”nuclear testing” News

Obama's US rejoins nuke treaty conference

UNITED NATIONS – Saying America's "glad to be back," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday rejoined a U.N. conference on the nuclear test-ban treaty after a 10-year U.S. absence from the biennial
09 25 2009 8:55PM (...more)

Canada offers to compensate nuclear test veterans

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada said on Tuesday it would spend up to C$24 million ($22.4 million) compensating veterans forced to be exposed to Cold War -era nuclear blasts but never recognized for their sacrifices.
09 4 2008 7:31AM (...more)

Panel: Extending nuclear weapons life successful

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, a finding that activists contend means there's no need for the nation to design
11 26 2009 3:54PM (...more)

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)

France Finally Offers Compensation to Nuclear Testing Victims

After nearly 40 years of denial, France is finally taking responsibility for the health consequences of its nuclear testing program - although too late for those who have died over the decades
07 3 2009 8:20AM (...more)

Court rules veterans can sue UK government

LONDON – Military veterans who participated in Cold War -era nuclear weapons tests won the right to sue the British Ministry
06 11 2009 10:36AM (...more)

Experts and Organizations from 23 Countries Call on States to 'Fix the Proposal for Nuclear Cooperation with India'

To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Daryl Kimball of the Arms Control Association, +1-202-463-8270, ext. 107 WASHINGTON and TOKYO, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter sent to more than four-dozen governments this week, a prestigious and broad array
01 10 2008 4:59AM (...more)

US-India deal hits resistance at nuclear supplier talks

VIENNA (AFP) - US efforts to lift a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India were adjourned early Saturday after no headway was achieved on nuclear testing , a diplomat said.
09 7 2008 5:03AM (...more)

Caroline Kennedy remembers JFK letter

NEW YORK - Over the years, Caroline Kennedy sometimes wondered about a third grader who wrote to her father, President Kennedy, worried that Russian bomb tests at the North Pole would kill Santa Claus .
12 24 2007 4:40PM (...more)

US energy pact does not prevent new Indian nuclear tests: PM

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh denied a claim by India 's opposition leader Wednesday that a nuclear deal with the United States would block the country from holding future atomic weapons tests.
11 29 2007 3:00AM (...more)