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 We'll Ride Nuke to Mars: Russia 

Space program plans elusive nuclear spaceship by 2012

Oct 30, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Russians are planning to ride a $600 million nuclear-powered spaceship to Mars, and they say they may begin construction by 2012. “It’s a very serious project, and we need to find the money,” president Dmitry Medvedev says. Small nuclear reactors and batteries have long powered satellites,... More »

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Russia • Mars • nuclear reactor • satellite • space travel • spacecraft • Dmitry Medvedev • nuclear energy • spaceship

(Newser) - Trouble at nuclear reactors that produce two-thirds of the world’s medical isotopes have created massive testing delays in the US, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The isotopes, created in Canada and the Netherlands, are used for presurgery stress tests and to locate some cancers; doctors are limping along with... More »

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cancer • surgery • Canada • Netherlands • nuclear reactor • tests • thyroid cancer • radioactive isotopes • medical isotopes • nuclear medicine

OPINION

Red Tape Chokes Path to Next-Gen Nukes

Government must get out of the way of cheap, clean energy sources

Jun 24, 09 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A handful of startups are designing an exciting new generation of modular nuclear reactors that could solve our energy woes, writes legendary tech investor Bob Metcalfe in the Wall Street Journal. Small enough to fit on a kitchen table, they’re cheap and safe and use non-weapons-grade fuel. “... More »

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nuclear power • nuclear reactor • nuclear power plant • Nuclear Regulatory Commission • nuclear fission • Bob Metcalfe

OPINION

Crash Reminds Us of Dangers of Nuke-Armed Subs

Cold War is over, but dangerous machines still stalk the oceans

Feb 26, 09 4:59 PM CST
(Newser) - The Cold War is over, and the threats of terrorism and economic collapse have made it easy to forget about the possibility of sudden, total annihilation by nuclear weapons. Until, that is, last week’s collision between French and British nuclear submarines, Clemens Höges writes for Der Spiegel. It's... More »

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nuclear weapons • ocean • nuclear reactor • crash • missile • Cold War • submarine

 Israel Fears Rocket Attack 
 on Nuke Plant 

Size, sophistication of Hamas rocket arsenal shocks Israeli security forces

Jan 2, 09 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli officials, shaken by the size and sophistication of Hamas' rocket arsenal, fear the country's nuclear center at Dimona may be targeted, the Times of London reports. The group's new, more accurate, Grad missiles, smuggled in by land and sea, can penetrate significantly farther into Israel than the crude, home-made... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • nuclear reactor • missile • Qassam • rocket • nuclear power plant • Dimona

 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

Chavez Building Reactor
With Russian Support

Only for 'peaceful purposes,' Chavez insists

Sep 29, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • Vladimir Putin • Brazil • OPEC • nuclear reactor • Argentina • Hugo Chávez • oil imports

McCain Calls For 45 New
Nuke Plants by 2030

It's time for US to reinvest in nuclear energy, candidate argues

Jun 19, 08 5:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain continued his energy campaign theme last night by calling for 45 nuclear power plants to be built by 2030, Reuters reports. He said he would eventually like to see 100 new plants to combat global warming and make the US energy independent. The nation's 104 reactors provide about... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Harry Reid • nuclear reactor • Yucca Mountain • nuclear power plant • Nuclear Regulatory Commission • energy independence • 2030

Syria Must 'Come Clean'
on Nukes, US Says

Reactor destroyed by Israel was nearly complete, it says

Apr 24, 08 8:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A covert nuclear reactor in Syria was only months away from producing uranium for weapons when Israel destroyed it in a bombing raid, US intelligence officials say. The officials briefed members of Congress on the Israeli raid in September, asserting that North Korea helped Syria build the site. The White... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Israel • North Korea • Syria • nuclear reactor • Kim Jong Il • Osirak nuclear reactor

 Video Links
 North Korea
 to Syrian Reactor 

Design similar to North Korean nuke technology

Apr 24, 08 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Video showing a nuclear reactor under construction in Syria is expected to be released today by the White House, the New York Times reports. The video, shot before the reactor was obliterated by Israeli air strikes, confirms that Syrians had North Korean technological help. The design is similar to one... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Israel • North Korea • Dick Cheney • Syria • Condoleezza Rice • nuclear weapons • Christopher Hill • nuclear reactor • Kim Jong Il • Trading With the Enemy Act • Imad Moustapha • Osirak nuclear reactor • state sponsored terrorism

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

Latest NIE signals to some Israelis a US 'retreat'

Dec 23, 07 5:45 AM CST
(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... More »

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Iran • Israel • nuclear reactor • uranium enrichment

Isotope Shortage Delays Medical Tests

 Reactor closure causes shortages in US, Canada

Dec 8, 07 10:21 AM CST
(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... More »

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cancer • medicine • nuclear reactor • cancer research

Iran Closer to Fueling Nuke Reactor, VP Claims

First time Iran has made claim

Nov 24, 07 5:55 PM CST
(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—... More »

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

Nuke Worker Didn't Know He Had Pipe Bomb

Arizona power plant back to normal after lockdown

Nov 3, 07 8:10 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Israeli Strike
on Syria Hit Nuke Reactor

Partly-built facility based on North
Korean model

Oct 13, 07 6:21 PM CDT
(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.... More »

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

Ukraine to Cover Chernobyl in Steel

Radioactive site still contains 95% of its nuclear material

Sep 17, 07 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The crumbling concrete that has encased Chernobyl for over 20 years is about to be replaced. In a deal worth $1.4 billion, a French firm will cover the aging nuclear reactor with steel, the BBC reports. Ukraine president Viktor Yushchenko declared today the day "a solution to the... More »

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nuclear reactor • nuclear waste • Ukraine • Viktor Yushchenko • Chernobyl

N. Korea Agrees to Ban Nukes

Move could lead to friendlier relations with US

Sep 2, 07 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea has promised to disable all of its nuclear facilities by the end of this year, the BBC reports, possibly paving the way for warmer relations between the US and a country it now lists as a supporter of terror. After meeting with representatives from the North, US negotiator... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • South Korea • Japan • nuclear weapons • United States • Christopher Hill • Pyongyang • Yongbyon • nuclear reactor • Kim Jong Il

Fred’s Closet Has a Big Gov't Skeleton

Thompson lobbied for reactor that leeched taxpayer dollars

Aug 15, 07 11:22 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Fred Thompson • nuclear reactor • lobbyist • Westinghouse • Stone and Webster

Libya Clinches European
Arms Deal

Sarkozy yields to probe of ties to Gadhafi,  Belgian nurses

Aug 4, 07 9:11 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Quake Triggers Wave of Nuke Plant Fears

Japanese disaster boosts movement for tighter control of power sources

Jul 18, 07 5:42 AM CDT
(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... More »

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nuclear power • Japan • nuclear reactor • Pacific Rim • nuclear power plant • earthquake

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