The bust last month of an alleged would-be uranium smuggling ring demonstrates how widespread and vulnerable to theft radioactive materials are in the former Soviet Union, Agence France-Presse reported today (see GSN, Aug. 25).
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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and others this week renewed calls for the end to nuclear testing, informally and ultimately through the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (see GSN, May 26).
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined the Mixed Oxide Fuel Facility being built in South Carolina is not likely to pose a public health or safety threat, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, April 1).
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Egypt yesterday said a planned atomic energy reactor would be constructed along the Mediterranean coast and that it wants to see the site operating in nine years, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, June 23).
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Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna said today the government was monitoring Myanmar following recent reports that the military government had launched a nuclear weapons effort, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Aug. 18).
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The World Health Organization is gearing up for a decision next year on the possible destruction of the remaining known smallpox stocks, the Medill News Service reported Tuesday (see GSN, May 21, 2007).
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Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was believed to have traveled to China today for his second visit in a period of months, the New York Times reported (see GSN, Aug. 25).
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The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration said today it had provided training to Mongolian authorities on the response to a potential terrorist strike against a site that holds nuclear or radiological materials (see GSN, Nov. 14, 2008).
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Five recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize are urging U.S. President Barack Obama to renew efforts toward global nuclear disarmament by making a high-profile trip to Hiroshima, the Japanese city where an atomic weapon was first used in war, the (Read more...)