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International Nuclear News 11/2006 - Διεθνή Πυρηνικά Νέα
01 November 2006
U.N. watchdog accuses N. Korea of nuclear 'blackmail' The head of the U.N.
nuclear agency on Tuesday welcomed North Korea's return to six-nation nuclear talks, but accused Pyongyang of using nuclear technology to "blackmail" the United States and other nations. Reuters <
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/1/worldupdates/2006-11-0
1T072142Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-274485-1&sec=Worldupdates>
ElBaradei wants nuke ban Nuclear weapons should one day be entirely banned, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and 2005 Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei said Tuesday at a talk on nuclear proliferation sponsored by the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.
Yale Daily News <
http://www.yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=34065 >
Russia to place Angarsk plant under IAEA control - Kiriyenko Russia has prepared documents for removing the Angarsk petrochemical plant from a list of strategic enterprises, the chief of the Federal Agency of Atomic Energy, Sergei Kiriyenko, said. Itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10939768&PageNum=0 >
Uranium price hits new record over supply fears The price of uranium has hit a new high after one of the world's richest potential sources of nuclear fuel was put out of reach by a subterranean flood. The 7pc surge from $56
(?29.50) a pound to $60 is the biggest weekly rise in 20 years. The increase comes a week after a rock fall caused an uncontrollable flood at the unfinished Cigar Lake mine in Canada. Telegraph <
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/11/01/cnuranium
01.xml>
Other Nuclear News
N. Korea Agrees to Return To Talks North Korea agreed yesterday to return to the six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, just three weeks after it conducted its first test of a nuclear device. WP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/31/AR200610310
0257_pf.html> / FT
<
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9ed58158-6907-11db-b4c2-0000779e2340.html >
UN welcomes North Korea's return to nuclear talks The United Nations on Tuesday welcomed North Korea's decision to return to the negotiating table to resolve the dispute over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.
DPA
<
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/article_1216702.php/UN_welco
mes_North_Koreas_return_to_nuclear_talks>
Bush hails China on N Korea deal US President George W Bush has thanked China for its role in persuading North Korea to return to six-party talks about its nuclear weapons programme. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6104488.stm >
Japan keeps pressure on N Korea Japan says it will maintain sanctions on North Korea, despite Pyongyang's agreement to return to six-party talks about its nuclear weapons programme. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6104744.stm >
Japan's race to rearm started well before North Korean nuclear test Nearly 50 warships crowded the bay just south of Tokyo, all flying the Rising Sun flag. Sea-to-sea missiles roared off the decks of several destroyers and submarines emerged like a pod of whales from the surf. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/31/asia/AS_GEN_Japans_Arms_Race.php >
North Korea has network of secret nuclear villages - report North Korea has established secret towns with thousands of closely guarded residents whose sole mission is to develop nuclear weapons, a South Korean lawmaker said on Tuesday. Reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=20
06-10-31T153312Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-274377-1.xml>
Russia doesn't want new nuclear country on southern border - Ivanov Russia is firmly opposed to any military nuclear program of Iran and even to its research in this sphere. "We don't want to have another nuclear state on our southern borders. It's obvious," Vice-Premier, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told the Russia-Today television channel here on Wednesday. Itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10942632&PageNum=0 >
Russian official, lawmaker suggest Moscow could back Western draft U.N.
resolution on Iran Top Russian security official and a senior lawmaker suggested Tuesday that Moscow could back a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran, despite Russia's long-held opposition to punishing Tehran. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/31/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_Iran.php >
U.S. - Led Group Unveils Steps to Fight Nuclear Terror The five major nuclear powers and eight other nations on Tuesday endorsed a set of principles designed to keep nuclear materials out of the hands of extremist groups. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-initiative.html?pagewanted
=print>
Storm Forces Russia Reactor to Cut Back Engineers at a Russian nuclear power plant near St. Petersburg were forced to halve one of its reactors' capacity Tuesday after a storm but there was no radiation threat, officials said. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/31/AR200610310
0653_pf.html>
Opinion and Analysis
Analysis: N. Korea, U.S. Both Flexible AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-NKorea-US-Analysis.html?pagewanted
=print>
ANALYSIS - North Korea nuclear deal may be more elusive than ever Reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=20
06-11-01T034036Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-274460-1.xml&archived=False>
North Korea Talks WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/31/AR200610310
1361_pf.html>
Preemption Shenanigans in Seoul WP
<
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2006/10/preemption_shenanigans_
in_seou.html>
Clinton's belated path to peace Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HK01Dg01.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:02 AM
02 November 2006
Iran May Limit Work with IAEA if Sanctions Imposed Iran may limit its
cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog if sanctions are imposed over the
Islamic Republic's atomic program, a former chief nuclear negotiator was quoted
as saying on Wednesday. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/01/AR20061
10100928_pf.html>
Russia Speaks Against Iran Draft Measure Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov said Wednesday that a draft U.N. Security Council resolution imposing
sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program would isolate Iran, suggesting that
Moscow will not back the resolution in its current form, news agencies reported.
AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-Nuclear.html?pagewanted=p
rint>
Incoming UN chief says US, Japan must prepare 'normalisation' with North
Korea The incoming UN chief called on North Korea to renounce nuclear weapons
and said the United States and Japan should prepare for relations with Pyongyang
if it did so, Russian news agencies said. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/238899/1/.h
tml>
Pakistan urged to cooperate more with IAEA Belgium, a key member of the
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), has advised Pakistan to 'cooperate more'
with the IAEA, hinting that it could facilitate access to civilian nuclear
technology. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/02/top10.htm >
Japan, IAEA to co-host seminar on how to strengthen nuclear security in Asia
Japan and the U.N. nuclear watchdog will host a seminar next week in Tokyo to
discuss measures against nuclear terrorism in Asia, the Foreign Ministry said
Wednesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/01/asia/AS_GEN_Japan_Asia_Nuclea
r_Terrorism.php>
Other Nuclear News
U.N. Creates N.Korea Sanctions List The U.N. Security Council agreed
Wednesday on a list of banned items that could be used to make nuclear, chemical
and biological weapons or ballistic missiles and ordered all countries to
prevent North Korea from importing or exporting the items.
AP
<
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-UN-NKorea-Sanctions.html?pagew
anted=print>
U.S. Debates Value of North Korea Talks Officially, the Bush administration
is pleased - as President Bush put it on Wednesday - that North Korea has agreed
to resume talks on nuclear disarmament. But behind closed doors at the White
House and the State Department, some are less happy, saying the country's
nuclear test should be answered with isolation. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/02/world/asia/02diplo.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
China wins plaudits for success over N Korea If Chinese diplomats are pleased
with themselves for orchestrating North Korea's surprise return to the
international negotiating table, they are hardly crowing about it. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/24071a06-69ff-11db-952e-0000779e2340.html >
N. Korea Expects Talks to End Sanctions North Korea said today that it agreed
to return to the stalled six-party talks on its nuclear program because it
expects them to lead to an agreement to end a United States-led crackdown on its
financial dealings. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/world/asia/01cnd-korea.html?ei=5088&e
n=6756b0829d3b18bf&ex=1320037200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
>
US, Japan to demand full dumping of nuclear weapons by North Korea The US and
Japan intend to demand that Pyongyang should immediately declare its intention
to dump all available nuclear weapons and nuclear programmes at the coming
six-party talks. For instance Washington and Tokyo will strive for getting
specific schedules of their destruction in a verifiable form, the Yomiuri
newspaper writes on Thursday. Itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10946878&PageNum=0 >
Aso Says Japan Won't Talk Directly With North Korea Japanese Foreign Minister
Taro Aso said direct talks between Japan and North Korea would be premature,
given that the communist country has agreed to return to six-nation talks over
its nuclear weapons program. Bloomberg <
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=alyMu8EAd6jg >
U.S. and Russia Remain at Odds Over Iran Sanctions As diplomats in the United
Nations Security Council wrangle behind closed doors over a draft sanctions
resolution on Iran, glimpses of the contentious negotiations have surfaced this
week in public comments. ABC <
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2622171&page=1 >
Iran successfully launches long-range ballistic missiles - TV Iran has
successfully launched several dozen long-range ballistic missiles during
large-scale military exercises that began Thursday, an Iranian television
station reported. Ria Novosti <
http://en.rian.ru/world/20061102/55318349.html >
Japanese nuclear reprocessing plant produces first batch of test fuel A
nuclear reprocessing plant seen as key to Japan's efforts to reduce its reliance
on energy imports produced its first batch of fuel during a test-run, an
official said Thursday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/02/asia/AS_GEN_Japan_Nuclear_Pow
er.php>
Russia keen to help Egypt get nuclear power Russia will use a visit by
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that began yesterday to pitch for lucrative
contracts to help Egypt launch an atomic energy programme.
Business Day
<
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A308237 >
India will not accept outdated technology: Kakodkar Brushing aside criticism
from Left parties that the proposed India-US nuclear deal will result in the
import of outdated technologies, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman, Anil
Kakodkar, today said there was no question of India accepting old know-how for
its nuclear plants. The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200611011840.htm >
World urged to build more N-plants For the first time in its 32-year history,
the International Energy Agency will next week urge governments around the world
to help speed the construction of new nuclear power plants. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/723802b0-69e3-11db-952e-0000779e2340.html >
Opinion and Analysis
Why North Korea loves the bomb LA Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-ramberg1.1nov01,0 ,
2578032.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions>
Talking to Kim Khaleej Times
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/editorial/2
006/November/editorial_November3.xml§ion=editorial&col=>
Nuclear negotiations SFGate
<
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/
11/01/EDG6PKE0RM1.DTL>
Defusing a crisis The Hindu
<
http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/02/stories/2006110202941000.htm >
Using the North Korea crisis to stop nuclear proliferation CSMonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1102/p09s02-coop.html >
Opportunity for Japan over North Korea Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/HK02Dh01.html >
Curbing the Iranian empire Japan Times
<
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20061102dh.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:03 AM
03 November 2006
U.S. Web Archive Is Said to Reveal a Nuclear Primer Last March, the federal
government set up a Web site to make public a vast archive of Iraqi documents
captured during the war. The Bush administration did so under pressure from
Congressional Republicans who had said they hoped to "leverage the Internet" to
find new evidence of the prewar dangers posed by Saddam Hussein. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/world/middleeast/03documents.html?_r=
1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print> / WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/03/AR20061
10300019_pf.html>
Russia, China Won't Back Iran Sanctions Russian and China indicated that they
will not support a draft U.N. resolution imposing tough sanctions on Iran for
its refusal to halt its nuclear enrichment program. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-Nuclear.html?pagewanted=p
rint>
Optimism Turns to Anxiety On Curbing Nuclear Arms In the waning days of the
20th century, nearly a dozen countries abandoned nuclear weapons programs,
betting on the promised security of a post-Cold War world. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR20061
10201581_pf.html>
Other Nuclear News
N.K. can put warhead on mid-range missile-experts North Korea has the ability
to put a nuclear warhead onto a medium-range missile and threaten its regional
neighbors, especially Japan, some U.S. experts believe. Reuters <
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N01328074.htm >
U.S. speeds attack plans for North Korea The Pentagon has stepped up planning
for attacks against North Korea's nuclear program and is bolstering nuclear
forces in Asia, said defense officials familiar with the highly secret process.
Washington Times <
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20061103-122702-4895r.htm >
U.S. Diplomats to Prepare for N.Korea Talks The United States said on
Thursday two of its top diplomats would travel to Japan, China and South Korea
next week to prepare for a new round of six-party talks on ending North Korea's
nuclear ambitions. Reuters
<
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/3/worldupdates/2006 -
11-03T071019Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-274780-2&sec=Worldupdates>
Ex - Diplomat Faults Policy on N. Korea A former State Department official
who maintains contact with North Korea said Thursday U.S.
dealings with that country have been hampered by missteps and lack of a
coherent policy. AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR20061
10201473_pf.html>
China says hopes North Korea nuclear talks will be held soon China hopes
multination talks on North Korea's nuclear program will be held soon, the
Chinese Foreign Ministry said Thursday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/02/asia/AS_GEN_China_NKorea_Nucl
ear.php>
N. Korea Cargo-Screening May Miss Nuclear Contraband The radiation detectors
at the heart of U.S.-backed cargo inspections aimed at stopping the spread of
North Korea's nuclear technology may miss some contraband while mistaking
harmless materials for dangerous ones.
Bloomberg
<
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a0ymWADNsxr8&refer=
us>
Britons Wary of Bush More Than Kim Jong - Il The United States is seen as a
threat to world peace by its closest neighbors and allies, with Britons saying
President George W. Bush poses a greater danger than North Korea's Kim Jong-il,
a survey found on Friday. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-security-bush-poll.h
tml?pagewanted=print>
Six major powers to resume talks on Iran sanctions on Friday Six major UN
powers are due to resume delicate negotiations Friday on a package of sanctions
against Iran for its refusal to halt sensitive nuclear fuel work, UN diplomats
said. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/239131/1/.html >
Iran "not capable" of creating intercontinental missiles: Russia Iran does
not have the technological means to create intercontinental ballistic missiles,
the head of Russian military's general staff Yury Baluyevsky told ITAR-TASS news
agency on Thursday. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/239095/1/.html >
China plans new nuclear power plant on east coast China will build a nuclear
power plant on its northeast coast in Shandong province, adding to a boom in the
country's nuclear industry, a news report said Thursday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/02/business/AS_FIN_China_Nuclear
_Power.php>
Mubarak, Putin talk nuke power, Mideast Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met
his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin here on Thursday for talks on the Middle
East conflict and reviving Egypt's nuclear energy programme.
AFP <
http://www.jordantimes.com/fri/news/news7.htm >
U.S. does not object to Egyptian-Russian cooperation on peaceful nuclear
development The United States encourages "responsible states," including Egypt,
to develop peaceful nuclear energy programs, State Department spokesman Sean
McCormack said Thursday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/02/america/NA_GEN_US_Egypt_Russi
a.php>
RF has uranium reserves for next 60 years, not to sell them Russia has its
own uranium reserves for the next 60 years, chief of the Federal Atomic Energy
Agency Sergei Kiriyenko said Thursday, after the signing ceremony of the
constituent agreement establishing Russia's Uranium Ore Mining Company.
Itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10949655&PageNum=0 >
Uranium mining company created in Russia The constituent documents have been
signed at the Russian atomic energy agency Rosatom of what is going to become
Russia's Uranium Ore Mining Company. Itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10949666&PageNum=0 >
Opinion and Analysis
The US-Pyongyang paradox Asia Times
<
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HK03Dg02.html >
Six-party talks Asahi
<
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200611030142.html >
North Korea and a new nuclear order The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/03/stories/2006110303731100.htm >
The perils of launching a military strike against Iran Daily Star <
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article
_id=76603>
The Case for Engagement The Nation
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20061103/cm_thenation/20061120ritter >
Stern's report is based on flawed figures FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/48bf3b58-6ae0-11db-83d9-0000779e2340.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:04 AM
06 November 2006
U.N. Inspectors Visit Iran Enrichment Cascades A group of U.N. nuclear
watchdog inspectors has visited Iran's second network of centrifuges at its
Natanz uranium enrichment facility, the official IRNA news agency quoted an
official as saying on Sunday. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/05/AR20061
10500272_pf.html>
Iran Says It's Open to Talks With U.S Iran said Sunday it was open to
negotiations with the United States on Iraq and other regional issues but hinted
it would not drop its refusal to talk about its contentious nuclear program. AP
<
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-US.html?pagewanted=print >
Six Arab states join rush to go nuclear THE SPECTRE of a nuclear race in the
Middle East was raised yesterday when six Arab states announced that they were
embarking on programmes to master atomic technology. The Times <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2436948.html >
U.S. Analysts Had Flagged Atomic Data on Web Site Two weeks before the
government shut down a Web site holding an archive of Iraqi documents captured
during the war, scientists at an American weapons laboratory complained that
papers on the site contained sensitive nuclear information, federal officials
said yesterday. Two documents were quickly removed. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/04/world/middleeast/04nuke.html?pagewant
ed=print>
Other Nuclear News
N Korea urged to reiterate non-nuclear status Japan is pressing fellow
participants in six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme not to allow
Pyongyang back into negotiations unless it reiterates last year's commitment to
remain a non-nuclear state. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d6d6bd02-6d25-11db-9a4d-0000779e2340.html >
Japan, S. Korea to co-op on solving DPRK nuclear issue Japan and South Korea
agreed yesterday to cooperate in handling the issue regarding the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear development, after the meeting of
their foreign ministers in Tokyo. Xinhua News
<
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/world/userobject1ai24
24084.html>
As It Returns to Negotiations, North Korea Lashes Out at Japan North Korea
called Japanese officials "political imbeciles" on Saturday for saying they
would not accept the North as a nuclear power, less than a week after it agreed
to return to international arms talks on its atomic program. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/world/asia/05korea.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
Japan Lawmakers Clash Over Nuclear Weapons Debate Japanese ruling party
lawmakers sparred on Sunday over whether the country should hold a debate on
acquiring nuclear weapons in a row triggered by North Korea's test of a nuclear
device last month. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/05/AR20061
10500164_pf.html>
Dissent Grows at U.N. Over Iran As the Bush administration struggles to rally
international pressure on Iran to halt its nuclear program, China and Russia are
working to take the most powerful diplomatic weapon off the table: the military
option. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/04/AR20061
10400959_pf.html> / NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/04/world/europe/04nations.html?pagewante
d=print>
Senators Question Posting of Iraqi Nuclear Papers Four Democratic senators
demanded yesterday that the Bush administration explain its decision to post
documents from Saddam Hussein's covert nuclear program on a now-shuttered
federal Web site. AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/04/AR20061
10400794_pf.html>
Breached lab data mostly low-level Los Alamos National Laboratory said that
the classified documents discovered at a trailer park during a drug
investigation last month did not include the most highly sensitive nuclear
weapons information. LA Times <
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-briefs4.3nov04 ,
1,3287455.story>
Howard: Australia would be 'foolish' not to consider nuclear energy Australia
would be "foolish" not to consider using nuclear energy, given its vast reserves
of uranium, Prime Minister John Howard said Saturday, giving his strongest hint
yet the government planned to kick-start an atomic energy industry. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/04/asia/AS_GEN_Australia_Nuclear
_Power.php>
Opinion and Analysis
Nonproliferation After North Korea WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/03/AR20061
10301399_pf.html>
Testing North Korea NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05sun2.html?pagewanted=print >
Dealing with North Korea The Boston Globe <
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/
2006/11/03/dealing_with_north_korea/>
Ping-Pong Diplomacy For Iran WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/03/AR20061
10301401_pf.html>
Dangerous new world Haaretz
<
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/784084.html >
Dangerous nuclear signs The Daily Times
<
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C11%5C06%5Cstory_6 -
11-2006_pg3_1>
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:05 AM
07 November 2006
India fails to convince NSG: US arms control body An American arms control
association claims that India has failed to address all the concerns and
questions raised by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) members on the Indo-US
civilian nuclear deal. Hindustan Times <
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1837772,001301790001.htm >
Power to the People Within four decades, Egypt will run out of natural gas,
and current oil reserves are good for only 15 or so years. While oil majors are
exploring renewable sources of energy, the NDP recently dropped a bombshell:
Egypt is restarting its nuclear energy program.
Egypt Today <
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7036 >
Other Nuclear News
U.S., S. Korea Prepare for Nuke Talks Two senior U.S. diplomats met South
Korean officials Tuesday to prepare for nuclear disarmament talks with North
Korea and discuss enforcing sanctions against the communist regime for its
atomic weapons test. AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/06/AR20061
10600308_pf.html>
Light Shines Again on S.Korean Power Plan for North After languishing in the
shadows for the past year, South Korea's pledge to provide North Korea with
electricity in exchange for winding up its nuclear arms program is emerging
again as a bright idea. Reuters
<
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/7/worldupdates/2006 -
11-07T084322Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-275252-1&sec=Worldupdates>
Japan Wants Korea Talks at APEC Summit Japan and the United States back
five-nation talks on the nuclear standoff with North Korea at an upcoming
economic summit, Japan's foreign minister said Monday, adding that the two
allies want concrete results from future negotiations with the reclusive
communist state. AP <
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2631637 >
Japan's H.Nakagawa Says LDP Won't Mull Nuclear Policy Japan's government and
the ruling Liberal Democratic Party won't debate nuclear policy, said Hidenao
Nakagawa, the secretary-general of the LDP. Bloomberg <
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aQM1ndMQKuik&refer=
japan>
South Korean foreign minister discourages nuclear weapons debate in Japan
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said Monday he was concerned about
recent comments by Japanese politicians that Tokyo should discuss developing
nuclear weapons. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/06/asia/AS_GEN_Japan_Nuclear_Wea
pons.php>
U.S. Wants U.N. Measure to Say Iran Is Threat to Peace In an effort to
toughen a European draft resolution on Iran, the United States wants the text to
say that Tehran's nuclear ambitions posed a threat to international peace and
security, diplomats said. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran-un.html?pagewante
d=print>
Iran Ready to Share Missile Systems with Others: TV Iran is ready to share
its missile systems with friends and neighbors, the commander of the
Revolutionary Guards said, after he showed off missiles including some he said
had cluster warheads. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-iran-missiles.html?p
agewanted=print>
China, Russia to Sign Nuclear Deals China and Russia will sign agreements to
build nuclear power plants and explore for energy and mineral ores when Prime
Minister Mikhail Fradkov visits Beijing this month, Deputy Prime Minister
Alexander Zhukov said Monday. Bloomberg <
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/07/050.html >
First nuclear power plant on Yangtze to be built China will build a nuclear
power plant on the Yangtze River -- the first on the famous river -- if
government approves the project. Xinhua <
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/07/content_5300584.htm >
Opinion and Analysis
Nukes Give N. Korea a Winning Hand WP
<
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/needtoknow/2006/11/post_5.htm
l>
The dangers of striking Iran can not be dismissed Taipei Times
<
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/11/07/20033352
41>
Politicus: Russian maneuvers, American incoherence IHT <
http://iht.nytimes.com/protected/articles/2006/11/06/news/politicus.php
>
What is the Fate of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? Arab Online <
http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2006%5C11%5C11-06%5Cz
opinionz%5C965.htm&dismode=x&ts=06/11/2006%2012:52:36%20%C3%A3>
Going Nuclear is a Privilege, Not a Right Frontiers of Freedom <
http://www.opinioneditorials.com/freedomwriters/greeson_20061105.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:06 AM
08 November 2006
C hina: Security Council Divided on Iran China said
Tuesday that the five veto-wielding Security Council members are so divided over
a resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran that some differences can't be
bridged. AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/07/AR20061
10701951_pf.html>
U.S. Urges Europe to Prevent WMD Proliferation The United States urged
Europe's top security and rights body to take action on Wednesday to prevent the
spread of so-called doomsday weapons and to ensure they did not fall into the
hands of militant groups. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-security-arms-osce.html?_r=1&o
ref=slogin&pagewanted=print>
Other Nuclear News
At the U.N., Discord Over Confronting Iran's Nuclear Ambitions A meeting of
six nations working on a resolution to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions broke up
Tuesday evening with the ambassadors reporting widening disagreements and
lessening prospects of a swift accord. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/world/middleeast/08nations.html?pagew
anted=print>
Quick guide: Iran nuclear stand-off The United Nations Security Council is
discussing whether to impose economic sanctions on Iran because of its nuclear
activities. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6122412.stm >
Envoys sit down to talks in China on North Korea U.S. and Chinese officials
began a series of meetings on Wednesday aimed at smoothing the way for six-party
talks on North Korea's nuclear programs and addressing bilateral issues between
Beijing and Washington. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/07/AR20061
10701816_pf.html>
DPRK not nuke country, US, Japan, ROK reaffirm Japan has joined the United
States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in agreeing not to recognize the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a nuclear weapons state, the
Japanese Foreign Ministry said Monday. China Daily <
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2006-11/08/content_727343.htm >
Democrats are smiling but New Delhi isn't too anxious Contrary to
conventional wisdom that the widely anticipated gains of the Democratic Party in
today's US Congressional elections would kill the Indo-US nuclear deal, informed
betting here is that the odds are better than even in favour of the Senate
considering the enabling legislation next week. The Indian Express <
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/16206.html >
Russia offers to upgrade Slovakia's nuclear power plants, agrees on gas
transit Russia on Tuesday offered to upgrade Slovakia's nuclear power plants and
the two countries pledged to extend an agreement on the transit of Russian
natural gas to Western Europe. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/07/business/EU_FIN_Russia_Slovak
ia_Gas.php>
Pakistan, Hungary to discuss civilian nuclear cooperation Pakistan and
Hungary have agreed to discuss cooperation in civil nuclear energy and the two
countries will hold talks in this regard in Vienna, the foreign ministers of the
two countries told a press briefing after a meeting here on Tuesday. Daily Times
<
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C11%5C08%5Cstory_8 -
11-2006_pg7_3>
Bosnia-Herzegovina ratifies global treaty banning nuclear test explosions
Bosnia-Herzegovina has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,
bringing to 136 the number of nations that have done so, the Vienna-based
organization that administers the accord said Tuesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/07/news/UN_GEN_UN_Nuclear_Test_B
an_Bosnia.php>
Opinion and Analysis
The perils of striking Iran Jordan Times <
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/opinion/opinion3.htm >
NEWS ANALYSIS: The Growing Nuclear Fuel-Cycle Debate Arms Control <
http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2006_11/NAFuel.asp >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:07 AM
09 November 2006
IAEA, Asian Countries Discuss Security of Nuclear Weapons Diplomats,
bureaucrats and nuclear experts are meeting in Japan to discuss how to
strengthen nuclear security in Asian countries. The International Atomic Energy
Agency has called the group together amid continuing fears that terrorists have
designs on obtaining or building nuclear weapons. VOA <
http://voanews.com/english/2006-11-08-voa33.cfm >
Russia Proposes Weakened Iran Sanctions Russia has crossed out large sections
of a U.N. Security Council draft proposing broad U.S.-backed sanctions on
Tehran's nuclear and missile programs, according to a document obtained
Wednesday by The Associated Press. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/08/AR200611080
0428_pf.html>
Other Nuclear News
North Korea on agenda for Bush, China's Hu A meeting between President Bush
and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, next week will help lay the groundwork
for six-party talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons, a U.S.
diplomat said on Wednesday. Reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/08/AR200611080
0398_pf.html>
Abe says no to nukes but allows discussion Japan has no intention of going
nuclear but there is still room for debate on the issue, Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe said Wednesday as he defended key Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who
have been criticized for comments suggesting that the matter needs to be
discussed. The Japan Times <
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20061109a2.html >
Iran Says U.S. Misjudges World View on Nuclear Row Iran's most powerful
figure, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday the United States was
wrong to think the world opposed Tehran's nuclear program. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
&pagewanted=print>
Iran's top nuclear negotiator to visit Moscow Iran's top nuclear negotiator
said Wednesday that he will visit Russia later this week for talks on Iran's
atomic energy program. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/08/africa/ME_GEN_Iran_Nuclear.php >
/ DPA
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2006
/November/middleeast_November147.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Royal criticised for hard line on Iran's nuclear ambitions S?gol?ne Royal's
campaign for the French Socialist presidential nomination came under fire
yesterday after she took a hard line on Iran's nuclear programme. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ad2b7c5c-6f98-11db-ab7b-0000779e2340.html >
Israelis concerned that Democratic win could weaken U.S. stand against Iran
Israelis are worried the Democratic power swing in Washington curbing President
Bush's power will lead to less decisive action on Iran's nuclear ambitions,
which they consider an imminent threat. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/08/africa/ME_GEN_Israel_US_Elections
.php>
Top Democrats signal support for U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation deal
Two crucial Democratic leaders on foreign affairs signaled Wednesday their
continued support of an ambitious proposal by President George W. Bush to share
civilian nuclear technology with India. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/08/america/NA_GEN_US_India_Nuclear.p
hp>
China-Egypt nuclear energy deal China says it has reached an agreement with
the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, to co-operate on the peaceful use of
nuclear energy. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6128438.stm >
Russia considers mining uranium in Bulgaria Russia is considering mining
uranium in Bulgaria after its nuclear services exporter won a tender to build a
power plant outside Sofia, a senior nuclear official said Wednesday.
Ria Novosti <
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061108/55459534.html >
Rosatom to tackle uranium shortage A founding treaty to set up the Uranium
Mining Company was signed on November 2 at Russia's Federal Agency for Nuclear
Power (Rosatom). Ria Novosti <
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20061108/55465284.html >
Opinion and Analysis
Iran: Maneuvers and more maneuvers Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HK09Ak02.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:07 AM
10 November 2006
Iran Said Seeking Help with Nuclear Reactor Iran plans to ask the U.N.
nuclear watchdog agency later this month for technical assistance on a
nuclear reactor project that could produce two bombs a year, two experts said on
Thursday. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-nuclear-iran-usa.htm
l?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print>
Iran insists on returning its nuclear file to IAEA-ambassador Iranian
Ambassador to Russia Goliamreza Ansari, speaking in an interview with Itar-Tass
on Thursday in connection with the coming Moscow visit by Secretary of the
Iranian Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, said that Teheran "insists
on returning the Iranian nuclear file to the IAEA". Itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10966765&PageNum=0 >
Iran could review IAEA ties over U.N. draft-Larijani Iran will review ties
with the International Atomic Energy Agency if Russian changes watering down the
European draft resolution on sanctions in the U.N.
Security Council are not accepted, Iran's top nuclear negotiator said on
Friday. Reuters
<
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?storyid=2006-11-10T065
945Z_01_L10716276_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAN-RUSSIA.xml&type=worldNews&WTmodLoc=W
orld-C3-More-3>
Iran's Larijani to Visit Russia on Friday Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali
Larijani will visit Moscow on Friday amid concern in the West about Russia's
readiness to back U.N. sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.
Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/09/AR20061
10900286_pf.html>
UN nuclear watchdog chief El-Baradei to visit Japan The head of the
International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Japan later this month to discuss
North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs as well as nuclear non-proliferation
in general, Japan's Foreign Ministry announced Friday.
AP
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/10/asia/AS_GEN_Japan_IAEA.php >
Other Nuclear News
N.Korea returning to nuclear talks to remove 'U.S. nuclear threat,'
newspaper says North Korea is returning to international talks on its nuclear
program to "completely remove the U.S. nuclear threat," a pro-Pyongyang
newspaper said Thursday, indicating the communist state will seek more
concessions from Washington at the resumed negotiations.
AP
<
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-11-09-north-korea-nuclear_x.htm
>
Russia's offer to Iran still stands Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
said Thursday his country's offer to Iran to enrich its uranium in Russia still
stands. UPI <
http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20061109-125309-3399r.htm >
Israel's Olmert heads to US for talks on Iran nuclear bid Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert on Sunday heads to Washington where he will receive a warm welcome from
Israel's chief ally after his calls to get tough on arch-foe Iran's nuclear
ambitions. AFP <
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/
2006/November/middleeast_November167.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Rumsfeld exit lessens threat to nuclear sites, hardliners believe Iranian
hardliners are hailing the US Republican electoral defeat and Donald Rumsfeld's
downfall as a symbolic victory that lessens the risk of American military
strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1944308,00.html >
U.S. To Table India Atomic Bill Next Week: Envoy The United States will table
a bill to approve a landmark nuclear deal with India in the Senate next week but
chances of its passage this month remain uncertain, the U.S. envoy to India said
on Thursday. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-nuclear-india-usa.ht
ml>
Mid-terms fallout on nuclear deal Prospects for the Indo-US nuclear deal hang
in the balance after the Democrats' success in the US mid-terms.
BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6133070.stm >
France test-fires new, unarmed nuclear missile France successfully shot its
new M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile over the Atlantic on Thursday for
its first experimental test flight, the Defense Ministry said. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/09/europe/EU_GEN_France_New_Miss
ile.php>
Opinion and Analysis
Nuclear deal: delayed but not quite dead The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/10/stories/2006111005881100.htm >
A lame-duck chance for Indo-US deal Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HK10Df01.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:08 AM
13 November 2006
Iran warns U.N. against sanctions A defiant Iran, calling the Republican
defeat in the U.S. elections a "landmark victory for the Iranian nation," warned
Friday that it would reassess its cooperation with international atomic
regulators if the United Nations moved forward with comprehensive sanctions on
Iran's nuclear program. LA Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran11nov11,1,31931
91.story>
Iran says will reply swiftly to any Israeli attack Iran and its Revolutionary
Guards would respond swiftly if Israel attacked the Islamic state over its
disputed nuclear program, an official said on Sunday. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/12/AR20061
11200103_pf.html>
IAEA may block Iran move for nuclear aid The UN nuclear watchdog is unlikely
to approve Iran's request for technical help with a heavy water plant because of
fears it could yield atom bombs, diplomats said, but Iran vowed to carry on
construction anyway. Reuters <
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=146322 >
Other Nuclear News
Report: U.S., N.Korea May Meet in N.Y The U.S. and North Korea may hold talks
in New York as early as next week aimed at working toward the resumption of
six-country discussions on Pyongyang's nuclear program, a newspaper reported
Saturday. AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/11/AR20061
11100306_pf.html>
N. Korea on mind of Asia leaders Reclusive North Korea isn't attending the
Asia-Pacific summit, but anxiety over its nuclear program will be a major
distraction for world leaders, including a weakened U.S. President George Bush,
who are supposed to be focusing on trade issues. AP <
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/apec.summit.ap/index.html >
Seoul decides not to press Pyongyang ahead of nuclear talks South Korea's
decision to spurn a U.S. request to join its nonproliferation initiative has
been affected by North Korea's move to return to the six-way talks on its
nuclear program, a ranking South Korean official said on Monday. Yonhap
<
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20061113/6300000000200611131413
10E5.html>
Kissinger urges stepped up pace of North Korean disarmament talks Former U.S.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Sunday urged diplomats working to rid
North Korea of its nuclear weapons to set a "determined pace" in negotiations
that, along with the Iranian nuclear standoff, "may well determine the prospects
of world order." AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/12/america/NA_GEN_US_NKorea_Kiss
inger.php>
Iran Criticizes Security Council Over Threat of Sanctions President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad on Sunday described efforts by the United Nations Security Council
to impose sanctions on Iran as "disgraceful". NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/13/world/middleeast/13iran.html?pagewant
ed=print>
Iran 'must start to fear' Israel if it fails to halt nuclear plan ISRAEL and
Iran traded threats after Ehud Olmert arrived in the United States for talks
with President Bush yesterday, warning Tehran that it should "start to fear" the
consequences of trying to acquire nuclear weapons.
The Times <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2451724,00.html >
Hans Blix Urges US to Ratify CTBT Former U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans
Blix urged the United States Friday to ratify the Comprehensive Test-Ban-Treaty
(CTBT), saying the issue was the most important for world peace in terms of
disarmament. Korea Times <
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200611/kt2006111017230810230.htm >
Poland considers nuclear power to reduce dependence on Russian energy Poland
is considering using nuclear energy to diversify its energy sources and reduce
its dependence on Russian fuel, Economy Minister Piotr Wozniak said Friday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/10/europe/EU_GEN_Poland_Nuclear_
Power.php>
German Activists Delay Nuclear Shipment Protesters who suspended themselves
from a rope across railroad tracks Sunday temporarily stopped a train carrying
reprocessed nuclear waste in Germany. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Germany-Nuclear-Waste.html?pag
ewanted=print\>
Opinion and Analysis
Rescue nuclear disarmament from backburner The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/13/stories/2006111301940800.htm >
Arms control with China? Washington Times <
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20061111-111008-7201r.htm >
The Korean bomb still ticking Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HK11Dg01.html >
More than the N-deal Hindustan Times
<
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1842282,0012.htm >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:09 AM
14 November 2006
Stymied in Security Council, U.S. presses case against Iran's nuclear program
at U.N. atomic agency Frustrated by Security Council inaction over Iran,
Washington is looking to next week's International Atomic Energy Agency meeting
to press a new agenda - denying Tehran aid in building a plutonium-producing
reactor that can be used to make nuclear warheads. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/14/europe/EU_GEN_Nuclear_Agency_
Iran.php>
Iran still evading IAEA as sanctions loom: diplomats VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran
is pushing ahead with uranium enrichment and still stonewalling U.N. probes even
as world powers mull sanctions against Tehran over fears it may be secretly
pursuing atom bombs, diplomats said on Monday.
Reuters
<
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2
006-11-13T182755Z_01_L1319208_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN-IAEA.xml&WTmodLo
c=IntNewsHome_C2_worldNews-1>
International : Iranian nuclear negotiator hints at break with IAEA Moscow,
Nov 10 (DPA) Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani Friday hinted at a
possible break off of relations with the nuclear watchdog International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) over the issue of sanctions for its nuclear programme.
Telugu Portal <
http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=21025 >
N.Korea nukes should come under U.N. watchdog: Blix BEIJING (Reuters) -
International inspectors should take charge of examining North Korea's nuclear
sites if Pyongyang ever agrees to stop developing atomic weapons, the former
chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in Beijing on Monday. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/13/AR20061
11300310.html>
Other Nuclear News
Al Qaeda seeking nuclear kit for attacks LONDON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda is
trying to acquire the technology to carry out a nuclear attack against Western
targets including Britain, a senior official said on Monday.
Reuters
<
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2
006-11-14T052329Z_01_L13144061_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SECURITY-BRITAIN.xml&WTmodLo
c=NewsArt-C2-NextArticle-1>
Leaders of Iraq Study Group Question Bush WASHINGTON: President George W.
Bush spent more than an hour on Monday with the independent panel examining
strategic options for Iraq, and cautioned afterward that while he was open to
new ideas, it was important for "people making suggestions to recognize that the
best military options depend upon conditions on the ground." IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/14/america/web.1114.php >
/ WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/12/AR20061
11200250.html>
Blair to brief US panel on Iraq Tony Blair will give evidence privately to a
US inquiry which is reviewing American policy in Iraq. PA <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6212898,00.html >
Russia, U.S. spar over Iran's nuclear, missile trade UNITED NATIONS
(Reuters) - Russia's proposals for restrictions on materials that could help
Iran's nuclear programs are far less comprehensive than Western nations would
like, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said on Monday. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/13/AR20061
11300977.html>
Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Maintain Tough Front on Iran WASHINGTON, Nov.
13 - President Bush and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel kept up their tough
talk on Iran on Monday, warning it once again to drop its nuclear ambitions,
even as Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain suggested that Tehran could take a
role in stabilizing Iraq under "a new partnership." NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/washington/14prexy.html >
/ AP < http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Israel.html?hp&ex=1163480400&e
n=59627322610db257&ei=5094&partner=homepage>
Bush: Iran must face isolation over nuclear program WASHINGTON, Nov 13
(Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Monday that Iran must face
"economic isolation" if it proceeds with its nuclear uranium enrichment program
in defiance of international pressure. Reuters <
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=N13173816&WT
modLoc=World-R5-Alertnet-5>
SKorean envoy: Nuclear talks on NKorea expected to resume by mid-December
SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea's nuclear envoy said Tuesday that he expects the
six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program to resume by mid-December. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/14/asia/AS_GEN_Koreas_Nuclear_Ta
lks.php>
Stability in 3 years forecast for Czech nuclear plant Prague - The head of a
problem-plagued nuclear power plant that has strained Czech-Austrian relations
promised Monday to stabilize the facility by 2009. M&C News <
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/energywatch/news/article_1221377.php
/Stability_in_3_years_forecast_for_Czech_nuclear_plant>
Search for site for nation's nuclear waste continues Taiwan Power Co
(Taipower) has not given up the hope of storing its nuclear waste overseas
but the matter will not be easily settled as political factors will be involved,
Taipower vice president Hsu Hwai-chiung told a legislative committee that is
reviewing several funds under the jurisdiction of Taipower. Taipei Times <
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/11/14/2003336272 >
Nuclear Waste Arrives at German Storage Dump Amid Protests A shipment of
175 tones of highly radioactive nuclear waste arrived at its destination in
northern Germany on Monday despite being forced to interrupt its two-day journey
from France several times. Deutsche Welle <
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2237191,00.html >
Opinion and Analysis
Iraq's neighbours The Times
<
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,542-2452405,00.html >
Talking terms with Tehran The Guardian
<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,,1946921,00.html?gusrc=
rss&feed=12>
Debate on nuclear arms Asahi
<
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200611140161.html >
>From November to November Haaretz
<
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/787451.html >
Awaiting the outcome The Jordan Times
<
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/opinion/opinion1.htm >
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15 November 2006
Plutonium found in Iran waste facility International Atomic Energy experts
have found unexplained plutonium and highly enriched uranium traces in a nuclear
waste facility in Iran and have asked Tehran for an explanation, an IAEA report
said Tuesday. AP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear_8&print
er=1> / Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR20061
11400875_pf.html>
U.N. Agency: Unclear if Iran's Nuclear Aims Peaceful The U.N.'s nuclear
watchdog agency said on Tuesday it could not confirm if Iran's nuclear
intentions were entirely peaceful and that Tehran was pressing ahead with
uranium enrichment despite the threat of sanctions. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-iran.html?pagewanted
=print>
Iran: Nuclear program will be operating by February Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said Tuesday his country expects its uranium enrichment program to
be ready by February to meet Iran's nuclear fuel needs, the national news
service IRNA reported. CNN <
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/14/iran.nuclear/index.html >
Iran will talk to 'corrected' US Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has
said Tehran is ready to talk to the US - once it changes its attitude. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6148130.stm >
IAEA asks Pakistan to develop N-database The International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) has asked Pakistan to develop a nuclear database for power
reactors and contribute to the IAEA information base. Daily Times
<
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C11%5C15%5Cstory_15
-11-2006_pg7_4>
Other Nuclear News
Iran wants to instal 60,000 centrifuges: president President Mahmoud
Ahamdinejad announced on Tuesday the ultimate aim of Iran's atomic drive was to
install tens of thousands of uranium-enriching centrifuges to produce nuclear
fuel. AFP <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/15/int5.htm >
Official Says U.S. May Mull Pre - Emptive Iran Strike The United States or
other countries will one day be forced to consider pre-emptive action if Iran
and North Korea continue to seek nuclear weapons, a senior U.S.
government official said on Tuesday. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR20061
11400991_pf.html>
US, South Korea hold talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions The chief US
negotiator on North Korea met Wednesday with his South Korean counterpart on the
sidelines of an Asia Pacific summit to thrash out how and when to resume
six-party disarmament talks. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/241398/1/.h
tml>
N. Korea Dominates Meeting in Malaysia North Korea and its nuclear program
dominated talks launched in Malaysia on Tuesday among military leaders from 23
countries, the head of the U.S. Pacific Command and other officials said. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Asia-Defense-Chiefs.html?pagew
anted=print>
Rice Sees More Contacts Before Six - Party Talks U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday more work was needed before six-party talks
resume on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, suggesting a quick
resumption of the talks is unlikely. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/15/AR20061
11500089_pf.html>
Nuclear weapons OK for self-defence: gov't Japan's constitution allows it to
possess nuclear weapons as long as they are kept to a minimum level necessary
for self-defence, although the country has no intention of holding such arms,
the government said in a statement yesterday.
China Daily
<
http://english.people.com.cn/200611/15/eng20061115_321685.html >
'Seoul Should Secure Nuclear Technology' South Korea needs to secure
technology for uranium enrichment and reprocessing spent nuclear fuel as part of
its mid- and long-term security strategy, following North Korea's apparent
breach of a 1992 inter-Korean denuclearization pact with a nuclear test on Oct.
9, a nuclear expert said. The Korea Times <
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200611/kt2006111417491011980.htm
>
Lawmakers Concerned About U.S.-India Nuclear Trade Deal Congressional leaders
requested a secret intelligence assessment of India's nuclear program and its
government's ties to Iran in January amid concerns about a White House effort to
provide nuclear technology to New Delhi. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR20061
11401208_pf.html>
Fire shuts down nuclear reactor in Sweden An explosive fire broke out early
Tuesday at Sweden's biggest nuclear plant, shutting down one of its four
reactors, plant officials said. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/14/europe/EU_GEN_Sweden_Nuclear_
Fire.php>
Opinion and Analysis
South Korea blinks LA Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-ed-norkor14nov14,1
,194674.story>
Exiting Iraq with 'help' from Iran CSMonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1115/p08s02-comv.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:11 AM
16 November 2006
I ran Dismisses U.N. Report on Uranium Iran on
Wednesday dismissed a U.N.
report that inspectors found new traces of enriched uranium and plutonium at
a nuclear waste facility, saying it had already explained that discovery. AP <
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2656819 >
Iran's nuclear claims not yet confirmed International inspectors, puzzled by
the discovery of traces of plutonium, haven't confirmed Iran's claim that its
nuclear program is nearing completion. UPI <
http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20061115-100851-2631r.htm >
Saudi Arabia is experimenting with peaceful nuclear technology, Saudi
diplomat says Saudi Arabia is experimenting with nuclear technology for peaceful
purposes but is not interested in acquiring nuclear weapons, the Saudi
ambassador in Kuwait said in remarks published Wednesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/africa/ME_GEN_Saudi_Nuclear_E
nergy.php>
U.N. Says Somalia Arms Embargo Violated Ten nations and Lebanon's Hezbollah
have been supplying weapons to an Islamic militia that controls much of Somalia,
violating an international arms embargo, according to a U.N. commission report
obtained Wednesday. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-UN-Somalia.html?pagewanted=pri
nt>
Other Nuclear News
N.Korea Seen Taking Tougher Stance at Nuclear Talks North Korea is returning
to stalled nuclear talks to end a U.S. crackdown on its finances but will take a
harder line in negotiations because it has exploded its first nuclear bomb, a
group of experts said on Wednesday after visiting Pyongyang. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-korea-north-usa-expe
rts.html?pagewanted=print>
Diplomacy in full gear over North Korea's nuclear weapons program Officials
laid the groundwork Wednesday to resume stalled six-party talks on North Korea's
nuclear program as the reclusive communist country's atomic test galvanized
efforts to persuade it to disarm. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/asia/AS_GEN_APEC_NKorea_Nucle
ar.php>
Democrats Blast Bush Policy on N. Korea The Bush administration came under
fierce attack yesterday from Democrats for its North Korea policy, with the
incoming chairman of the House International Relations Committee saying that
change is "long overdue" and that the United States should allow its chief
nuclear arms negotiator to visit Pyongyang, North Korea's capital. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/15/AR20061
11501360_pf.html>
Rice: N. Korea Talks May Not Be Imminent Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
is suggesting that new talks intended to shutter North Korea's nuclear program
may not come quickly. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Rice.html?pagewanted=print >
Iran Sanctions Negotiations Stall at U.N. Deep divisions between Western
nations and Russia have stalled talks on a draft U.N. resolution imposing
sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said on
Wednesday. Reuters
<
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/16/worldupdates/2006
-11-16T063746Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-276455-1&sec=Worldupdates>
Iran tried to swap guns for Somali uranium Iran tried to obtain uranium from
Somalia in return for supplying weapons to the anarchic country's Islamist
movement, according to the United Nations. Telegraph <
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/15/usomali
a115.xml>
US Senate asked to clear Indian nuclear deal The US Senate was urged
Wednesday to approve a landmark civilian nuclear agreement with India in a bid
to woo the Asian giant to cooperate closely with Washington to stop global
proliferation. AFP <
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinen
t/2006/November/subcontinent_November576.xml§ion=subcontinent>
China sets sights on Canadian uranium The federal government is launching a
fresh campaign to sell Candu nuclear technology to China, but the Chinese
government seems to have a stronger interest in acquiring Canadian uranium to
fuel its own, homegrown reactors. The Globe&Mail
<
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061115.wuranium111
5/BNStory/Business/home>
China Considers PSI Participation China is actively considering participation
in the U.S.-led counterproliferation interdiction program as a means to press
its neighbor and ally North Korea to give up its nuclear program, a former White
House aide said. Yonhap <
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200611/kt2006111521220011990.htm
>
China's Hu Set to Offer Pakistan Nuclear Plants Chinese President Hu Jintao
is poised to unveil an ambitious expansion of nuclear power cooperation with
Pakistan when he visits next week, testing China's balance between Pakistan and
its wary neighbor, India. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-china-pakistan.html?pa
gewanted=print>
Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Pakistan successfully
tested a nuclear capable ballistic missile today, the second firing of such a
weapon this year, the army said. Bloomberg <
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aj4xNVAURhig&refer=
germany>
Opinion and Analysis
Incoherence stymies US's Iran policy Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HK16Ak02.html >
Nuclear disarmament Asahi
<
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200611160129.html >
Japanese nukes: Voicing the unthinkable Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/HK16Dh01.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:12 AM
17 November 2006
Nuclear Deal With India Wins Senate Backing The Senate gave overwhelming
approval late Thursday to President Bush's deal for nuclear cooperation with
India, a vote expressing that a goal of nurturing India as an ally outweighed
concerns over the risks of spreading nuclear skills and bomb-making materials.
NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/washington/17nuke.html?_r=1&oref=slog
in&pagewanted=print> / Reuters
<
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2006-11-17T125818Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-276643-1.xml>
India gives guarded welcome to nuclear deal vote India said on Friday it was
pleased with the long-awaited US Senate approval of a landmark nuclear
cooperation deal but noted that some more key steps remained to be fulfilled.
Zee News <
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=336101&sid=NAT >
Iran says about to take "final step" in atomic plan President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said on Thursday Iran was about to take the "final step" in a
nuclear program which the U.N. has called on it to curtail and which the West
fears may be used to make atomic bombs. Reuters <
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsone&storyID=200
6-11-16T144224Z_01_BLA636242_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN-AHMADINEJAD.xml&W
TmodLoc=InternetNewsHome_R1_newsone-1>
Other Nuclear News
N. Korea may try to sell nuclear technology, Bush warns President George W.
Bush warned Thursday that North Korea may try to sell nuclear technology and
materials to other nations and terror groups, and he urged Asian nations to
enforce United Nations sanctions against the country. NYT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/16/news/bush.php >
/ AP < http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/16/bush.ap/index.html >
North Korea Calls on U.S. To Move in Nuclear Standoff North Korea made clear
on Friday it had no intention of scrapping its nuclear weapons program unless
the United States made significant concessions. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-korea-north-sanction
s.html?pagewanted=print>
North Korea May Have 6 to 8 Nukes North Korea has four to eight kilotons of
plutonium, enough to make six to eight nuclear weapons, an American nuclear
expert who visited Pyongyang from Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 said. The Korea Times <
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200611/kt2006111617513011990.htm
>
Iran hints at new nuclear talks Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali
Larijani, has suggested that Tehran is prepared to resume negotiations over its
nuclear programme. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6156024.stm >
US fears China-Pakistan nuclear ties Washington is concerned that China's
President Hu Jintao will give the green light to an ambitious expansion of
China's controversial nuclear co-operation with Pakistan during his visit to
Islamabad next week. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0bcea362-75e1-11db-aea1-0000779e2340.html >
Pakistani general seeks civilian nuclear cooperation with Washington to
offset U.S.-India deal A senior Pakistani general said Thursday the United
States should extend civilian nuclear cooperation beyond India and include
Pakistan, arguing the economic growth it would spur would help defeat extremism
and terrorism. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/16/europe/EU_GEN_Belgium_Pakista
n_Nuclear.php>
Putin: Russia must maintain nuclear capability guaranteeing destruction of
any aggressor Russia's nuclear forces must remain capable of guaranteeing the
destruction of any potential aggressor, the president said Thursday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/16/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_Military
.php>
S. Korea to sign nuclear fusion reactor agreement in Paris next week An
international consortium, including South Korea, will sign a formal agreement
next week to build an experimental nuclear fusion reactor in France by 2015,
government officials said Friday. Yonhap <
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20061117/6600000000200611171200
30E0.html>
Opinion and Analysis
What do we do with Iran? Khaleej Times
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/200
6/November/opinion_November61.xml§ion=opinion&col=>
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:13 AM
20 November 2006
As Iran Seeks Aid, Atom Agency Faces Quandary At a place called Arak in the
desert southwest of Tehran, behind barbed wire and antiaircraft guns, Iran is
building a heavy-water nuclear reactor. The government says it will produce
radioactive isotopes for medical treatments. As an unavoidable byproduct, it
will also make plutonium, one of the primary fuels for atom bombs. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/20/world/middleeast/20nukes.html?_r=1&or
ef=slogin&pagewanted=print>
IAEA likely to block Iran atom aid at meeting The U.N. nuclear watchdog is
likely at a politically charged meeting this week to put on ice Iran's request
for help with a heavy-water plant due to fears it could yield plutonium for atom
bombs, diplomats say. Reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyI
D=2006-11-20T060324Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-276980-1.xml> / AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/19/AR20061
11900429_pf.html> / AFP
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/
2006/November/middleeast_November371.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
The Next Act A month before the November elections, Vice-President Dick
Cheney was sitting in on a national-security discussion at the Executive Office
Building. The talk took a political turn: what if the Democrats won both the
Senate and the House? How would that affect policy toward Iran, which is
believed to be on the verge of becoming a nuclear power?
The New Yorker <
http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/061127fa_fact >
Hill to Visit China This Week to Discuss N.Korea Assistant Secretary of State
Christopher Hill will visit Beijing this week to consult Chinese officials about
six-party talks on how to end North Korea's nuclear ambitions, U.S. officials
said on Sunday. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/19/AR20061
11900201_pf.html>
Other Nuclear News
U.S. Signals New Incentives for North Korea In a series of closed-door
meetings on the edges of the economic summit meeting of Asian nations here,
President Bush and his aides have signaled that they will dangle a new set of
incentives for North Korea to give up nuclear weapons and technology, American
officials said. But the offers would hinge on the North's coming to talks next
month agreeing to begin immediately dismantling some of the equipment it is
using to build an arsenal. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/world/asia/19prexy.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
Bush Urges Hu and Putin on North Korea and Iran U.S. President George W.
Bush sought help from China and Russia on Sunday on thwarting the twin
nuclear challenges of North Korea and Iran as security dominated his agenda at
an Asia Pacific summit. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/19/AR20061
11900266_pf.html>
Russia says world must be firm but very cautious on Iran, North Korea The
world must be firm but also very cautious when dealing with the North Korean and
Iranian nuclear programs, Russia's foreign minister said Saturday during an
Asian-Pacific summit in Vietnam. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/18/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_Iran_Nko
rea.php>
APEC nations back pressure on N. Korea The United States and its partners in
the campaign to force North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program won the
support Sunday of a summit of Pacific Rim nations, the latest effort to step up
pressure in slow-moving talks with the isolated Pyongyang government. LATimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bush20nov20,1,77151
83.story>
NKorea warns pre-emptive strike on it would lead to nuclear war North Korea
on Sunday slammed a suggestion in South Korea that Seoul ditch its
defensive-only military strategy in response to Pyongyang's nuclear weapons,
saying a pre-emptive strike would spark a nuclear war. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/19/asia/AS_GEN_Koreas_Nuclear_Wa
r.php>
Iran's Leader Seeks Ties With N. Korea President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has
demanded more ties with North Korea and urged for nuclear disarmament in Korean
peninsula, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Sunday. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-NKorea.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
Abe Assures China's Hu That Japan Won't Go Nuclear Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
said on Monday he had assured Chinese President Hu Jintao Japan would not
acquire nuclear weapons, but use its position as the only country to have
suffered atomic attacks to urge members of the nuclear club to reduce their
arsenals. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-japan-nuclear.html?p
agewanted=print>
US wants no nuclear accord with Pakistan Pakistan cannot get a similar
nuclear deal as India because that's "a unique agreement with a unique country",
says US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/19/top5.htm >
India Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile India successfully test-fired a
medium-range nuclear-capable missile on Sunday, days after its rival Pakistan
launched a similar missile. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-india-missile.html?p
agewanted=print>
Opinion and Analysis
Bombs That Won't Go Off WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/17/AR20061
11701591.html>
Who will pay the Bill? Khaleej Times
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/200
6/November/opinion_November72.xml§ion=opinion&col=>
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:14 AM
21 November 2006
U.S., EU Oppose Atomic Aid for Iran at Tense IAEA Meet Western powers urged
the U.N. nuclear agency on Monday to deny Iran's request for help with a plant
that could yield plutonium for atom bombs, but Washington voiced no objection to
seven other projects presented by Tehran. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/20/AR20061
12000213_pf.html> / AP
<
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Nuclear-Agency-Iran.html?pagew
anted=print>
Iran presid confirms intention to build 60,000 uranium centrifuges Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has confirmed his country's intention to build
60,000 centrifuges for industrial-scale uranium enrichment. He made this
statement during a visit to the State Television and Radio Broadcasting
Corporation of Iran on Monday.
Itar-tass
<
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11001817&PageNum=0 >
Efforts for civilian N-technology to continue: FO Pakistan on Monday declared
it would continue to seek international cooperation for civilian nuclear
technology to meet its growing energy needs. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/21/nat3.htm >
Other Nuclear News
US envoy in Beijing to set date for six-party talks The chief US negotiator
on North Korea's nuclear programme was in Beijing Tuesday for meetings aimed at
setting a date for the stalled six-nation talks on the crisis to resume. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/242626/1/.h
tml>
EU imposes sanctions on N Korea over nuclear testing The European Union on
Monday adopted a series of sanctions against North Korea, in response to the
nuclear testing carried out by Pyongyang. AFP <
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1065252 >
Countries Must Unite on N.Korea Sanctions, Experts Say U.N. sanctions can
only have a chance at persuading North Korea to rethink its nuclear weapons
program if all countries join in strongly supporting and implementing the
penalties, former U.S. government experts said on Monday. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/20/AR20061
12001078_pf.html>
'North Korea cannot miniaturise nuclear weapons' North Korea's nuclear test
last month was only partially successful and it cannot yet miniaturise atomic
warheads, South Korea's next spy chief said Monday.
AFP
<
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C11%5C21%5Cstory_21
-11-2006_pg4_4>
Ahmadinejad says Iran will be self-sufficient in nuclear fuel by next year
Iran will be self-sufficient in nuclear fuel in 2007, President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said Monday, days after he admitted his country was far from
producing enough fuel to power a nuclear reactor. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/20/africa/ME_GEN_Iran_Nuclear.ph
p>
China woos India and Pakistan with nuclear know-how The race for influence in
South Asia is taking a nuclear turn. In recent days, reports have emerged that
both the United States and China are prepared to alter the nuclear establishment
in order to curry favor with South Asia's two powers: India and Pakistan.
CSMonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1121/p01s02-woap.html >
Report: Australia Should End Limits A government report on Tuesday
recommended Australia lift its long-standing restrictions on the export and
enrichment of uranium, which it imposed to ensure the mineral is not used to
develop nuclear weapons and to allay concerns about radioactive waste disposal.
AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Australia-Nuclear.html?pagewan
ted=print>
Russia may aid Hanoi on nuclear energy Russia and Vietnam agreed Monday to
step up economic cooperation and work together to combat terrorism during a
visit by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, meant to fortify ties between
the two Cold War allies. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/20/news/putin.php >
Ministers to sign fusion accord An international consortium is set to sign a
formal agreement to build an experimental nuclear fusion reactor.
BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6165932.stm >
Opinion and Analysis
Nuclear tango Times of India
<
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/OPINION/Editorial/Nuclear_tango/arti
cleshow/462730.cms>
Talk of another preventive war in the Middle East is folly FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7a783cee-7904-11db-8743-0000779e2340.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:15 AM
22 November 2006
IAEA delays ruling on disputed Iran atom aid The U.N. nuclear watchdog, split
over Iran's bid for aid for a project the West fears could yield bomb-grade
plutonium, has put off a ruling until Thursday but is likely to block such
assistance, diplomats said on Tuesday. Reuters
<
http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CTOP/ntopNews_2006-11-21
T202102Z_01_L21767935_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN-IAEA.xml?src=RSS-TOP>
Diplomats agree to deny aid for Iranian reactor Most participants at a
35-nation meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency have agreed to deny
technical safety aid to Iran for a reactor that will produce plutonium,
diplomats said Tuesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/21/news/iran.php >
/ IranMania < http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=47446&Ne
wsKind=Current%20Affairs>
Inspections of sign firm urged The International Atomic Energy Agency, the
body that tries to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons, should inspect SRB
Technologies (Canada) Inc., a Canadian company that uses radioactive tritium,
according to an internal report by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Globe
and Mail
<
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061121.wxtritium21
/BNStory/National/home>
Russia urges Iran to answer all IAEA questions on nuclear program Russia's
foreign minister said Tuesday Iran must answer all questions of interest to the
UN nuclear watchdog on its nuclear program. RIA Novosti <
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061121/55865699.html >
/ AP < http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1162378451315&pagename=JPost
/JPArticle/ShowFull>
Other Nuclear News
States sign nuclear energy pact The multi-billion-euro project known as Iter
- or "the way" in Latin - will aim to produce energy from nuclear reactions like
those that fuel the Sun. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6165932.stm?ls >
Talks on nuclear deterrent The future of Britain's nuclear deterrent will be
discussed for the first time by the Cabinet tomorrow after the Defence
Secretary, Des Brown, outlines the threat posed by the spread of the weapons.
Telegraph
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/22/nnuke22
.xml> / Guardian
<
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,,1953908,00.html >
Virginia OKs North Anna Nuclear Site Prep Virginia gave conditional approval
Tuesday to a key environmental hurdle for Dominion Virginia Power's proposed new
nuclear reactors at its North Anna plant. AP <
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4351994.html >
Pupils Evacuated After Warning at Nuclear Plant In the first nuclear-related
evacuation since the Three Mile Island accident of 1979, a Tennessee school
district sent all 1,800 pupils home on Tuesday morning because operators at a
nearby nuclear reactor believed they might have had a leak of radioactive
cooling water inside the plant. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/22/us/22nuclear.html?_r=1&oref=slogin >
No nuclear subsidy needed: producer THE world's largest builder of nuclear
power stations says it does not need a Government subsidy to build a reactor in
Australia, provided the regulatory framework is right. Melbourne Herald Sun <
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20801396-5005961,00.html
>
Oz could have 25 nuclear power plants by 2050 As many as 25 nuclear power
plants could be built in Australia by 2050, producing one-third of the country's
power and slowing the growth of greenhouse emissions, at a cost of more than
$A75 billion ($NZ86.3b). Sydney Morning Herald <
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3874094a12,00.html >
Nuclear energy debate sparks NT waste dump fears Environmentalists fear the
Northern Territory could end up hosting a high level radioactive waste
repository if a nuclear energy industry is established in Australia. ABC <
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200611/s1794435.htm >
New Delhi, Beijing talk nuclear for the first time China may be open to
backing India-United States deal on civil nuclear energy The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/22/stories/2006112205051200.htm >
Pakistan evasive on nuclear deal Pakistan has played down reports of a deal
with China for assistance in building six nuclear reactors during the November
23-26 visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao. The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/22/stories/2006112204601600.htm >
Opinion and Analysis
Iran and Arak NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/22/opinion/22wed3.html >
The big trouble is still on the way Haaretz <
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/790930.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:16 AM
23 November 2006
U.N. nuclear agency may halt funding for Iranian reactor The international
community tentatively decided late Wednesday to halt financial support for a
controversial nuclear reactor in Iran that could be used to help produce
plutonium for atomic bombs, but to continue to fund seven other Iranian civilian
nuclear projects. LATimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran23nov23,1,47005
25.story> / NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/23/world/middleeast/23iran.html?_r=1&ore
f=slogin&pagewanted=print> / Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/22/AR20061
12201406_pf.html> / AP
<
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran-iaea.html?pagewan
ted=print>
Moscow alarmed by Iran's plans to expand nuclear research - Lavrov Russia is
concerned about Iran's announced plans to expand nuclear research. Interfax <
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11625555 >
Brazil looking to expand nuclear program Brazil's government intends to build
four new nuclear plants and increase oil and petrochemical refining capacity as
part of a strategic plan for the energy sector up to 2030, an official said
Wednesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/22/business/LA_FIN_Brazil_Energy
.php>
Nigeria plans to build nuclear power plants to meet energy needs by 2015
Nigeria plans to build nuclear power plants to meet a major part of the West
African country's electricity demand by 2015, a government minister said
Wednesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/22/africa/AF_GEN_Nigeria_Nuclear
_Power.php>
Missing keys, holes in fence and a single padlock: welcome to Congo's nuclear
plant The IAEA is worried that lax security could lead to enriched uranium
falling into the wrong hands. Amid the market stalls, hawkers and gridlocked
cars on the road out of Congo's capital and into the Kinshasa hills there is
nothing to mark the way to a nondescript clutch of buildings a few hundred yards
down a side street. Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/congo/story/0,,1954795,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed
=12>
Other Nuclear News
Pyongyang will not abandon nuclear weapons, senior official says North Korea
will not abandon its nuclear weapons despite its agreement to come back to
six-party talks on its atomic ambitions, a senior North Korean diplomat said
Wednesday. Yonhap
<
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20061122/6100000000200611222051
39E5.html> / Itar-tass
<
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11009252&PageNum=0 >
U.S. Negotiator on North Korea Will Return to China The top U.S.
negotiator on North Korea will return to Beijing this weekend to prepare for
six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program, the
State Department said on Wednesday. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-korea-north-hill.html?pagewant
ed=print>
Teheran finds Russia's enrichment proposal 'attractive' Teheran considers a
proposal to enrich uranium for Iranian use on Russian soil 'attractive,' Iranian
Ambassador to Russia Gholamreza Ansari said Wednesday, the news agency Interfax
reported. DPA <
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/
2006/November/middleeast_November429.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Cabinet to debate nuclear future Ministers are expected to discuss the future
of Britain's nuclear weapons system for the first time at the weekly meeting of
the Cabinet. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6175286.stm >
China's Hu seen cementing close Pakistani ties Chinese President Hu Jintao is
due in Pakistan on Thursday for a visit that is expected to cement the old
friends' "all-weather relationship" that was for decades underpinned by their
mutual hostility towards India. Reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2006-11-23T090816Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-277457-3.xml> / Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/23/nat1.htm >
US N-firms advised to start business with India The Bush administration has
advised top US energy firms to start negotiations with their Indian counterparts
for supplying nuclear components, officials said. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/23/top14.htm >
Indian N-plants facing terror threat Terrorist threats to India's
infrastructure, including its atomic plants, have increased in the wake of a
civilian nuclear energy deal with the United States, Home Minister Shivraj Patil
said on Wednesday. AFP <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/23/top15.htm >
Russia to help Indonesia build first nuclear power plant The Russian
government is keen to assist Indonesia in building its first nuclear reactor as
a new energy source, an envoy said in Jakarta Thursday.
Xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200611/23/eng20061123_324487.html >
Opinion and Analysis
We must not go soft on the nuclear ambitions of North Korea FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ae96211c-7aa8-11db-8838-0000779e2340.html >
A Nuclear Nightmare Comes True Time
<
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1544017,00.html >
Iran's defensive posturing Asia Times
<
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HK23Ak03.html >
A nuclear dimension to Indo-China relations Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HK23Df01.html >
Pakistan and China: great expectations The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/23/stories/2006112303750800.htm >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:17 AM
24 November 2006
IAEA board denies Iran technical help in building a plutonium-producing
reactor The UN nuclear agency's 35-country board on Thursday denied Iran
technical help in building a plutonium-producing reactor, but left room for
Tehran to resubmit its request. Defiant Iranian officials said construction
would continue. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/23/news/iran.php >
/ Chicago Tribune
<
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-061123iran,1,728
9617.story?ctrack=1&cset=true> / Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran-arak.html?pagewan
ted=print> / AFP
<
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/243165/1/.html >
Iran Says It Will Build Heavy-Water Reactor Without Agency's Help Iran said
Thursday that it would build a heavy-water reactor on its own after the United
Nations nuclear monitoring agency decided to remove the item from a list of
projects for which it planned to provide technical assistance. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/24/world/middleeast/24iran.html?_r=1&ore
f=slogin&pagewanted=print> / Reuters
<
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/23/iran.nuclear.reut/index.h
tml> / LATimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-iaea24nov24,1,6073901.story >
Iran offers UN new nuclear access Iran will give inspectors access to records
and equipment from two of its nuclear sites, the head of the UN's atomic agency,
the IAEA, has said. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6176934.stm >
/ AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/23/AR20061
12300345_pf.html>
Russia against attempts to 'punish' or isolate lran Russia comes out against
the attempts to "punish" or isolate Iran, Russia's permanent representative at
international organizations in Vienna, ambassador Grigory Berdennikov said on
Thursday at the session of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) that opened here. Itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11013930&PageNum=0 >
IAEA chief voices support for resuming talks on DPRK nuclear issue Mohamed
ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on
Thursday welcomed the positive signals sent by relevant parties about the
resumption of talks on the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula. Xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200611/24/eng20061124_324774.html >
Other Nuclear News
North Korea talks must focus on giving up nukes: Tokyo North Korea must agree
to discuss giving up its nuclear ambitions at upcoming six-nation talks despite
its test of an atomic bomb last month, Japan's foreign minister said Friday. AFP
<
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/243287/1/.h
tml>
Cabinet unites behind decision to seek Trident replacement The cabinet is
willing to back the more expensive option of replacing the Trident nuclear
deterrent with a new system, rather than prolonging its life, the Guardian
understands. The decision, expected to be finalised in a fortnight, is backed by
Gordon Brown and Tony Blair. Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,1955836,00.html?gus
rc=rss&feed=11>
China's Hu pledges more nuclear support for Pakistan Chinese President Hu
Jintao said Friday Beijing would continue to help Pakistan with its nuclear
power industry but did not announce any new deal with long-term ally Islamabad.
AFP <
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinen
t/2006/November/subcontinent_November928.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=>
Next N-stop, threat lowering clause Days before the reconciliation process
begins on the Indo-US civil nuclear cooperation Bill, New Delhi has sought a
clarification from Washington on the Bingaman Amendment that calls for
establishing a cooperative threat reduction programme between the both
countries. The Indian Express <
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/17169.html >
Waste not There are 600 metric tons (661.4 short tons) of highly radioactive
uranium and plutonium stored in a high-security warehouse on the grounds of a
nuclear power plant here. Bonded in ceramic and stored under pressurized helium
in cylinders, this spent fuel from the Dukovany plant's four 20-year-old
reactors, still gives off enough heat to make you sweat. The Prague Post <
http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2006/11/22/waste-not >
Opinion and Analysis
On negotiating with Tehran IHT
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/23/opinion/edkiss.php >
Will Israel join the nuclear club? Haaretz <
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/792163.html >
Nuclear countdown The Guardian
<
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/comment/0,,1955831,00.html >
Talking Trident The Times
<
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2468621,00.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:18 AM
27 November 2006
Iran promises better cooperation if the U.N. nuclear watchdog handles dossier
Iran promised Sunday to improve its cooperation with the U.N.
nuclear watchdog if the agency, instead of the U.N Security Council, takes
charge of its nuclear dossier. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/26/africa/ME_GEN_Iran_Nuclear.ph
p> / Reuters <
http://www.jordantimes.com/mon/news/news6.htm >
Iran insists on enriching uranium in its territory Iran insists on enriching
uranium on its own territory, but is ready to examine the Russian proposal on
setting up a joint venture, spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Mohammad
Ali Hosseini told a news conference on Sunday.
Itar-tass
<
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11019878&PageNum=0 >
Iran denies Dr Khan's help in N-plan Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali
Larijani has rubbished the idea often heard in Pakistan that his country had
tried to bribe Islamabad to get access to sophisticated nuclear technology for
producing bombs. He also denied that Dr A.Q. Khan had in anyway helped Iran in
its nuclear programme. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/25/top2.htm >
Israel cannot attack Iran with US support: Larijani Iran's chief nuclear
negotiator Ali Larijani said Israel was not in a position to attack Iran with
the support of the United States, in an interview published on Saturday. AFP <
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/
2006/November/middleeast_November488.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Pakistan signs accord with IAEA for safeguards at nuclear power plant
Pakistan has signed an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency for
safeguards at a nuclear power plant currently under construction. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/25/asia/AS_GEN_Pakistan_Nuclear_
IAEA.php>
China endorses India-U.S. nuclear trade deal: Indian external affairs
minister China has endorsed the India-U.S. civilian nuclear trade deal, India's
external affairs minister was quoted as saying Sunday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/26/asia/AS_GEN_India_China_Nucle
ar.php>
Spy death linked to nuclear thefts An investigation was under way last night
into Russia's black market trade in radioactive materials amid concern that
significant quantities of polonium 210, the substance that killed former spy
Alexander Litvinenko, are being stolen from poorly protected Russian nuclear
sites. The Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,1957387,00.html >
Other Nuclear News
Iran to produce enough fuel for Bushehr in 4-5 years President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad has said Iran will produce enough nuclear fuel to meet demand from
its Bushehr power station in four or five years, the official news agency IRNA
reported on Saturday. Reuters
<
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/26/worldupdates/2006
-11-25T204406Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-277775-1&sec=Worldupdates>
Russia exports missiles to Iran Russia has begun delivery of Tor-M1
air-defence missile systems to Iran, confirming that it is proceeding with arms
deals despite Western criticism. The Times <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2470089,00.html >
Envoys Head for China to Set Up North Korea Talks U.S. and South Korean
envoys were due in Beijing on Monday to prepare for six-party talks on ending
North Korea's nuclear weapons program which are expected to resume next month.
Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/26/AR20061
12600149_pf.html>
Chinese soft-pedal on nuclear aid for Pakistan Chinese president Hu Jintao
yesterday promised support for Pakistan's nuclear energy programme but stopped
short of announcing plans to supply its longstanding strategic ally with further
reactors. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/05ea4dee-7c2a-11db-b1c6-0000779e2340.html >
India accepts China N-help for Pakistan Indian Foreign Minister Pranab
Mukherjee was quoted as saying on Sunday that New Delhi had no problem with
China offering to help Pakistan in civil nuclear energy projects.
Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/27/top5.htm >
Australia: 'Nuclear power in decade' Australia could have power-producing
nuclear reactors within a decade, the head of a government-backed nuclear task
force said Sunday. AP <
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/25/australia.nuclear.ap/index .
html>
Blix vs Blair (But this time it is over our weapons of mass destruction) Dr
Hans Blix, the former UN weapons inspector, will launch a new attack on Tony
Blair today, warning that the decision to press ahead with a full replacement
for Trident will make it more difficult to stop Iran acquiring the bomb. The
Independent <
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2018719.ece >
A Rare Material and a Surprising Weapon If substantial amounts of polonium
210 were used to poison Alexander V. Litvinenko, whoever did it presumably had
access to a high-level nuclear laboratory and put himself at some risk carrying
out the assassination, experts said yesterday. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/25/world/europe/25poison.html?pagewanted
=print>
Opinion and Analysis
Nuclear conundrum Khaleej Times
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/200
6/November/opinion_November88.xml§ion=opinion&col=>
Forum: Iran paternalism The Washington Times <
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20061125-111548-9135r.htm >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:20 AM
28 November 2006
Africa nuclear power still seen far off Massive costs and a lack of
specialists could scupper the nuclear ambitions of energy-starved Africa, where
power shortages continue to hamper economic development, energy experts said on
Monday. Reuters <
http://za.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2006-11-27T151851Z_01_BAN755107_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-AFRICA-NUCLEAR-20061127.
XML&archived=False>
Ghana: Cancer Cases On the Rise - GAEC Professor Edward H.K. Akaho, Director
General of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) has said within the next 20
years there could be 200 million cancer cases worldwide with 75 per cent coming
from developing countries. Accra <
http://allafrica.com/stories/200611280030.html >
U.S. Envoy: Iran Nears Nuclear Weapons There is no time for complacency on
Iran because U.S. intelligence suggests it could have the capability to produce
a nuclear bomb as early as 2010, a senior U.S. diplomat said Monday. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-US.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&
pagewanted=print>
Other Nuclear News
China, U.S. and N. Korea nuclear envoys have held meeting Nuclear negotiators
for China, the United States and North Korea met Tuesday to discuss details of
restarting the North Korean disarmament talks, China's Foreign Ministry said. AP
<
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-11-28-nuclear-envoy_x.htm >
Nuclear test means now we can talk, says N.Korea North Korea is prepared to
return to six-country talks on its nuclear weapons program at any time now that
it has "completed defensive steps" with a nuclear test, a senior envoy of the
communist state said on Tuesday. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/27/AR20061
12701608_pf.html>
US nuclear power cos on India visit A host of nuclear power companies have
been included in the largest trade mission ever assembled by the US government
visiting India this week to boost commerce with one of the world's
fastest-growing economies. The Economic Times <
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/614018.cms >
Radioactive traces found at Berezovsky's office Police investigating the
death of the Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko found traces of the radioactive
metal polonium-210 in two buildings in central London as efforts continued to
trace the source of the poison The Independent <
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2021217.ece >
Ex-nuclear minister denies Russian origin of polonium-210 Polonium-210, a
radioactive isotope that was allegedly used to poison a Russian defector in
London, could not have originated in Russia, a former nuclear minister said
Monday. Ria Novosti <
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061127/56066495.html >
Nuclear waste stockpile soars The amount of nuclear waste piling up around
the UK has soared by 50pc in the past decade with Britain's radioactive refuse
heap already big enough to fill the Royal Albert Hall. Telegraph <
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/11/28/cnuke
28.xml>
Opinion and Analysis
Why We Need to Talk to Iran Time
<
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1562961,00.html >
Iranian motives, U.S. intentions The Washington Times <
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20061127-091702-3649r.htm >
"The answer to the nuclear issue is more democracy" The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/28/stories/2006112802871100.htm >
The '39 parallel? The Washington Times
<
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20061126-105155-9638r.htm >
The new face of the United Nations Jordan Times <
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/opinion/opinion2.htm >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 06:20 AM
29 November 2006
IAEA to Iran: stop dodging probe with legal excuses Description Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR20061
12800918.html> / IranMania
<
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=47640&Ne
wsKind=Current%20Affairs>
"UN N-probe of Iran hampered by blind spots" The UN atomic agency's
investigation of Iran's nuclear program is still being hampered by unanswered
questions about sensitive work hidden by Tehran for almost two decades, IAEA
chief Mohamed ElBaradei said in comments obtained by AFP. IranMania <
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=47636&Ne
wsKind=Current%20Affairs>
Rouhani: Referring Iran to UNSC was the mistake by 5+1 Iran's Expediency
Council Strategic Research Center chief stated that extremism was imposed on
Pakistan by the situation in neighboring countries. ISNA <
http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-833666&Lang=E >
Iran to let IAEA take more samples Iran confirmed it would allow UN
inspectors to take further environmental samples of research equipment linked to
previous finds of highly enriched, or weapons-grade, uranium, Reuters reported.
IranMania <
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=47639&Ne
wsKind=Current%20Affairs>
Inspection of Lavizan area not an issue: Iran Iranian Foreign ministry
spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said that the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) had not made a formal request to inspect the Lavizan area, IRNA reported.
IranMania <
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=47618&Ne
wsKind=Current%20Affairs>
IAEA to render technical and financial assistance to Kyrgyzstan International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will render technical assistance to Kyrgyz
government; an agreement on it was signed at the IAEA headquarters on November
27; a REGNUM correspondent was informed at Kyrgyz foreign ministry press office.
Regnum <
http://www.regnum.ru/english/economy/746321.html >
Other Nuclear News
Iran Resolution, Still Not Final, Drops Mention of Sanctions The six world
powers seeking to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions are circulating a
significantly weakened draft for a United Nations Security Council resolution
against Tehran's nuclear program, in a bid to keep their fragile coalition from
falling apart. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/29/world/middleeast/29iran.html?ref=wash
ington>
Sophistication behind spy's poisoning The poisoning of the former Russian spy
Alexander Litvinenko would have required considerable scientific know-how,
according to experts. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6190144.stm >
Russia will build 42 nuclear reactors by 2030, nuclear chief says Russia
plans to build 42 new nuclear reactors by 2030 as part of an ambitious program
to revive its atomic power industry, the top nuclear official said Tuesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/28/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_Nuclear_
Power.php>
Russian nuclear chief: Iran nuclear plant contract not 'super-profitable' The
government does not view the contract for building a nuclear plant in Iran as
essential for its economic interests, but it will be launched on schedule next
year, Russia's nuclear chief said Tuesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/28/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_Iran_Nuc
lear_Plant.php>
Annan: Wake up and take control of nuclear arms situation United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday during a speech at Princeton
University that there is an urgent need to confront the danger of nuclear
weapons, and both disarmament and nonproliferation must be pursued
simultaneously to achieve progress on either front. Princeton <
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S16/47/60M36/index.xml?secti
on=featured>
North Korea sets terms for nuclear halt: Yonhap North Korea wants sanctions
dropped and the United States to free its overseas bank accounts as
preconditions for dismantling its nuclear program, Yonhap news agency said on
Wednesday, terms likely to become a sticking point in negotiations. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR20061
12802036.html>
N.Korea is nuclear blackmailer, says U.S. general North Korea was building
nuclear weapons for political blackmail, the head of U.S.
forces in South Korea said on Wednesday, adding he was not overly worried
about the military threat they posed. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR20061
12801682.html>
NPCIL, US team to talk nuclear power on Dec 1 After the passage of the
Indo-US nuclear deal, things have started moving ahead rapidly. As a beginning,
the state- run Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) will hold a crucial
meeting with the members of the high level US delegation led by under-secretary
Franklin L Lavin on December 1 in Mumbai, to thrash out the future course of
action. Financial Express <
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=147573 >
Indo-China nuclear cooperation? While Sino-Indian cooperation in economic,
technological and political areas is to be welcomed, the euphoria generated in
the Indian media about Sino-Indian nuclear cooperation is not merited by the
one-line remark about this in the joint declaration issued at the end of the
visit of the Chinese President. Economic Times <
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/629379.cms >
Pakistan Successfully Test-Fires Missile Pakistan on Wednesday successfully
test-fired a new version of its nuclear-capable missile, military and defense
officials said. AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR20061
12802003.html> / AFP
<
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1066803 >
Opinion and Analysis
We're not simpletons. Trident will breach the nuclear treaty The Guardian <
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1959507,00.html >
Not one concern has registered The Indian Express <
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/17492.html >
Clean and green energy Khaleej Times
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/200
6/November/opinion_November97.xml§ion=opinion&col=>
Just do it Haaretz <
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/793974.html >
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IAEA chief in Japan to discuss North Korea, Iran UN atomic agency chief
Mohamed ElBaradei has started a visit to Japan for talks on Iran and nearby
North Korea, which last month tested a nuclear bomb. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061129/wl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsjapania
eairandiplomacy_061129042634&printer=1> / AP <
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20061130a7.html >
Spokesman: Iran has never had hidden nuclear activities Iran's Foreign
Ministry Spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini in reaction to the latest remarks of
Mohammed ElBaradei said, "Tehran has never had hidden nuclear activities and has
declared all its activities and nuclear facilities that have been necessary in
accordance with NPT." IRNA <
http://www.irna.com/en/news/view/line-203/0611291639233604.htm >
Zambia delays uranium mining until IAEA guidelines Zambia will not issue
licences for mining uranium until it gets guidelines from the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) despite the discovery of huge uranium deposits, the
mining minister said on Wednesday. Reuters <
http://za.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&sto
ryID=2006-11-29T144438Z_01_BAN953066_RTRIDST_0_OZABS-ZAMBIA-URANIUM-2006
1129.XML&archived=False>
Nepal decides to take IAEA membership Nepal has decided to take membership of
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), local Nepal Samacharpatra daily
reported on Thursday. Xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200611/30/eng20061130_326863.html >
Other Nuclear News
US still hopeful on N Korea talks The US envoy aiming to restart six-party
talks on North Korea's nuclear programme has headed home with no deal on when
talks might resume. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6158471.stm >
/ AP < http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/29/america/NA_GEN_US_Koreas_Nucl
ear.php>
Get Out of Nuclear Business, U.S. Tells North Korea The United States urged
reclusive North Korea on Thursday to get out of the nuclear business and rejoin
a treaty that aims to curb the spread of nuclear weapons. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR20061
12900238_pf.html>
Japan Capable of Making Nuclear Weapon Japan has the technological know-how
to produce a nuclear weapon but has no immediate plans to do so, the foreign
minister said Thursday, several weeks after communist North Korea carried out a
nuclear test. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Japan-Nuclear-Weapons.html?_r=
1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print>
Radiation Found on 2 Jets in Spy Probe Officials found traces of radiation on
two British Airways jets, and the airline appealed Wednesday to tens of
thousands of passengers who flew to Moscow or other cities to come forward --
the latest twist in the inquiry into the poisoning death of a former Russian
spy. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Britain-Poisoned-Spy.html?page
wanted=print>
Plutonium Lifespan in U.S. Weapons Much Longer Than Thought The National
Nuclear Security Administration said yesterday that studies have concluded that
the plutonium used to trigger U.S. nuclear warheads and bombs will remain
reliable for about 100 years, far longer than had been believed. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR20061
12901386_pf.html>
India nuclear deal likely final by May - U.S. envoy Hurdles to civilian
nuclear trade between the United States and India could be removed by May if the
two houses of U.S. Congress jointly approve the deal within the next week,
Washington's envoy to India said on Wednesday. Reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2006-11-29T165345Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-278260-1.xml>
U.S.'s Thorium Power, India in reactor talks - firm U.S.-based Thorium Power
is in talks with the Indian government to provide technology for thorium-based
reactors if a landmark nuclear co-operation deal is passed by Congress, a top
company official said. Reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2006-11-29T205901Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-278290-1.xml&archived=False>
Russia, Bulgaria sign Belene NPP construction deal Russia's nuclear power
equipment and service export monopoly, Atomstroyexport, said Wednesday it has
signed an agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belene with
Bulgaria's National Electric Company. Ria Novosti <
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061129/56196245.html >
Opinion and Analysis
South Africa: A Nuclear Future Business Day <
http://allafrica.com/stories/200611291240.html >
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