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  • September 2008

    • Chavez Building Reactor With Russian Support

      Reuters  |  Sep 29, 08 4:30 AM CDT

      Chavez Building Reactor With Russian Support

      (Newser) - In his latest challenge to Washington, Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez has announced that his nation is developing a nuclear reactor—with Russian support, Reuters reports. "We are interested in development of nuclear energy, of course for peaceful purposes—for medical purposes, for  electricity," Chavez said yesterday at a political rally. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin offered to help with a reactor, and "we already have a commission working on this issue," he added. More »

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      Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • Brazil  • OPEC  • Argentina  • nuclear reactor

  • June 2008
  • April 2008
  • December 2007

    • Israel, Feeling Isolated, 'More Likely' to Attack Iran

      Newsweek  |  Dec 23, 07 5:45 AM CST

      Israel, Feeling Isolated, 'More Likely' to Attack Iran

      (Newser) - Israel feels newly isolated and no less threatened by the US intelligence community's conclusion that Iran ended its weapons program in 2003, Newsweek reports. The atmosphere, says a former CIA official, makes it likely Israel will soon attack Iran. "Israel is not going to allow its nuclear monopoly to be threatened," he warned. More »

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      Iran  • Israel  • nuclear reactor  • uranium enrichment

    • Isotope Shortage Delays Medical Tests

      Associated Press  |  Dec 8, 07 10:21 AM CST

      Isotope Shortage Delays Medical Tests

      (Newser) - Shortages of a radioactive substance are endangering thousands of medical tests in hospitals across the US and Canada, the AP reports. The development is the result of a longer-than-anticipated shutdown of a nuclear reactor in Canada, the main supplier in North America. Technetium-99 is injected into patients to check for a variety of serious conditions, including cancer and heart disease. More »

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      cancer  • medicine  • cancer research  • nuclear reactor

  • November 2007

    • Iran Closer to Fueling Nuke Reactor, VP Claims

      Associated Press  |  Nov 24, 07 5:55 PM CST

      Iran Closer to Fueling Nuke Reactor, VP Claims

      (Newser) - Iran claims to have made nuclear fuel pellets of uranium oxide, a major step in its quest to fuel a heavy water reactor, the AP reports. It also claims to be making pellets for light water reactors, like the one Russia is helping it build on the Persian Gulf coast—a move the US and its allies oppose because it could lead to nuclear weapons. More »

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      Iran  • nuclear weapons  • uranium  • nuclear  • nuclear enrichment  • nuclear reactor  • enriched uranium

    • Nuke Worker Didn't Know He Had Pipe Bomb

      Arizona Republic (Phoenix)  |  Nov 3, 07 8:10 AM CDT

      Nuke Worker Didn't Know He Had Pipe Bomb

      (Newser) - Roger W. Hurd, a nuclear plant engineer detained yesterday after a pipe bomb was found in the bed of his truck, told Arizona police that he doesn't know how the 6-inch-long device got there. The discovery of the bomb sparked a lockdown of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, the largest such facility in the US, reports the Arizona Republic. More »

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      nuclear reactor  • pipe bomb

  • October 2007

    • Israeli Strike on Syria Hit Nuke Reactor

      New York Times  |  Oct 13, 07 6:21 PM CDT

      Israeli Strike on Syria Hit Nuke Reactor

      (Newser) - Israel's air strike on Syria last month was aimed at a nuclear reactor, US and Israeli intelligence analysts say. The partly-built facility was based on a North Korean model—a link that could harm Pyonyang's new denuclearization deal if Israel can prove that Kim Jong Il helped mount the reactor. US and world officials were mum about the origins of Syria's technology, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Iran  • Israel  • Dick Cheney  • North Korea  • Syria  • nuclear weapons  • nuclear reactor  • ballistic missile program

  • September 2007
  • August 2007

    • Fred’s Closet Has a Big Gov't Skeleton

      Politico  |  Aug 15, 07 11:22 AM CDT

      Fred’s Closet Has a Big Gov't Skeleton

      (Newser) - Fred Thompson, would-be president, bills himself as a small-government hero, but the southerner once had a way with spending taxpayer bucks. A nuclear breeder reactor planned for the banks of a Tennessee river ran through $1.7 billion in government funds between 1970 and 1983 without ever getting built; Thompson was an instrumental lobbyist for the contractors, Politico reports. More »

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      Fred Thompson  • lobbyist  • nuclear reactor

    • Libya Clinches European Arms Deal

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Aug 4, 07 9:11 AM CDT

      Libya Clinches European Arms Deal

      (Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy submitted yesterday to calls for an inquiry over the weapons and  nuclear technology deal just finalized with Libya, says the Financial Times . Sarkozy flew to Tripoli to shake on the deal last week, just days after Libya's release of six Bulgarian nurses. Under the agreement, Libya will buy an unknown number of anti-tank missiles from a European defense company and build a nuclear reactor. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Libya  • weapon  • missile  • nuclear reactor  • arms deal  • Moammar Gadhafi  • Bulgarian nurses

  • July 2007

    • Quake Triggers Wave of Nuke Plant Fears

      BBC  |  Jul 18, 07 5:42 AM CDT

      Quake Triggers Wave of Nuke Plant Fears

      (Newser) - New fears about the safety of nuclear power are rattling Japan after radioactive material leaked from a reactor damaged in this week's magnitude 6.8 earthquake. Plants must be built to withstand a 6.5, but stronger quakes are common on the Pacific Rim, and this year all 12 of the nation's power companies admitted to shirking safety regulations, the BBC reports. More »

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      Japan  • earthquake  • nuclear power  • nuclear reactor

    • North Korea Shuts Down Reactor

      Associated Press  |  Jul 14, 07 6:02 PM CDT

      North Korea Shuts Down Reactor

      (Newser) - North Korea claimed to have shut down the nuclear reactor at Yongbyon today, just hours after a ship arrived bearing the first installment of the fuel oil that  was promised in exchange for closing the reactor. UN inspectors are headed to the site to confirm the shutdown, the first major step towards disarmament in five years, the AP reports. More »

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      North Korea  • nuclear weapons  • nuclear program  • nuclear proliferation  • Pyongyang  • nuclear reactor  • Yongbyon

  • June 2007