Tiny power plants promising for nuclear energy
Small underground nuclear power plants that could be cheaper to build than their behemoth counterparts may herald the future for an energy industry under intense scrutiny since the Fukushima disaster, the incoming head of the Nuclear Energy Agency told The Associated Press.
Commanders fired in nuke cheating scandal
The Air Force took the extraordinary step Thursday of firing nine midlevel nuclear commanders and announcing it will discipline dozens of junior officers at a nuclear missile base, responding firmly to an exam-cheating scandal that spanned a far longer period than originally reported.
Iran at talks: No scrapping any nuclear facility
Iran drew a red line on Tuesday on how far it would go at landmark nuclear talks, saying as the meeting opened that it would not buckle to pressure from the U.S. and five other world powers to scrap any of its nuclear facilities.
Kerry faces tough sell in China on North Korea tension
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry appealed today for China’s help in bringing a belligerent North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks.
Hagel vows to get to bottom of nuclear ills
It began with his brief mention last fall of “troubling lapses” in the nuclear force.
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Iran says it is developing new centrifuges
Iran’s nuclear chief said the country is building a new generation of centrifuges for uranium enrichment but that they need further tests before they can be mass produced, apparently trying to counter hard-liner criticism of its nuclear deal with word powers.
Family: Make Iran talks hinge on Levinson aid
The Obama administration should make any diplomatic agreement with Iran contingent on Tehran’s help finding missing CIA contractor Robert Levinson, a lawyer for his family said Monday.
“He’s your guy and you put him there,” attorney David McGee said. “Raise the ante.”
U.S.: Tough sanctions on Iran remain despite deal
The Obama administration said on Friday that it was maintaining tough oil-related sanctions against Iran even though the U.S. and five other world powers have signed an initial deal with Tehran to curb its nuclear program and prevent it from developing nuclear weapons.
Former hostages react to Iran’s nuclear deal
A nuclear deal between the U.S., Iran and other world powers has been described as a trust-building step after decades of animosity that hopefully will lead to a more comprehensive deal down the road.
Easing of Iran sanctions could start in Dec.
Sanctions against Iran could be eased as soon as December, France’s foreign minister said Monday, after a potentially history-shaping deal that gives Tehran six months to increase access to its nuclear sites in exchange for keeping the central elements of its uranium program.
Hard bargains in Geneva on Iran nuclear deal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and five foreign ministers launched an intensive diplomatic push Saturday to close a deal curbing Tehran’s nuclear program while cautioning that significant obstacles remained on the fourth day of marathon talks.
U.S. officials: Nuke deal offers Iran minor relief
WASHINGTON — Iran would get only minor relief from economic sanctions under an international proposal to prevent it from producing nuclear weapons, two Obama administration
Kerry: New Iran sanctions could scuttle diplomacy talks
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry warned Congress Wednesday against scuttling a historic opportunity for a nuclear pact with Iran by pressing ahead with
Netanyahu: Israel won’t let Iran get nuclear arms
UNITED NATIONS — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played the spoiler Tuesday to Iran’s attempts to ease relations with the West, calling the Iranian leader
Israel’s Netanyahu warns White House about Iran
Mortified that the world may be warming up to Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking an unpopular message to the White House and the United Nations this week: Don’t be fooled by Tehran’s new leadership.
Barbour could still shape state policies
JACKSON– Once a governor, always a governor in Mississippi. The title never fades, even when the time in office expires. However, with his recent re-entry
Nation’s bloated nuclear spending comes under fire
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — At Los Alamos National Laboratory, a seven-year, $213 million upgrade to the security system that protects the lab’s most sensitive nuclear
Institute: North Korea nuclear reactor likely restarting
WASHINGTON — A recent satellite image appears to show North Korea is restarting a plutonium reactor, in a move that could raise renewed international alarm
Barbour: U.S. needs variety of energy sources
RIDGELAND — Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Tuesday defended a coal-fired power plant that’s under construction in Kemper County, saying the U.S. should develop