IRAN: Nuclear Watchdog Details Pre-2003 Weapons Research
A new report on Iran’s nuclear programme provides substantial evidence that Iran carried out extensive research into how to make a nuclear weapon prior to 2003 but is shaky about how much work has...
View ArticleIAEA’s “Soviet Nuclear Scientist” Never Worked on Weapons
The report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published by a Washington think tank Tuesday repeated the sensational claim previously reported by news media all over the world that a...
View ArticleIRAN: Calls for New Sanctions, Air Strikes Follow IAEA Report
A significant gap between the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama and staunchly pro-Israel majorities in both houses of Congress appears to have emerged over what to do in reaction to...
View ArticleIran Holds Up Access to Parchin for Better IAEA Deal
The failure of a mission by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to get Iranian permission to visit a military testing site mentioned in its latest report has been interpreted in media...
View ArticleAzerbaijan and Israel: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend
As the showdown over Iranian nuclear ambitions intensifies, political analysts in Azerbaijan are urging the government to deepen the country’s ties with Israeli and Western security structures....
View ArticleFrench Environmentalists Want ‘Green’ Without the ‘n’
As France’s president-elect Francois Hollande prepares to form a new government, many environmentalists are calling for the appointment of an ecology minister with real power who can deliver on...
View ArticleBangladesh Must Pause Down the Nuclear Path
Few critical questions have been raised so far by Bangladesh’s intellectual community over the deal towards construction of two nuclear power plants in Rooppur, 180km from capital Dhaka. Yet, questions...
View ArticleFew Hopes for Iran Breakthrough
Despite an agreement between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) to resume long-delayed talks about Tehran’s nuclear programme in Kazakhstan at the end...
View ArticlePublic Pays for Fukushima While Nuclear Industry Profits
Two years after Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the country faces 100 to 250 billion dollars in cleanup and compensation costs, tens of thousands of displaced people and widespread impacts...
View ArticleMore Diplomacy, Less Pressure Needed for Iran Settlement – Report
The administration of President Barack Obama should put more emphasis on diplomacy in its quest for a satisfactory resolution of Iran’s nuclear programme, according to a major new report released by...
View ArticleNuclear Energy Small but Strategic in Brazil
View of the Angra 2 nuclear reactor, located in a “mousetrap” between the mountains and the sea. Credit: Fabíola Ortiz/IPSBy Fabiola OrtizANGRA DOS REIS, Brazil , Dec 18 2013 (IPS) Brazil has continued...
View ArticleOPINION: Free Scotland, Nuclear-Free Scotland
The blue and white Saltire flag of Scotland flutters next to the Union Jack during the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Credit: Vicky Brock/cc by 2.0By Phil HarrisROME, Sep 16 2014 (IPS)After a two-year...
View ArticleChina Drives Nuclear Expansion in Argentina, but with Strings Attached
The first of Argentina’s three existing nuclear plants, Atucha I, is located 100 km from Buenos Aires. China has offered to finance 85 percent of the 14 billion dollar cost of two other plants. Credit:...
View ArticleMilitarised Government Attempts to Resume Mega-projects in Brazil
Aerial image of the area where the third nuclear power plant is to be built in Angra, next to the Angra 1 and Angra 2 plants, in a coastal area near the city of Angra dos Reis, south of Rio de Janeiro,...
View ArticleEnergy: Why Africa Must Be Part of Nuclear Energy Appetite
The search for energy diversification has taken a more frantic pace amidst the global energy transition debate. Unlike in the past when some countries were skeptical or outrightly ruled nuclear out in...
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