”nuclear materials” News

Official: US has to stop the nuclear black market

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government is not doing enough to buy uranium and plutonium on the black market and keep it out of the hands of terrorists, criminals and rogue states, the Energy Department's top intelligence official said Monday.
06 18 2008 5:50PM (...more)

US would stop nuke trade if India tests bomb

WASHINGTON - A leading Democratic lawmaker has made public a secret Bush administration letter that says the U.S. has the right to immediately stop nuclear trade with India if that country conducts an atomic test.
09 13 2008 1:45AM (...more)

US may end nuke trade with India if it tests bomb

WASHINGTON - A leading Democratic lawmaker has made public a secret Bush administration document that says the U.S. has the right to immediately stop nuclear trade with India if it conducts an atomic test.
09 5 2008 3:40AM (...more)

US would stop nuke trade if India tests bomb

WASHINGTON - A leading Democratic lawmaker has made public a secret Bush administration letter that says the U.S. has the right to immediately stop nuclear trade with India if that country conducts an atomic test.
09 5 2008 12:03AM (...more)

Clinton Says Atomic Agency Need Powers to Find Sites

Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clintonsaid United Nations inspectors should get broader powers todetect secret nuclear facilities such as an underground Iranianuranium enrichment site revealed last month. “10 29 2009 1:01PM (...more)

It was Uncle Sam who first gave Iran nuclear equipment

Washington – For all the recent uproar over Iran's nuclear program, little attention has been paid to the fact that the country which first provided Tehran with nuclear equipment was the United States. In 1967, under the "Atoms for Peace" program launched by President
10 4 2009 12:16AM (...more)

Iran aiming to get nuclear materials via Canada: customs

OTTAWA (AFP) – Iran is attempting to acquire clandestine shipments via Canada for its nuclear program, a senior customs official said Thursday. Canadian customs officers
10 2 2009 9:08PM (...more)

Intel official: US safer from al-Qaida

WASHINGTON – The United States is safer from al-Qaida and is able to launch more aggressive attacks against the terrorist organization because it has developed a more sophisticated understanding of the group, the top American intelligence official said Tuesday. "What has really
09 16 2009 12:40PM (...more)

Russia denies Arctic Sea carried missiles to Iran

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday vehemently denied that a cargo ship whose supposed seizure by pirates sparked an international mystery was carrying sophisticated Russian anti-aircraft
09 9 2009 9:38AM (...more)

Russian expert in Arctic Sea case flees country

MOSCOW – The Russian maritime expert who was among the first to raise the alarm about the mysterious disappearance of the Arctic Sea freighter said Thursday he has fled the country after receiving a threatening phone
09 7 2009 1:43PM (...more)