's
reform-minded former president on Tuesday blamed the West for failing to resolve
a standoff over the Islamic republic's nuclear program and said mounting
pressure on Tehran would only make things worse. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/15/europe/EU-GEN-Norway-Iran-Kha
tami.php>
SKorea says financial dispute holding up nuclear disarmament to be resolved
soon South Korea expressed optimism Wednesday about resolving a financial
dispute that has long stymied progress on North Korea's nuclear disarmament, a
day after Pyongyang said steps were being taken to address the row. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/16/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph
p>
Brazil seen pushing nuclear energy forward The Brazilian government looks
ready to approve the completion of a stalled third nuclear power plant, ushering
in a wider atomic energy drive that could provoke public opposition. Reuters <
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN1441923320070515?fe
edType=RSS>
Egypt nuclear engineer denies spying for Israel An Egyptian nuclear engineer
charged with betraying secrets to Israel insisted on Tuesday that any
information he had divulged was already in the public domain and had been handed
over with the blessing of the authorities. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070515/wl_mideast_afp/egyptisraelespionag
e_070515165500> / AP <
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/859907.html >
Opinion and Analysis
Reliable intel or dangerous manipulation? Haaretz <
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/860010.html >
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Posted: 18/05/2007 08:19 PM
18 May 2007
Bush threatens new sanctions against Iran US President George W. Bush warned
Thursday that the United States and Britain would push for new UN sanctions
against Iran if the Islamic republic refuses to rein in its suspect nuclear
program. AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070517/pl_afp/irannuclearpoliticsus_07051
7225328;_ylt=Ar5A7RqwGCfYpeB082i_AzeQOrgF>
Iran installing 3,000 centrifuges at Natanz: official Iran is installing
3,000 centrifuges at its uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, a senior Iranian
official told the semi-official news agency Mehr Thursday. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070517/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics
_070517191730>
Larijani: Next round of talks with Solana to take place in Europe Secretary
of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani said on Thursday that
his upcoming talks with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will
take place in a European country on May 31.
IRNA <
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0705178216184435.htm >
EU offers to help develop Kingdom's nuclear energy programme The European
Union (EU) this week said it would help the Kingdom develop its nuclear energy
programme by providing the necessary expertise for the formation of a legal
framework, including the principles of energy crisis management Jordan Times <
http://www.jordantimes.com/fri/homenews/homenews4.htm >
Burma's nuclear deal a bad idea: US The US has denounced a deal between
Russia and Burma that would create a nuclear research centre in the military-led
Asian dictatorship ostracised by much of the West. AFP
<
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/burmas-nuclear-deal-a-bad-idea-us/2007
/05/17/1178995324169.html>
India, America fine tune 123; say N-deal is 'doable' As the 123 Agreement
detailing the procedural and legal guidelines for civil nuclear collaboration
between India and the United States approaches closure, officials in New Delhi
and Washington are working to fine tune the language of the agreement. Hindustan
Times
<
http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=6672edf8-e333
-4bf8-a46c-3a4a99330ce4&MatchID1=4464&TeamID1=10&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=1&
SeriesID1=1109&MatchID2=4466&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=4&MatchType2=1&SeriesID2=
1110&PrimaryID=4464&Headline=India%2c+America+fine+tune+123>
Other Nuclear News
Iran, US ambassadors to meet May 28 in Iraq Iran and the United States are to
meet at ambassador level in Iraq on May 28 for talks on its security situation,
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Thursday in Islamabad. AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070517/pl_afp/iraqiranusdiplomacy_0705171
33401> / CBS/AP
<
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/17/iraq/main2823414.shtml >
/ LA Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq18may18,1,45694
52.story?track=rss>
57 Islamic nations back Iran's right to pursue nuclear programs57 Islamic
nations back Iran's right to pursue nuclear programs Foreign ministers from 57
Islamic countries ended three days of talks here Thursday with a declaration
recognizing Iran's right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy and calling for a
peaceful resolution of all issues relating to the Iranian nuclear standoff.
Kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070517/kyodo/d8p65j2g0.html >
Time running out to end crisis in Middle East, says King of Jordan The world
is losing its last hope of making peace in the Middle East and could face the
real danger that the conflict between Israel and the Arab and Muslim worlds will
continue indefinitely, according to King Abdullah II of Jordan. The Times <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1805764 .
ece>
Bank Has Request to Move NKorean Funds Wachovia Bank said Thursday that it
was considering a U.S. government request to help transfer $25 million to North
Korea, a move aimed at paving the way for the communist country to shut down its
nuclear program. AP <
http://marketwatch.nytimes.com/custom/nyt-com/html-story.asp?guid={DE20
93E2-89A3-4C70-9F67-A4BBEFB1CB00}&symb=&sid=&siteid=NYT&dist=NYT&osymb=>
/ Reuters <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070517/3/320vu.html >
NKorea serious about ending nuclear programme: US official North Korean
leader Kim Jong-Il seems serious about wanting to abandon his nuclear weapons
programme as he faces pressure to revive the Stalinist state's impoverished
economy and maintain popular support at home, a US State Department expert said
on Thursday. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/276934/1/.h
tml>
Dounreay operator to face charge The operator of a Scottish nuclear power
station is to face prosecution over alleged failings which led to an employee
breathing in plutonium. BBC
<
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/66677
75.stm>
Answers Sought on Nuclear Plant Shutdown An overloaded computer network shut
down a nuclear reactor in Alabama last year, and even nine months later,
regulators cannot pinpoint the source of the failure. AP <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6642059,00.html >
Japan OKs stronger trade sanctions on Iran amid nuke stalemate Japan decided
Friday to freeze the assets in Japan of 15 Iranian individuals and 13
institutions designated by a U.N. sanctions resolution as being involved with
Iran's nuclear activities in the wake of the nuclear stalemate with Tehran,
Japanese government officials said. Kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070518/kyodo/d8p6hepo0.html >
No emergencies at South Ukraine Nuclear Plant - press service There have been
no emergencies at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, its press service told
Itar-Tass on Thursday following media reports the NPP's alarm system had been
activated and sirens switched on. ITAR-TASS <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11539131&PageNum=0 >
Britain to set out radical energy, planning revamp Britain will next week set
out plans for a major policy revamp to secure energy supplies and fight global
warming, calling for new nuclear power plants and also giving business and
individuals vital roles. Reuters <
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL179431320070517?fee
dType=RSS>
Opinion and Analysis
Europe's choice Jerusalem Post
<
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708628112&pagename=JPost
%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull>
Nuclear wrangling The Guardian
<
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/david_lowry/2007/05/at_the_end_of_l
ast.html>
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Posted: 22/05/2007 12:43 AM
21 May 2007
Iran makes good progress on nuclear program, says senior official The head of
Iran's nuclear effort said Sunday that the Islamic republic's nuclear program
was moving ahead as scheduled and reiterated that Tehran would not suspend
uranium enrichment, the country's official news agency IRNA reported. ap <
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070520-0435-iran-nuclear.htm
l>
Iran: Arabs should back nuclear program Iran urged Arab countries on Sunday
to support its nuclear program but received a cool reception at the World
Economic Forum, particularly from U.S. allies worried about Iran's growing
regional influence. ap <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070521/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear_6 >
IDF: Iran will have bomb only in 2010 Despite a recent International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) report which revealed that Iran was enriching uranium on an
unprecedented scale, a high-ranking IDF officer said over the weekend that
Israel still maintained its assessment that Teheran would have a nuclear bomb
only by the end of the decade.
Jerusalem Post
<
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708639046&pagename=JPost
%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull>
Brazil will help India in civilian nuclear energy India and Brazil, despite
being continents apart, are ready to add more "economic and strategic" muscle to
their growing ties, a process that is likely to include civil nuclear
cooperation that will be discussed during President Lula Da Silva's visit here
in June. ians <
http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=31326 >
GCC plans first IAEA nuke session Gulf Arab states plan to convene their
first technical session in an effort to launch a regional nuclear plan.
menewsline <
http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2007/may/05_20_4.html >
Nuke reactor strains U.S.-Russia relations Russian plans to build a nuclear
reactor for Burma have introduced yet another thorn into the Bush
administration's prickly relationship with Moscow. washtimes <
http://www.washtimes.com/world/20070520-103355-1135r.htm >
Tough one for India: how to vote on friend Iran's nuclear programme India was
tonight debating a response to an extremely toughly worded draft resolution by
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this afternoon, demanding that
Iran give it full access to its nuclear sites, suspend all nuclear activity
until all issues are involved as well as sign an additional protocol with the
IAEA promising that it would abide by its NPT obligations. IE <
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070519/48/6g0al.html >
Other Nuclear News
Swiss told to stay out of Iran nuclear crisis The former American ambassador
to the United Nations, John Bolton, has called the so:called "Swiss plan" to end
the Iranian nuclear standoff "farcical". NZZ <
http://www.nzz.ch/2007/05/21/eng/article7838757.html >
Nuclear issue off limits in US-Iraq talks: Iran Iran said on Sunday its
nuclear standoff with the West will be strictly off the agenda when Iranian
officials hold rare talks this month with US diplomats in Baghdad over Iraq. AFP
<
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/277306/1/.html >
US, Algeria to sign nuclear energy deal The United States will sign a deal
next month for closer nuclear energy cooperation with Algeria, which has already
been provided with a reactor by the Chinese, it was announced here Sunday. afp
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070520/wl_africa_afp/algeriausenergy_0705
20183936>
Fearing energy shortage, Thailand mulls nuclear Fearing a looming electricity
shortage, Thailand has for the first time included nuclear power as an option in
its long-term energy planning, despite worries about environmental problems. afp
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070520/wl_asia_afp/thailandenergynuclear_
070520050341>
US sticks to NKorea deal despite criticism A snag in what is probably the
easiest phase of the North Korea nuclear agreement has sparked new criticism of
the Bush administration but US officials appear committed to pursuing a
solution, even if it reverses previous policy. Reuters
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2
007/May/theworld_May558.xml§ion=theworld&col=>
Opinion and Analysis
Painful sanctions for Iran haaretz
<
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/861222.html >
'The Atomic Bazaar' by William Langewiesche latimes <
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-bk-winslow20may20,1,4431378.st
ory>
The Nuclear Threat NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/books/review/Raban-t.html?em&ex=11798
92800&en=214467c0a5d9a5b0&ei=5087%0A>
Climate change puts nuclear energy into hot water iht <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/20/business/nuke.php >
Truth and consequences Chicago Tribune
<
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0517edit2may17,0,6876653
.story?coll=chi-newsopinion-hed>
Disarming North Korea Boston Globe
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/20/opinion/edbgalison.php >
Climate change puts nuclear energy into hot water IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/20/africa/nuke.php >
Myth of Nuclear Fusion Korea Times
<
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2007/05/137_3052.html >
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Posted: 22/05/2007 08:32 PM
22 May 2007
ElBaradei to present report on Iran Wednesday Director-General of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei will present his
report on Iran's nuclear activities on Wednesday, a Western diplomat said on
Monday. IRNA <
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0705216199155345.htm >
US to power up global interest in nuclear energy The United States sought to
boost nuclear power in the global energy mix Monday, by hosting China, France,
Japan and Russia at the first meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership.
AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070522/sc_afp/usenergynucleargneppolitics
_070522035308>
Preliminary Report on GCC Nuclear Energy by Year-End The road toward
developing a nuclear-energy program for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
that would decrease dependency on oil started in the capital yesterday with the
arrival of a special team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Arab News
<
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=96485&d=22&m=5&y=2007
&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom> / Reuters <
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?rpc=401&type=topNews&
storyID=2007-05-21T140053Z_01_L21615458_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-NUCLEAR-SAUDI-GCC
-COL.XML&archived=False>
Other Nuclear News
U.S., India continue contacts on nuclear deal U.S. and Indian technical
experts met in London on Monday in another attempt to work through persistent
serious differences over a nuclear cooperation agreement, U.S. officials said.
Reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070522/pl_nm/usa_india_nuclear_dc_1 >
Lula Approves Building New Nuclear Reactor In Brazil - Valor Brazilian
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved the construction of a third
nuclear power reactor in Brazil, the Valor newspaper said Monday.
Dow Jones
<
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20070521%5cACQDJ
ON200705211001DOWJONESDJONLINE000354.htm&>
Officials: Fire at Russian factory that makes nuclear plant components, no
radiation A fire broke out Monday at a Russian factory that makes equipment for
atomic power plants, but there was no risk of radioactive contamination because
the plant does not work with nuclear materials, officials said. AP
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Fire.php>
Opinion and Analysis
Iran's Centrifuges NYT
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pagewanted=print>
Do you want to be in my gang? Economist
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src=nwl>
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Posted: 23/05/2007 07:53 PM
23 May 2007
IAEA report likely to reveal Iranian atomic advances Atomic inspectors are
expected to report on Wednesday that Iran has not only ignored an imminent U.N.
deadline to stop enriching uranium but markedly expanded the programme, exposing
Tehran to broader sanctions. Reuters <
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070522/137/6g3qi.html >
UN inspectors in Iran ahead of IAEA report on Iranian program UN inspectors
made a last-minute visit Tuesday to an Iranian uranium enrichment plant ahead of
a report that could lead to new sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear
ambitions, diplomats told AFP. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070522/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics
_070522170634>
Unmanned laser surveillance is millimetre perfect A laser-based surveillance
system that can automatically detect millimetre-scale changes to a scene has
been developed by US researchers. New Scientist <
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11906-unmanned-laser-surveillance
-is-millimetre-perfect.html>
Iran drawing up plans to strike European nuclear plants, analysts tells
British lawmakers European security analyst told British lawmakers Tuesday that
he believes Iran may be attempting to draw up plans to strike targets in Europe
and has conducted reconnaissance of European nuclear power stations. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/22/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Iran.ph
p>
U.S. Oil Prices Rise Above $65 Ahead of Key Iranian Report Oil prices rose
slightly on Wednesday on worries of a worsening quarrel between Iran and the
West over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, but expectations of rising U.S. gasoline
stocks helped to keep prices range-bound. Reuters <
http://www.cnbc.com/id/18809114 >
Other Nuclear News
We have a year to tackle Iran, says Cameron Iran could be able to build a
nuclear bomb in less than a year and confronts the world with one of its most
"urgent" threats, David Cameron said yesterday. Telegraph
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/23/wiran23
.xml>
US envoy sees resolution to North Korea banking row soon The United States on
Tuesday voiced hope that a banking dispute stalling North Korea's nuclear
dismantling efforts would be resolved soon and urged Pyongyang to start shutting
down its atomic reactor. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/277739/1/.h
tml>
NKorea bank settlement taking too long: SKorea Negotiatiors are moving
towards settlement of a banking dispute blocking North Korea's nuclear
disarmament but cannot say when it will be resolved, South Korea's foreign
minister said on Wednesday. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/277845/1/.h
tml>
Experts make little progress on U.S.-India deal U.S. and Indian technical
experts made little progress when they met in London this week in another
attempt to work through persistent serious differences over a nuclear
cooperation agreement, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. Reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?rpc=401&type=topNews&
storyID=2007-05-23T052014Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-299509-1.xml&archive
d=False>
Changes in Atomic Energy Act soon, says Kakodkar The Atomic Energy Act will
be amended "as soon as possible" to enable private sector participation in the
civilian nuclear programme, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Anil
Kakodkar said here on Tuesday. The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/23/stories/2007052303391300.htm >
U.S. to let START nuclear treaty expire The United States plans to let a
landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia expire in 2009 and replace it
with a less formal agreement that eliminates strict verification requirements
and weapons limits, a senior U.S. official says. Reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/22/AR20070
52201336_pf.html>
Energy plan set to back nuclear Tony Blair has reiterated his backing for
nuclear power as the government prepares to unveil its energy strategy. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6681377.stm >
/ Guardian < http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6654429,00.html >
Report: China close to completing deal with Westinghouse on nuclear
reactors A Chinese state company is close to completing a deal with
Westinghouse Electric Co., a unit of Toshiba Corp., to acquire four
nuclear reactors, a government news agency said Tuesday. AP
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/22/business/AS-FIN-COM-China-Wes
tinghouse.php>
Former KGB spy faces Litvinenko murder charge Andrei Lugovoi, one of the
Russian men who met Alexander Litvinenko on the day he fell ill with
polonium poisoning, should be charged with his murder, the Crown
Prosecution Service recommended today. Guardian
<
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,,2085364,00.html >
Opinion and Analysis
Settling the Iranian nuclear issue BAS
<
http://www.thebulletin.org/columns/dingli-shen/20070522.html >
Try jawboning Iran, not chest-thumping La Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-kupchan23may23,1
,5432941.story?track=rss>
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Posted: 25/05/2007 03:51 PM
25 May 2007
U.N. atomic energy chief says his workload expands faster than his
'shoestring' budget U.N. member states should boost funding for the
International Atomic Energy Agency, which is now operating on a "shoestring
budget," if the United Nations wants a credible nuclear watchdog, agency
director Mohamed ElBaradei said Thursday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/24/europe/EU-GEN-EU-Nuclear-Watc
hdog-Funding.php>
IAEA chief urges major powers to cut nuclear arsenals The UN atomic agency
chief urged major world powers Thursday to help avert a nuclear catastrophe by
slashing their arsenals to set an example to countries trying to develop such
programmes. AFP <
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/worldhotnews/read.php?newsid=30035098 >
IAEA: Iran 3 to 8 years from nuclear arms President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is
vowing to push ahead with Iran's nuclear activities, saying the West is trying
to stop the program to prevent Iran from emerging as a world power. AP <
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/24/iran.nuclear.ap/index.htm
l?section=cnn_latest> / LA Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-iran25may25,1,7
438066.story?coll=la-news-a_section> / Aljazeera <
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4911DFEF-0A82-4F74-9FD1-854F7FD0
E142.htm>
U.S. Urges New Sanctions as Iran Stands Firm on Nuclear Policy President Bush
said yesterday that the administration will press the United Nations to adopt
new, expanded sanctions against Iran, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
said Tehran would "never retreat even one step" from its nuclear enrichment
program. WP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR20070
52400776_pf.html> / AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070524/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics
us_070524201406>
World Powers Weigh Options Against Iran Experts from the United States and
five other powers leading efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear program plan to meet
within the week following a U.N. report that Tehran has expanded its uranium
enrichment program. guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6657270,00.html >
Iran: no halt to nuclear program Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled
out even a brief halt in Iran's nuclear program, saying Thursday it would hand a
victory to the country's enemies and undercut the Islamic state's goal of
becoming a world power. AP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070525/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear_8 >
France requests Iran to suspend uranium enrichment activities French Foreign
Minister Bernard Kouchner on Thursday called on Iran to suspend its uranium
enrichment activities, threatening to adopt "new sanctions"
against the country. Xinhua
<
http://english.people.com.cn/200705/25/eng20070525_377798.html >
Russia again calls on Iran to fulfill IAEA, Security Council resolutions
Russia on Thursday again called on Iran to fullfill United Nations resolutions
about its nuclear program, a day after the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency reported
that Iran had expanded its uranium enrichment activities instead of frozen them.
AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/24/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-Iran-Nuc
lear.php>
China urges more diplomatic efforts on Iranian nuclear issue China on
Thursday called on relevant parties to strengthen diplomatic efforts, show a
constructive attitude and resume negotiations as early as possible on the
Iranian nuclear issue. Xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200705/25/eng20070525_377758.html >
ElBaradei's report resolves ambiguities Deputy Chief of Iran's Atomic Energy
Organization says ElBaradei's report has removed the ambiguities concerning
Iran's nuclear activities. Press TV <
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=10936§ionid=351020104 >
Other Nuclear News
U.S. pushes non-proliferation, N.Korea defends nukes Washington has urged
Asian countries to call for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula while North
Korean officials defended Pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons, at
meetings this week in Manila. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-asean-philippines-se
curity.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print>
US concerns as China builds nuclear subs China has surprised the Pentagon
with the pace of development of a new class of submarine that threatens the
nuclear balance by providing Beijing with a more robust nuclear deterrent. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/bd6cffaa-0a61-11dc-93ae-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage
=7f5f6b12-2f66-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html>
Nuclear waste plant 'within five years' More steps need to be completed, but
Australia could have its first nuclear waste facility within five years, Science
Minister Julie Bishop says. AAP <
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Aborigines-offer-land-for-nuclear-w
aste/2007/05/25/1179601623574.html>
Iran losing interest in nuclear power station: Russian official Tehran seems
to have lost interest in construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant which
Russia is building in southern Iran, a Russian nuclear energy official
complained on Friday. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070525/wl_afp/russiairannuclearenergy_070
525065132>
Guangdong Nuclear agrees to build Anhui plant China Guangdong Nuclear Power
and its partners, including Shanghai-listed Shenergy, agreed to build a nuclear
power plant in the central province of Anhui to cater to rising energy demand.
Bloomberg News <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/24/business/sxnuke.php >
Strike at nuclear site stirs terrorism fears The Energy Department is sending
its top security official to the Texas weapons plant to conduct an urgent
review. LA Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-danger24may24,1,29
31010.story?track=rss>
Opinion and Analysis
Back to Iran Khaleej Times
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/editorial/
2007/May/editorial_May50.xml§ion=editorial&col=>
Stakes rise in US-Iran standoff CSM
<
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0525/p01s01-wome.html >
Hard to tell fact from opinion in Iran's nuclear race FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9cb9bf28-0a61-11dc-93ae-000b5df10621.html >
Why strive for nuclear weapon superiority in time of peace? Jordan Times <
http://www.jordantimes.com/fri/opinion/opinion5.htm >
Nuclear Alarmism Newsweek
<
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Posted: 30/05/2007 07:51 PM
30 May 2007
Rice to push Iran, Kosovo, Darfur at G8 ministers meeting US Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice arrived here late Tuesday for a G8 foreign ministers
meeting where she hopes to gain support for UN resolutions on Iran's nuclear
programme, Kosovo and Darfur. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070529/pl_afp/g8usrice_070529224413 >
Threat will not work with Iran, says India Sanctions or use of force will not
make Iran fall in line with the international community, External Affairs
Minister Pranab Mukherjee warned a gathering of Asian and European foreign
ministers in Hamburg on Tuesday. It was the first time India was attending the
Asia-Europe Meeting, as a member, after it was taken on board last year.
Hindustan Times <
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=84cc6561-4b7a
-4928-a95f-b418066d0575&&Headline=Threat+will+not+work+with+Iran%2c+says
+India>
Rice Urges More Pressure on Iran, Wants Suspension U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday it would be a big mistake to drop a demand that
Iran suspend uranium enrichment and more pressure should be piled on Tehran over
its nuclear program. Reuters/ <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-nuclear-iran-rice.ht
ml?pagewanted=print> AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/29/AR20070
52901484.html>
U.S. to push, again, to solve North Korea funds issue The chief U.S.
negotiator on North Korea's nuclear programme will meet his Chinese
counterpart on Wednesday to try, once again, to resolve the issue of North
Korean funds languishing in a Macau bank account. Reuters <
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK76014.htm >
Blair says Libya example for Iran Prime Minister Tony Blair held out the
prospect on Tuesday that Iran, under international pressure over its nuclear
programme, could follow Libya's example and transform its relations with the
West. Reuters <
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL29534618.html?rpc=401& >
Other Nuclear News
Iran rules out key demand before atomic meeting Iran will not suspend uranium
enrichment, the key U.N. demand in a nuclear row with Tehran, Iran's chief
nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said the day before talks with the EU's Javier
Solana. Reuters <
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid
=2007-05-30T063202Z_01_BLA022423_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAN-NUCLEAR-LARIJANI.xml>
EU's Solana Confirms Iran Nuclear Talks Thursday EU foreign policy chief
Javier Solana confirmed on Tuesday that he would meet Iranian nuclear negotiator
Ali Larijani this week for the latest round of talks on Iran's nuclear program.
Reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/29/AR20070
52900177_pf.html>
SKorea Urges North to Shut Down Reactor South Korea urged the communist North
to shut down its main nuclear reactor and gradually open their heavily armed
border to regular train traffic, as the estranged neighbors entered a second day
of reconciliation talks Wednesday. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Koreas-Talks.html?pagewanted=p
rint>
Asia-Pacific nuclear authority plan scuttled after safety debate A plan to
set up a regional nuclear safeguards authority for the Asia Pacific has been
ditched after an intense debate at the APEC energy ministers conference in
Darwin which centered on the importance of nuclear safety.
SMH
<
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/asiapacific-nuclear-authority-pl
an-scuttled-after-safety-debate/2007/05/29/1180205251031.html>
Budget cuts delay decommissioning of ageing nuclear reactors The government's
timetable for decommissioning Britain's ageing civil nuclear reactors has been
pushed backwards with delays to the clean-up of two sites and the potential
redundancy of 200 senior scientists and engineers as a result of cash
constraints. Guardian <
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2090165,00.html >
Opinion and Analysis
China's not so new nuclear strategy Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IE30Ad01.html >
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Posted: 31/05/2007 03:21 PM
31 May 2007
G8 to back new "measures" if Iran keeps enriching Major industrial nations
threatened on Wednesday to support "further appropriate measures" if Iran failed
to comply with UN resolutions demanding that it suspend nuclear enrichment.
Reuters
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2
007/May/theworld_May870.xml§ion=theworld&col=>
Soltaniyeh calls UNSC's resolution against Iran as illegal Iran's ambassador
to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh on
Wednesday called the resolutions issued by the United Nations Security Council
against Iran as 'illegal'. IRNA <
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0705310737012705.htm >
Iran determined to use its NPT membership right: FM Iranian Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday that Iran is determined to make use of its
right as a member of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the official
IRNA news agency reported. Xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200705/31/eng20070531_379434.html >
North Korea Committed to Disarmament Deal: U.S. China and the United States
are confident North Korea remains committed to a disarmament agreement but the
issue of North Korean funds languishing in a Macau bank needs to be resolved, a
U.S. envoy said on Wednesday. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-korea-north-china.html?pagewan
ted=print> / AP
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/31/asia/AS-GEN-NKorea-Nuclear-Ge
rmany.php>
Differences over nuclear deal not insurmountable: US As Nicholas Burns, its
key negotiator on the civil nuclear deal with India, headed for New Delhi, the
US said some differences still remain over the implementing
123 agreement, but these are not insurmountable. Indo-Asian News
<
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=6df670f0-4cc5
-4ef4-983c-e356a6fc689d&&Headline=Differences+are+not+insurmountable%3a+
US>
Burns, Menon on N-countdown This is crunch time for the India-US nuclear
agreement. Over the next three days, foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and
his US counterpart Nicholas Burns will try to achieve closure on the text of the
123 bilateral nuclear agreement, upon which an understanding has eluded for
months. Times of India <
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Burns_Menon_on_N-countdown/rss
articleshow/2087844.cms>
Other Nuclear News
Diplomats: Iran considered slowing nuke program Tehran recently suggested a
readiness to discuss a partial suspension of uranium enrichment, but the U.S.
and key allies rejected the overture and Iran pulled back from the idea for
starting talks on its nuclear program, diplomats said Wednesday. AP <
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-05-30-iran-nuclear_N.htm >
No Breakthrough Seen For Iran - EU Nuclear Talks European Union and Iranian
officials will discuss the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program on Thursday
but no breakthrough is expected despite a threat by world powers of further
sanctions. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-iran-nuclear.html?_r
=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print>
Koreas face tough talks over North's nuclear program, as diplomats try to
break impasse The two Koreas faced tough negotiations Thursday over South
Korea's refusal to send promised rice shipments and the North's delay on
shutting down its nuclear reactor. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/31/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Talks.php >
U.S. and China meet on North Korean nuclear program Arms control negotiators
from the United States and China met here Wednesday in an effort to revive a
stalled agreement under which North Korea would begin to dismantle its nuclear
weapons program. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/30/news/korea.php >
Considerable work left on India nuclear deal - U.S. India and the United
States have "considerable work" to do to resolve their differences over a
landmark nuclear deal, Washington's envoy to New Delhi said on Wednesday, the
eve of further negotiations between the two sides.
Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/30/AR20070
53000716_pf.html>
Nuclear plant seen as risky, premature A government plan to begin the
construction of a nuclear power plant by 2016 has been labeled environmentally
risky and premature, with environmental groups highlighting that feasibility
studies on the dangers posed by the project have yet to be conducted. Jakarta
Post <
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20070531.H07&ir
ec=6>
Opinion and Analysis
Exit From Iraq Should Be Through Iran Yale Global <
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/article.print?id=9223 >
Playing with fallout Economist
<
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9225734 >
"The Possibility of an EU-Iran Agreement is Small" DW <
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2569457,00.html >
Controversy over the nuclear deal The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/31/stories/2007053102071100.htm >
The India-U.S. nuclear stalemate The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/31/stories/2007053102211000.htm >
'Axis of Evil' update Washington Times
<
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20070530-094046-1285r.htm >
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