”nuclear materials” News

Clinton cites nuke worry; panel fears bio attack

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday warned of dire consequences from the spread of nuclear weapons, while a special U.S. panel asserted that the more worrisome and urgent threat
10 24 2009 4:42AM (...more)

Obama's Tough Choice on Iran

"Healthcare is hard," may be the Obama administration's catch-phrase of the moment, but it's a cakewalk compared with the challenge facing Obama on Iran . Under pressure to turn up the heat on the
09 14 2009 12:36PM (...more)

U.N. watchdog sees nuclear states doubling: report

LONDON (Reuters) – The number of potential nuclear weapons states could more than double in the next few years unless major powers take radical steps toward disarmament, the head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog was quoted
05 20 2009 6:41PM (...more)

US-Russian deal on nuclear access may be shelved

MOSCOW - A key civil nuclear agreement between Russia and the U.S. looks likely to be shelved until next year at the earliest amid mounting tensions over the fate of Georgia's breakaway republics.
08 28 2008 6:32PM (...more)

IAEA approves extra nuclear inspection pact for India

VIENNA (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear watchdog governors on Tuesday approved a deal allowing extra inspections of India 's atomic industry, a condition of a U.S.-led deal allowing New Delhi to import 03 4 2009 12:03PM (...more)

Obama seeks nuclear-free world

PRAGUE (AFP) – Barack Obama mapped out Sunday his vision for a world free of nuclear weapons on the latest leg of his tour of Europe after venting his fury at 04 5 2009 8:46PM (...more)

Key elements in UN nuclear resolution

Key elements in the resolution adopted unanimously Thursday by the U.N. Security Council : NUCLEAR-FREE Resolved "to create the conditions for a world without nuclear
09 25 2009 8:02PM (...more)

U.S. should shelve nuclear deal: Russian official

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The White House should postpone a Congressional vote on a landmark U.S.- Russia civilian nuclear pact to prevent it being held hostage to a row over the conflict with Georgia, a Russian nuclear official told Reuters.
08 26 2008 9:48AM (...more)

Agency founded to shore up nuclear security

VIENNA (Reuters) - U.S. non-proliferation campaigners launched an agency on Monday aimed at sharing information to improve security at the world's nuclear sites.
09 30 2008 9:59AM (...more)

Mohamed ElBaradei looks to US to fix nuclear system 'in tatters'

New York – Mohamed ElBaradei , the outgoing director of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog agency, has a categorically negative view of the world's nuclear security system. "Our security system is in tatters,"
11 8 2009 9:27AM (...more)