The United States says it has not yet seen signs that North Korea is prepared to meet conditions for resuming talks on nuclear disarmament. A U.S. State Department spokeswoman made the comment Tuesday ahead of a visit to Washington by South Korea’s nuclear envoy. The spokeswoman said the United States and South Korea will assess […]
US: No Sign North Korea Meeting Terms For Nuclear Talks
Posted September 6th, 2011 at 7:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Iran Says Nuclear Cooperation Would Have Limits
Posted September 6th, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
Iran has indicated that an offer that could give United Nations inspectors “full supervision” of Iranian nuclear activities does not include allowing inspections on short notice. Iranian nuclear chief Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani says Tehran has fully cooperated with the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog agency and will not accept any more “obligations.” His comments were reported Tuesday by […]
South Korean Nuclear Envoy to Visit US for Talks
Posted September 6th, 2011 at 2:25 am (UTC-5)
South Korea’s envoy to six-nation negotiations on North Korea’s nuclear program is heading to the United States as diplomatic efforts to end a three-year freeze in the talks intensify. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency says Wi Sung-lac will arrive in Washington Wednesday to hold two days of talks with Stephen Bosworth, Washington’s special envoy to […]
Iran Offers UN Supervision of Nuclear Sites if Sanctions Lifted
Posted September 5th, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Iran’s nuclear chief says Tehran is willing to grant United Nations inspectors “full supervision” of Iranian nuclear activities for five years if sanctions against the country are lifted. Iranian Atomic Energy Organization director Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani made the offer in an interview with Iran’s ISNA news agency published Monday. He did not explain what he means […]
Iran’s Nuclear Plant Connected to Grid
Posted September 4th, 2011 at 5:25 am (UTC-5)
Iranian officials said Sunday the country’s first nuclear power plant has been connected to the national electricity grid. The Bushehr power plant is said to be supplying 60 megawatts. The plant had missed its late August start-up date due to delays Iranian lawmakers blame on the plant’s Russian builders. Last month, the newspaper Aftab quoted […]
UN Watchdog ‘Concerned’ About Iran’s Nuclear Program
Posted September 2nd, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog agency says it is becoming “increasingly concerned” that Iran is secretly developing a nuclear payload for a missile. The assessment is in an International Atomic Energy Agency report circulated to the media on Friday. The Associated Press says the agency cited “member states” that had provided credible and comprehensive information concerning […]
TEPCO Reported Tsunami Threat Four Days Before Fukushima Disaster
Posted August 25th, 2011 at 2:35 am (UTC-5)
Japanese nuclear regulators say they were told four days before the March 11 earthquake that the Fukushima nuclear plant could be hit by a far-larger tsunami than it was designed to withstand. The regulators told reporters Wednesday that the plant’s operators, Tokyo Electric Power Company, determined in 2008 that the plant could be hit by […]
Top UN Nuclear Official Tours Iran’s Atomic Sites
Posted August 23rd, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
An Iranian news agency is reporting that a top U.N. nuclear official visited Iran’s normally restricted atomic sites last week. The Fars news agency quotes Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, as saying the head of the IAEA’s safeguards division, Herman Nackaerts, spent five days in Iran last week. Soltanieh […]
Iran Begins Moving Centrifuges to Underground Site
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
Iran says it has started moving machines used to enrich nuclear fuel to an underground site that was secret until 2009. Iranian nuclear energy chief Fereidoun Abbasi told state television Monday the centrifuges are being transferred from Iran’s Natanz nuclear site to the Fordo facility near the city of Qom. Abbasi announced plans for the […]
Stricken Japanese Nuclear Plant to Remain Off-Limits
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 5:20 am (UTC-5)
Top Japanese government officials say that some areas around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will likely remain off-limits for several decades. Recent readings within 20 kilometers of the plant show dangerous radiation levels several times higher than international safety standards. Officials say the government is considering providing further support to evacuated residents, including long-term housing. […]
