Nuclear debate heats up in Germany over new tax and plant lifespans
Germany’s nuclear power plants operators have threatened to pull out of nuclear power generation in protest of a proposed tax. The general debate over the future of German nuclear power has heated up again.
The Iran Nuclear NIE of 2007: Revise, Reject, or Reiterate?
Unfortunately, the U.S. Government has decided to withhold from the American people even the bottom line judgment of the next estimate on this critical issue for U.S. security policy. This means that we will have to do our best to divine what our government thinks it knows and when it is making an educated guess. This also means that the public and the press will continue to be vulnerable to …
Nuclear Proliferation, After Hiroshima
A reader responds to an article about the continued proliferation of nuclear weapons 65 years after Hiroshima.
‘No nuclear risk’ from fire at Russia’s Sarov centre
A forest fire raging close to Russia’s top nuclear research centre does not risk causing a nuclear disaster, the national atomic agency chief said Saturday, adding the situation was no longer critical.
Lebanon opens account seeking donations for arms
Lebanon’s defense minister says the government has opened an account at the central bank to receive donated funds to buy weapons for the country’s military.
US aid arrives as Russia says no nuclear risk from fires
The first planeloads of US aid for the Russian wildfire tragedy arrived in Moscow on Saturday as officials said a fire raging close to a top nuclear facility did not risk causing an atomic catastrophe.
Nuclear Fuel Deal Gives Iran Chance to Prove Peaceful Intent
Listen to the Audio Russia plans to transfer uranium fuel to an Iranian nuclear plant. Margaret Warner gets perspectives from Ray Takeyh, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and journalist Robin Wright. MARGARET WARNER: And for more on Bushehr and the rest of Iran’s nuclear program, we turn to Ray Takeyh, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He was a senior …
China says nuclear weapons only for self-defence, vows to implement ‘no first use’ policy
Beijing, Aug 14 : China has claimed that its development of nuclear weapons is limited to self-defence purposes and would resolutely implement the ‘no first use’ policy.
‘No nuclear risk’ from Russian fire
FOREST fire raging close to top nuclear research centre does not risk causing a nuclear disaster, says boss of atomic agency.
Russia: Iran’s nuclear plant to get fuel next week
Russia announced Friday it will begin the startup next week of Iran’s only atomic power plant, giving Tehran a boost as it struggles with international sanctions and highlighting differences between Moscow and Washington over pressuring the Islamic Republic to give up activities that could be used to make nuclear arms.
