”nuclear test” News

France to finally compensate nuclear test victims

PARIS (AFP) – France said Tuesday it will compensate victims of nuclear testing carried out in French Polynesia and
03 25 2009 12:37PM (...more)

Algerians mull French nuclear test compensation

ALGIERS, Algeria – Algerian officials and activists said they hoped France's pledge Tuesday to compensate victims of its nuclear tests in the Sahara Desert would be a first
03 25 2009 11:16AM (...more)

France to compensate nuclear test victims

PARIS – The French government offered for the first time Tuesday to compensate people who suffered health problems as a result of nuclear tests in Algeria and the 03 25 2009 7:16AM (...more)

India warns Obama on nuclear test ban treaty

WASHINGTON (AFP) – India on Monday warned it would oppose the UN treaty banning nuclear tests , calling it disciminatory, despite 03 24 2009 1:22PM (...more)

US court dismisses Pacific nuclear test lawsuits

MAJURO (AFP) – A panel of US appeal judges Friday dismissed a claim to enforce a billion-dollar compensation settlement for islanders from two former Pacific nuclear test sites ,
02 2 2009 9:58AM (...more)

Obama Urged to Keep Pledge to Ratify Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty

Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama needs to backup a campaign pledge to ratify a worldwide nuclear test ban orrisks seeing an atomic-bomb “bubble,” 01 24 2009 3:50AM (...more)

British nuclear test veterans seek compensation in London

LONDON (AFP) – Veterans of British nuclear tests in the South Pacific launched a bid for compensation at 01 22 2009 6:26AM (...more)

Nuclear test vets challenge Britian in court

LONDON – Nearly 1,000 veterans of Christmas Island nuclear tests in the 1950s are asking Britain's High Court to hear their case for compensation. The veterans
01 22 2009 4:51AM (...more)

New way to test nuclear detectors urged

WASHINGTON - The government needs to develop a better way to evaluate the effectiveness of technology to detect nuclear and radiological material at U.S. ports, according to a report commissioned by the Homeland Security Department .
02 28 2008 10:28PM (...more)

N. Korea marks nuclear test anniversary

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea marked the first anniversary of its nuclear test on Tuesday, with leader Kim Jong Il getting praise for pulling off a "truly great miracle" that sent the reclusive communist country "soaring as a powerful and great" nation.
10 9 2007 5:48PM (...more)