”atom bombs” News

Anti-nuke ex-Japanese PM asked US for nuclear strike on China: archives

TOKYO (AFP) – Japan asked the United States in 1965 to be ready to attack China with nuclear weapons if the two Asian powers went
12 23 2008 7:24AM (...more)

Japan asked US prepare for nuclear strike on China: archives

TOKYO (AFP) – Japan asked the United States in 1965 to be ready to attack China with nuclear weapons if the two Asian powers went
12 23 2008 6:44AM (...more)

U.S. says Iran nearing ability to make atom bombs

VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States said on Wednesday that Iran was moving closer to being able to make atomic bombs by stockpiling enriched uranium. "We have serious
09 11 2009 3:28PM (...more)

Poll finds support for World War II atom bombs

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A majority of Americans surveyed believe dropping atomic bombs on Japan during World War II was the right thing to do, but support was weaker
08 19 2009 5:09AM (...more)

Tight-fisted donors "bastardizing" IAEA: ElBaradei

VIENNA (Reuters) – Countries balking at raising the International Atomic Energy Agency 's budget have "bastardized" the U.N. watchdog to the point where it is struggling to combat growing
06 21 2009 6:50PM (...more)

Hiroshima mayor 'fury' over N.Korea nuclear plans

TOKYO (AFP) – The mayor of Hiroshima -- one of the two Japanese cities obliterated by US atom bombs during World War II
06 17 2009 9:44AM (...more)

Pakistanis urge tougher IAEA stance on India deal

VIENNA (Reuters) - Senior Pakistani figures have accused the Islamabad government of buckling to U.S. pressure not to hold up a nuclear trade deal between Washington and Pakistan 's arch-rival India.
07 30 2008 9:31AM (...more)

U.N. atom watchdog faces search mission in Syria

VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors go to Syria on Sunday to probe allegations of covert nuclear work at a site where Israeli warplanes destroyed a desert complex at the heart of Western suspicions.
06 22 2008 6:53PM (...more)

Developing states back U.N. probe of Iran bomb claims

VIENNA (Reuters) - Developing nations joined the West onWednesday in throwing their weight behind the U.N. nuclearwatchdog's attempt to get Iran to clarify intelligence allegingthat it secretly researched ways of making atom bombs .
06 5 2008 7:43AM (...more)

U.S. to remove plutonium from 1,000 old atom bombs

VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States will remove frommilitary stockpiles nine tonnes of plutonium, enough for morethan 1,000 atom bombs, to demonstrate its commitment tonon-proliferation, the U.S. energy secretary said on Monday.
09 18 2007 1:17PM (...more)