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IAEA stories: 22 news summaries

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 Ahmadinejad Backs 
 Nuke Deal—in Some Form 

But Iran won't retreat 'even an iota' on right to program

Oct 29, 09 6:36 AM CDT
(AP) - Iran will not give up its nuclear program but is ready to cooperate with the West, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech today. It's Western powers that have moved, he said in a speech on state television, “from confrontation to interaction” with Iran on the nuclear issue so that... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • IAEA • nuclear program • International Atomic Energy Agency • uranium enrichment • uranium

 UN Inspectors 
 Get 1st Look 
 at Iran Nuke Site

Will spend 3 days inside

Oct 25, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(AP) - UN inspectors got their first look today inside Iran's once-secret uranium enrichment facility that has raised Western suspicions. The semiofficial Mehr news agency reported a four-member team visited the heavily protected facility at Qom, carved into a mountainside south of Tehran. The tour marked the first independent examination of the... More »

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IAEA • nuclear program • uranium • inspectors • Qom

UPDATED

 Iran OKs Nuke Deal, 
 Will Give Up Uranium 

Tehran said to be giving nuclear material to Russia

Oct 21, 09 7:43 AM CDT
(AP) - Iran has agreed to a draft deal on its nuclear program, the UN's nuclear watchdog announced today. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that Iran, the US, Russia, and France had agreed to the deal but gave no details. According to diplomats, however, the agreement would see the country ship... More »

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Iran • IAEA • nuclear program • International Atomic Energy Agency • uranium • nuclear enrichment • enriched uranium

opinion

Obama's Nobel Is the
'Not George W. Bush' Award

He's now the fourth recipient

Oct 9, 09 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Peace Prize President Obama won today is nothing more or less than the “fourth Nobel Prize for Not Being George W. Bush,” writes Michael Grunwald. The other beneficiaries of the NPNBGWB were Jimmy Carter in 2002, for criticizing the Iraq war buildup; Mohamed ElBaradei of the... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • Jimmy Carter • IAEA • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • rhetoric • George W. Bush • Mohamed ElBaradei • President Obama • Michael Grunwald

 Iran to Allow 
 Inspectors 
 at Qom Site 
 on Oct. 25 

IAEA head says Tehran is moving toward 'transparency and cooperation' on nuclear issue

Oct 5, 09 2:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran will allow UN inspectors into the newly-disclosed nuclear facility near the city of Qom on October 25, the head of the IAEA said yesterday, a day after arriving in Tehran. Iran and the West seem to be “shifting gears from confrontation into transparency and cooperation," he added... More »

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Iran • IAEA • uranium enrichment • nuclear enrichment • nuclear sites • Mohamed ElBaradei • Qom

Iran, Western Powers Schedule More Nuclear Talks

Inspector may visit Qom site within weeks

Oct 1, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Talks in Geneva today over Iran’s nuclear program ended with a firmer commitment from Tehran to allow international inspectors into the newly disclosed enrichment site at Qom and an agreement to continue negotiations by the end of the month. The EU’s foreign policy representative said inspectors may be... More »

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Iran • IAEA • nuclear weapons • negotiation • negotiations • nuclear enrichment • Qom

UPDATED

 Iran Confirms Secret 
 2nd Nuclear Lab 

Tehran preempts Obama accusation, admits to underground enrichment site

Sep 25, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran confirmed today that it has built a second uranium enrichment site in an underground facility hidden from weapons inspectors—a revelation coming just hours before Barack Obama and other Western leaders were prepared to disclose it. The US has been tracking the secret project for years, officials say, but... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • IAEA • nuclear weapons • sanctions • nuclear program • International Atomic Energy Agency • nuclear enrichment • G20 • Qom

Iran Nuclear Talks Stall; Sanctions Loom

Stalemate seen as Ahmadinejad refuses more negotiations

Sep 7, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran looks set to face another round of international sanctions as nuclear talks have reached an impasse and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad refuses to discuss a compromise, reports the Guardian. Mohamed ElBaradei, who heads the UN nuclear watchdog, said today Iran has not suspended enrichment activities and continues to be uncooperative with... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • IAEA • nuclear weapons • International Atomic Energy Agency • uranium enrichment • nuclear inspections • nuclear enrichment • Obama administration • Mohamed ElBaradei • President Obama

Obama Pushes Global Uranium Fuel Bank

Shared supply would undercut Iran's claims of 'peaceful' enrichment

Jun 9, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has proposed the creation of a global supply of uranium that would allow nations to obtain fuel for civilian nuclear power but would curtail rogue states' ability to build weapons. An international bank could hamper Iran's efforts to justify its covert enrichment program, the Boston Globe reports. "... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • nuclear power • IAEA • nuclear weapons • International Atomic Energy Agency • uranium enrichment • uranium • nuclear enrichment

 US: Iran Has Enough 
 Uranium for a Bomb 

Iran's step forward worries Mullen, many others

Mar 1, 09 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran has enriched enough uranium to make a nuclear bomb, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mike Mullen told State of the Union today. "Iran having nuclear weapons, is a very very bad outcome—for the region and for the world," Mullen said. A recent report by the IAEA... More »

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Iran • diplomacy • Joint Chiefs of Staff • IAEA • Adm. Mike Mullen • nuclear enrichment • enriched uranium

 Iran Boosts Uranium Stockpile 

UN reports finds country may already have enough for bomb

Nov 20, 08 2:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran is rapidly moving forward with its nuclear program and may already have enriched enough uranium to take the next step toward building a nuclear bomb, the Financial Times reports. The uranium will need more enrichment to reach weapons-grade levels, say UN experts, who believe the country will wait until... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • IAEA • nuclear weapons • International Atomic Energy Agency • uranium enrichment • atomic bomb • uranium • enriched uranium

 Israel Target in Syria 
 Likely Nuclear Site: UN 

Uranium, site features could be remnants of reactor

Nov 19, 08 3:42 PM CST
(Newser) - The Syrian facility Israel bombed last year looks a lot like a nuclear reactor, UN inspectors said today, though they stopped short of calling it one. The independent investigation found manipulated uranium and features like large cooling pumps that are hallmarks of a nuclear site, the Washington Post reports. Syria... More »

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Iran • Israel • United Nations • Syria • IAEA • nuclear reactor

  N. Korea Readies 
 Test Launch Missiles 

UN monitoring halted, disarmament pact nearing collapse

Oct 9, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea sent 10 missiles to test-launch sites off the Yellow Sea today and halted UN monitoring of its nuclear complex, Reuters reports, in the latest hardline signal from the Communist regime as it flirts with scrapping a nuclear disarmament deal. Meanwhile, Pyongyang tested two ship-to-ship missiles in the West... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • United Nations • IAEA • United States • uranium enrichment • nuclear test

 N. Korea Restarts 
 Nuke Program 

Pyongyang tells IAEA to remove seals from processing plant

Sep 24, 08 6:40 AM CDT
(AP) - North Korea plans to reactivate its nuclear program and will start reinserting plutonium-producing nuclear material within a week, reports the AP. Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, said that his inspectors removed all agency seals and surveillance equipment from the country's main nuclear facility.... More »

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North Korea • IAEA • Yongbyon • nuclear program • six party talks • nuclear disarmament • plutonium • Mohamed ElBaradei

OPINION

Energy Crisis Requires a Global Agency

UN atomic watchdog argues for managed transition from oil

Jul 24, 08 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A global agency is needed to deal with the developing energy crisis, Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, writes in the Financial Times. Demand for energy is rising fast and alternatives to fossil fuels remain largely hypothetical, and though there are international organizations to deal with everything... More »

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oil • nuclear power • greenhouse gases • alternative energy • IAEA • fossil fuel • International Atomic Energy Agency • Mohamed ElBaradei

Iran Prepared for Large-Scale Nuclear Fuel Output: UN

Report likely to raise debate on sanctions

Nov 15, 07 3:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Iran is able to produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale, with 3,000 centrifuges capable of enriching uranium, a UN watchdog agency said today in a report sure to fuel diplomatic wrangling over sanctions. In praising Iran’s openness but demanding more, the International Atomic Energy Agency provided ammunition... More »

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China • Iran • Russia • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • IAEA • uranium • nuclear enrichment • Britain

UN Finds
Iran Nuke
Progress Slow

Tehran has overstated nuclear capacity, watchdog agency finds 

Aug 30, 07 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UN's nuclear watchdog says Iran’s uranium enrichment is progressing slowly, Reuters reports, a finding that will likely dim American efforts to impose new sanctions. “Iran made a fast start but then there was a leveling off,” said an official of the IAEA, whose report debunked Iran's... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • United Nations • IAEA • nuclear • uranium • inspection

North Korea Seeks Military Talks With US

US parries request, stands firm on push to end nuclear programs

Jul 13, 07 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the eve of the arrival of UN observers monitoring the shutdown of its main nuclear plant, North Korea today appealed for direct military talks with the US. But Washington insists that the elimination of Pyongyang's nuclear-weapons program takes precedence, the Voice of America reports, and a South Korean expert... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • South Korea • IAEA • nuclear weapons • Pyongyang • Six nation talks

IAEA Prepares for Return to Pyongyang

Previously banished watchdogs will monitor reactor shutdown

Jul 9, 07 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The International Atomic Energy Association has approved its mission to North Korea, and could be inside the pariah nation this week, the BBC reports. Officials will oversee the closure of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor, a major concession the north made in February in exchange for economic and energy aid which... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • IAEA • Kim Jong Il

North Korea Agrees to Fold Nuke Factories

Wins political concessions, economic aid for shutdown

Jun 29, 07 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea reached a promising accord with the UN today, pledging to shut its main nuclear reactor in exchange for economic aid and political compromise from the US and its allies. IAEA inspectors returned today from the Yongbyon nuclear complex—the first visit since monitors were expelled in 2002—and... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • IAEA • nuclear • Yongbyon • nuclear reactor • aid

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