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VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has significantly stepped up its output of low-enriched uranium and total production in the last five years would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons if refined much further, a U.S. security institute said.

TEHRAN,Iran (AP) -- A top Iranian nuclear negotiator said traces of enriched uranium discovered at an underground bunker came from a "routine technical issue," the country's official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday....

A UN report has found that the total production, for the last five years, of low-enriched uranium would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons.

Horror film ‘Chernobyl Diaries’ with its ghostly tale of terror near the infamous, abandoned nuclear plant has theatres this weekend after drawing protests from some who view it as sensationalising a disaster that had tragic human consequences.  

These extraordinary pictures, most of which have never been seen before, show one of the many towns made and destroyed by the U.S. military in the Nevada desert as part of ongoing nuclear tests during the Cold War.

The UN atomic agency reports inspectors have located radioactive traces at an Iranian bunker, which suggests the country could closer to reaching the uranium threshold needed to arm nuclear missiles.Fiat Halts Sales to Iran Amid International PressureVIDEO: Suspicion Grows After New UN Report on Iran

Suspicion falls on Israel for assassination campaign against leading scientists

IN RECENT weeks the Obama administration has radiated optimism about the possibility of a deal with Iran on its nuclear program. The latest round of talks in Baghdad this week should lower those expectations. Tehran’s negotiators rejected a package offered by the United States and its five partners covering proposed confidence-building measures, and it demanded recognition of an Iranian “right”...

Talk of the "Grand Bargain" is once again finding its way to theories on the relationship between the United States and Iran, in light of...

May 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Friday it approved a new 20-year operating license for Entergy Corp's Pilgrim reactor in Massachusetts. Three of the five commissioners voted in favor of the new license for the 40-year old reactor, with one -- Chairman Gregory Jaczko -- opposed. The other commissioner did not vote.Read More...More on Ener...

Quarterly report released by UN nuclear watchdog says Iran has installed hundreds of enrichment machines at underground site; claims traces of uranium particles enriched up to 27%.

Iran is expanding the capacity of its controversial underground nuclear facility, a U.N. report said Friday, as its leaders move to increase production of a more purified form of enriched uranium in defiance of Western demands for a freeze. Read full article >>

Diplomats fail to make progress after two days of anguished talks between Iran and world powers over Tehran’s nuclear programme

The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant said it took extra steps this week to check the soundness of one of its riskiest reactor buildings.

Traces of nuclear material could indicate drive to produce weapons, as diplomats give details of report to be released.

Iran has enriched uranium closer to the level required to arm nuclear missiles, according to evidence discovered at an underground facility by the UN's atomic agency.

Wars are known to have dreadful effects to the society, causing death and injury to very large numbers of people. According to the international laws of war nuclear weapons,

This is something you can't usually see: the bow of an American nuclear aircraft supercarrier, the new Gerald R. Ford—the lead ship of a new class that will start replacing the Nimitz-class in 2015. More »

Monitors from the UN's nuclear watchdog have found traces of uranium enriched at more than 20% at Iran's Fordo nuclear site, sources say.

The UN nuclear has found traces of uranium enriched at an Iranian site to a level that is slightly closer to the threshold needed to arm nuclear missiles.

The Chernobyl nuclear reactor is a disastrous destination for moviegoers.

By Yereth RosenANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Cleanup workers will soon attack a jumble of debris from Japan's 2011 tsunami that litters an Alaskan island, as residents in the state gear up to scour their shores for everything from buoys to building material that has floated across the Pacific.The cleansing project slated to start on Friday on Montague Island is expected to last a couple weeks, ...

A diplomat in Vienna said that nuclear inspectors had found trace amounts of uranium enriched beyond previously reported levels but cautioned that the spike could be accidental.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes the recently concluded talks between Iran and the E3+3 grouping - made up of the United Kingdom, the United States, US, China, France, Germany and Russia - his spokesperson said today.

The amount of radioactive materials released in the first days of the Fukushima nuclear disaster was almost two and a half times the initial estimate.

Moving nuclear material from Dounreay to Sellafield will not result in a "meaningful saving" that can be spent on communities, local authorities are told.

Ben Cosgrove of Life says: As the prospect of nuclear weapons testing by nations like North Korea and Iran once again makes headlines, LIFE.com presents rare and (mostly) unpublished pictures from the Nevada desert by photographer Loomis Dean shortly after a 1955 atomic bomb test. These are not "political" pictures. They are, instead, eerily beautiful, [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Moving quickly to stem a controversy, President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated an expert on nuclear waste to lead the federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants....

Talks on Iran's nuclear programme seem to show wide divisions

President Barack Obama on Thursday moved quickly to fill the post of the nation's top nuclear regulator, nominating an academic who specializes in nuclear waste.

Steve Jobs gets his final wish, companies appear ready to fight to the death in court

President Obama surprised contestants at the 2012 National Geographic Bee by asking them a question on the location of a recent nuclear summit. "Before I give you my answer, I want to congratulate all the students who are participating in this competition," Obama said in a video appearance to the ten student competitors before asking the question. "The study of geography is about more than jus...

Last-ditch agreement reached in Baghdad to make another attempt at a compromise deal in Moscow next monthInternational talks over Iran's nuclear programme were salvaged from collapse in Baghdad with a last-ditch agreement to make another attempt at a compromise deal in Moscow next month.After two days of intense talks in the Iraqi capital, Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief said: "It...

Técnicos han calculado que la planta liberó unos 900 mil terabecquereles de yodo-131 y cesio-137 desde el inicio de la crisis nuclear, el 12 de marzo de 2011, hasta el 31 de marzo de 2011, hasta un 80% más de lo reportado por las autoridades

El holding eléctrico brasileño Eletrobras (NYSE: EBR) se reunirá la próxima semana con importantes actores europeos para analizar la expansión del programa de generación nuclear de Brasil. Se progr...

Iran accused world powers today of creating "a difficult atmosphere" that had hindered talks on its atomic energy program, signalling a snag in diplomatic efforts to defuse fears of a covert Iranian effort to develop nuclear bombs bomb.

Last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster has not led to any deaths or illnesses from radiation so far, but has caused social and psychological problems, UN radiation experts say in Vienna.

Progress has slowed during talks in Baghdad between six world powers and Iran over the country's nuclear development program. On Thursday, Iran's lead negotiator, Saeed Jalili, met with Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign affairs chief, but Iran rejected the offer. Iranian media stated that Ashton did not have anything new to offer in her proposals. The package was criticized by Ir...

Federal power holding company Eletrobras (NYSE: EBR) will next week meet with key European stakeholders to discuss an expansion of Brazil's nuclear generation program. Among the appointments are ta...

The sub’s reactor, isolated in another part of the sub, had been shut down for a few months at the time and was unaffected and 'remains in a safe and stable condition'

A study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, shows Western Europe has the highest worldwide risk of radioactive contamination from future meltdowns.

Iran appeared to balk at a proposal by six world powers to curb its nuclear program but agreed to keep talking.

Talks between Iran and world powers to defuse a dispute about Iran's nuclear goals go into a second day today with Washington cautiously hopeful of progress towards an agreed framework for addressing concerns that Tehran wants to build an atom bomb.

Maine firefighters are battling a blaze aboard the nuclear submarine USS Miami at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Two firefighters were hurt.

THE US and other world powers yesterday pressed Iran to accept a series of immediate restrictions on its nuclear programme, hoping that concessions by Tehran would help defuse western fears that it aims to build an atomic bomb.

Los enviados de Irán y del Grupo del 5+1 (Estados Unidos, Reino Unido, Francia, Rusia, China y Alemania) tienen una segunda oportunidad para intentar desbloquear el contencioso nuclear en el encuentro de Bagdad. Tras una reunión de apenas tres horas solo trascendió que ambas partes presentaron sus respectivos planes y que, una vez más, no parece que haya entendimiento.

Eugene Kaspersky has warned global leaders that the world needs international agreements about cyber-weapons in the same way as it needs agreements about nuclear or biological weaponry. The chairman and chief executive officer of Kaspersky Lab, warned delegates at CeBIT Australia that cyber-warfare and terrorism was the number one internet threat facing the world today. He said the Stuxnet indu...

Plutonium is the most complex element in the periodic table, yet it is also one of the most poorly understood ones. But now a well-known scientific technique, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, may turn out to be the perfect tool for uncovering some of plutonium’s mysteries.

Divisions over sanctions complicated the discussions in Baghdad.

Oil fell to a seven-month low below $91 a barrel Wednesday after Iran agreed to allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart an investigation into the country's nuclear program....

Details emerged yesterday as the Government unveiled a revolution in the way the nation produces its electricity.

Though rounds of talks have achieved no concrete progress in finding a solution to the Iranian nuclear issue, the most recent talks in Istanbul seem to have defused the tensions to some extent.

Japan's trade deficit for April widened from a year earlier as oil and gas imports surged after the nuclear crisis, the government said.

Oil fell to a seven-month low near $91 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after Iran agreed to allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart an investigation into the country’s nuclear program.

Plutonium-239 is used in nuclear weapons, but it has been difficult to detect in the lab. Researchers in New Mexico have now succeeded in measuring the isotope's nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal.Interactions within plutonium atoms have frustrated attempts over the past 50 years to

ALEX BRUMMER says the idea that £110 billion of new investment in the country’s future energy needs can be found without a government subsidy, as ministers claim, is disgraceful piece of government dissembling.

After months of being vilified for what he saw as common-sense proposals to get Britain working, Adrian Beecroft sets the record straight

Households will have to pay around £100 a year more for their electricity bills under plans to build nuclear power stations and wind farms over the next 20 years, the Energy Secretary has admitted.

The producer of "Chernobyl Diaries" is firing back at claims that his movie is exploiting the 400,000 victims of the nuclear disaster, telling TMZ another support group actually praised him for his efforts. Oren Peli -- who also directed "Paranormal…

After shutting down its last reactor, Japan is now even more heavily dependent on imported oil, gas, and coal.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said on Monday that he would resign, following a year of intense criticism over his abrasive management style.

Embattled Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko announced Monday he’s stepping down after three rocky years at the helm of the nation’s nuclear safety agency. As colleague Steve Mufson and I write Monday, his resignation “signals that he had lost the support of his former boss, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), a fierce opponent of efforts to store nuclear waste...

Decision comes after fellow commissioners publicly rebuked Jaczko and accused him of acting like a bully.

China reiterated dialogue as the only correct way to solve Iran's disputed nuclear issue.

The US warns North Korea that any nuclear test would be "a serious miscalculation".

This week, the U.S. and its allies will sit down with some of their arch-nemeses: the Iranians. Big, unresolved questions persist about Iran's nuclear program, which Iran swears exists just to produce peaceful nuclear energy. In particular, those questions primarily concern five installations that concern the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world's nuclear watchdog. And unless yo...

As Iran continues to grapple with the West over its nuclear ambitions, experts say the nation could double its already sizable oil output if sanctions were lifted to allow foreign investment into its oil industry.

NATO remains an essential transatlantic link and force multiplier for the United States, our Allies, and partners.  The Chicago Summit provides us a new opportunity to reaffirm and refine the vision that binds Allies together and sets us on a course to maintain and develop the capabilities NATO needs to remain an essential source of global stability. At the 2010 Lisbon Summit, NATO leaders ...

A Simi Valley motorcyclist died early this morning when he rear-ended a Jeep Wrangler on Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Chatsworth.

Japan's nuclear emergency has left a mark on Chinese nuclear industry, which have since seen billions of yuan worth of orders postponed.

USEC is fighting for federal support for its American Centrifuge Project.

THE eco-warriors' alarmism post-Fukushima is a dangerous step back into the dark ages.

A Russian court jails an employee of a defence plant in the Urals for spying, in a case said to involve submarine-based nuclear missiles.

Es absolutamente necesario un buen entendimiento entre Rusia y Estados Unidos que abra la posibilidad de un rompedor acuerdo de desarme nuclear en 2013

The fall brings shows from Dane Cook, Matthew Perry and Kevin Bacon. Is there anything new to look forward to?

US plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is "fully available", the US ambassador to Israel said, days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers which suspect it of seeking to develop nuclear arms.

The minister of energy has backed fracking for gas in the Karoo, but what could this mean for South Africa's nuclear ambitions?

The utility stock has solid upside despite its exposure to two controversial nuclear plants. A 5.1% dividend yield doesn't hurt.

The U.S. government has adopted the first set of comprehensive changes in the emergency planning program for communities near nuclear power plants since its creation after the Three Mile Island accident in 1979....

Sarkozy hands over France's nuclear codes and other secret dossiers to first Socialist Party president in 17 years.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama threatened on Tuesday to veto a defense policy bill in the House of Representatives that would authorize higher Pentagon spending and tie his hands on national security issues from nuclear arms reductions to handling war detainees.

WASHINGTON - The United States should help Pakistan cut ISI’s alleged ties to the Haqqani network that targets American troops in Afghanistan, and to move towards a better democracy and a lessening of corruption, Senator John McCain has said. “Pakistan is vital to United States national security interests for a broad variety of reasons, including the nuclear inventory that ...

WASHINGTON - The United States should help Pakistan cut ISI’s alleged ties to the Haqqani network that targets American troops in Afghanistan, and to move towards a better democracy and a lessening of corruption, Senator John McCain has said. “Pakistan is vital to United States national security interests for a broad variety of reasons, including the nuclear inventory that ...

Majid Jamali Fashi executed after allegedly confessing to murder of nuclear scientist in 2010.

India said on Tuesday it would cut purchases of Iranian oil by 11% following pressure from the United States to join a drive to isolate the Islamic republic over its disputed nuclear programme.

Latest simulation shows that the magnetic nozzles required for antimatter propulsion could be vastly more efficient than previously thought--and built with today's technologies Smash a lump of matter into antimatter and it will release a thousand times more energy than the same mass of fuel in a nuclear fission reactor and some 2 billion times more than burning the equivalent in hydrocarbons. 

Canadian uranium producer seeks to strengthen its market position with acquisition

Beijing is responding to fading growth by opening the lending flood gates. The problem is businesses do not want to borrow.

Jean-Pierre Clamadieu accuses Germany, France and Belgium of acting in isolation on nuclear and gas policy

Mitochondria have a crucial role in cellular bioenergetics and apoptosis, and thus are important to support cell function and in determination of cell death pathways. Inherited mitochondrial diseases can be caused by mutations of mitochondrial DNA or of nuclear genes that encode mitochondrial proteins. Although many mitochondrial disorders are multisystemic, some are tissue specific—eg, optic n...

Physicists have created a new gamma-ray lens and they believe it will open up a new field of gamma-ray optics for medical imaging, detecting illicit nuclear material, and getting rid of nuclear waste

A 10-year, $12.6 billion bailout plan for Tokyo Electric Power, operator of the nuclear plant damaged in the 2011 tsunami, includes replacing top executives and board members.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Trade Minister Yukio Edano approved on Wednesday a business turnaround plan for Tokyo Electric Power Co , the owner of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, paving the way for the utility to be nationalized in return for a 1 trillion yen ($12.5 billion) bailout.

Armenia extends the life of its Soviet-style nuclear plant, despite seismic concerns. It's one of a slew of decisions nations face on old reactors.

Japan is switching off its last working nuclear reactor, as part of the safety drive since the March 2011 tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima plant. from BBC News Online

The last working reactor in Japan is to be switched off, leaving the country without nuclear power just over a year after the world's worst atomic accident in a quarter of a century.

Public suspicious government rushing to promote the nuclear industry at the expense of public safety

A GIF made of President Barack Obama making an entrance at the Nuclear Security Summit in South Korea by riding on a skateboard has been making the ro…

Buried within James Risen's interesting New York Times front-pager about the easing of Iran tensions is an even more interesting story about the deep weirdness that is going on within Israel's national security establishment on Iran:  At the same time in Israel, the conservative government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been rocked by a series of public comments from c...

With less than a month to the much-anticipated meeting in Baghdad between Iran and the “P5+1” nations, indications are that the two sides are seriously contemplating successful talks that could yield a mutually acceptable breakthrough and pave the way to a gradual resolution of the Iran nuclear crisis. The “P5+1”, also known as the “Iran Six” - the permanent ...

The 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival has finally arrived! The Expo will take place this weekend at the Walter E Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. The hours are Saturday from 10-6 and Sunday from 10-4. Evening shows are also scheduled for the weekend including the Stargazing Party with Bill Nye and Featured Author Panel Discussion- Science Stories in Society & School:...

Norio Sasaki se ha propuesto sacar adelante a Toshiba Corp. en momentos en que el conglomerado japonés aún tiene que lidiar con las consecuencias de la catástrofe de la planta nuclear de Fukushima Daiichi del año pasado, así como la intensificación de la competencia en el mercado de electrónicos de consumo.

Vor drei Jahren feierten Accept ein umjubeltes Comeback. Jetzt erschien das neue Album „Stalingrad“ – und bewies, dass die alten Männer noch richtig rocken können.Foto: Mark Tucker / Nuclear Blast, picture-alliance / Hanne JordanMehr zum ThemaVater der „Tokio Hotel“-Zwillinge - „Ich habe große Angst um Bill“

WORKERS have been sent for medical treatment after discovering suspected nuclear material buried near the Pacific Highway.

For weeks, the U.S. and other world powers begged, pleaded, and cajoled North Korea into canceling its plan to launch a rocket into space. On Friday, April 13, Pyongyang gave its answer, sending a sputtering rocket soaring and then diving into the sea in abject failure. Today, the 15-nation Security Council took a fresh tack, issuing a sharply worded statement that "strongly condemns" North...

One day in late November an unmanned aerial vehicle lifted off from Shindand Air Base in western Afghanistan heading 75 miles toward the border with Iran The drone's mission to spy on Tehran's nuclear program as well as any insurgent activities the Iranians might be supporting in Afghanistan With an...

After last year’s earthquake-induced nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, PG&E, under public pressure, announced that it was committed to monitoring seismic activity.

FORMER dictator Kim Jong-Il's will urges North Korea to develop nuclear weapons to weaken America's influence.

Shipwreck disaster experts are calling for a deep-sea expedition to a lost U.S. nuclear attack sub, the USS Scorpion.

DOCTOR says soccer star Stiliyan Petrov is a victim of nuclear radiation from the Chernobyl disaster

Aston Villa midfielder Stiliyan Petrov may have been a victim of nuclear radiation from the Chernobyl disaster, the Bulgarian doctor has said.

While the Stuxnet worm was seen as difficult to make, inherent weaknesses found in widely used industrial control computers make attacks like it surprisingly easy to carry out, new research says.

India is to formally commission a nuclear submarine into its navy, joining an elite group of nations with similar capabilities.

BRITAIN’S PLANS for a new generation of nuclear plants suffered a setback after two German companies pulled out of multibillion-pound plans to build reactors, citing the economic crisis and the German government’s decision to abandon nuclear power.

Les groupes énergétiques allemands EON et RWE ont annoncé jeudi qu'ils comptaient se séparer de leur coentreprise britannique dans le nucléaire, Horizon Nuclear Power.histoires liéesZone euro: très léger repli de la confiance économique en marsLe paiement des retraites le 1er du mois reste un objectif à atteindre, affirme BertrandGDF Suez veut racheter la totalité de sa filiale britannique Inte...

by Prakash Kumar Rath Studying Nature , Exploring The Universe  People first gazed up at the stars and thought the sky was our  universe. Our view was limited by what our eyes could see. Then telescopes deepened our views. The stars which can be seen constitute only a tiny part of the whole universe. It is impossible to form a mental picture of the un...

The Indian James Bond can disarm a bomb while flying a helicopter, dodge bullets from deadly assassins and save his country from nuclear disaster. But getting into cinemas in neighboring Pakistan has proved to be an impossible feat.

Green was the theme at Masanori Morikawa's Japan fashion week runway show who drew inspiration from nuclear disasters and environmental concerns.

MORE than 300 Australian veterans of Britain's outback nuclear testing during the 1950s and 60s have been dealt a body blow in their quest.

Iran has condemned what it calls the use of oil as a political tool against producers, referring to Western sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme.

De visita en Tokio, la cantante mostró su apoyo a la localidad afectada por una crisis nuclear a consecuencia del tsunami del año pasado

PARIS (Reuters) - French nuclear group Areva said on Friday that the head of its mining business, Sebastien de Montessus, resigned in a bid to close the chapter of the botched $2.5 billion takeover...

Note: N indicates findings that went on to win a Nobel Prize. © Bettmann/CORBIS Mushroom clouds usher in atomic age Less than three years separated the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reactio...

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Many residents of Fukushima prefecture still lack basic information and clear answers about the level of radiation in their food and environment. Although the explosion at the Daiichi plant is considered the most severe radiation crisis worldwide since Chernobyl, many residents of Fukushima prefecture report that they have not be...

Leider kann ich das Video nicht sehen, aber was FF so sagt erinnert mich an das hier: "Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements– the carbon, ni...

US President Barack Obama and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu are to meet at the White House for key talks on Iran's nuclear programme.

THE Australian dollar is three-quarters of a US cent lower ahead of a big week for economic data and as tensions overseas escalate over Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Looking for clues in Obama-Netanyahu talks on how to play rising tensions over Iran’s nuclear program.

Neither Obama or Netanyahu can afford to let the Iranians go on with their nuclear program.

On March 11, 2011, Japan suffered a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that destroyed roads, bridges, and buildings; killed nearly 16,000 people; and critically disabled three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. By March 12, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was already considering urging Americans within 50 miles of the stricken nuclear reactors to evacuate...

A “Frontline” segment to be shown on PBS stations on Tuesday, describes the struggle by engineers and firemen to contain the Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Followers of Iranian state TV say the Academy Award-winning film "A Separation" shows the world-class talent and sophistication in the Islamic Republic even as it confronts the West over its nuclear program....

Shares of solar energy technology providers are broadly lower this afternoon following the announcement that Germany plans to cut but as much as 29% from subsidies that have helped to support buildout of solar installations starting next month, as reported by Marc Roca and Stefan Nicola of Bloomberg. Roca and Nicola report ...

Landmark agreement to strengthen co-operation on civil nuclear energy between France and the UK.

One motive behind the attacks in New Delhi and Tbilisi was Iran’s desire to deter the West from a strike on its nuclear facilities.

(Reuters) - The risk to public health from a severe nuclear power plant accident in the United States is "very small" because reactor operators should have time to prevent core damage and reduce the release of radioactive materials, U.S. nuclear regulators said in a study on Wednesday.

In the State of the Union address of 1954, which Dwight Eisenhower delivered less than a year after he had secretly ordered the C.I.A. to overthrow Tehran’s left-leaning government, he celebrated “the forces of stability and freedom” at work in Iran. In 1980, Jimmy Carter . . .

Kurz vor der nächsten Etappe im Vorwahl-Rennen der US-Republikaner bringt Mitt Romney seinen Rivalen Gingrich mit einem aggressiven Wahlkampfstil in die Defensive. Doch "Nuclear Newt" möchte in jedem Fall bis zum August weiterkämpfen.Mehr zum ThemaUS-Militär macht ernst - Pentagon auf SparkursTV-Debatte - Gingrich vs. Romney – wer wird Obamas Gegner?Wahlen in den USA - Hillary Clinton deutet Am...

At Davos I managed to catch Juliana Rotich, Co-Founder of Ushahidi, the incredible crowd sourcing platform which came out of Kenya. Starting with just a handful of countries in 2009, it's main product, Crowdmap, is now used in hundreds of countries for crisis mapping and even crowd sourcing information about nuclear weapons in Iran. I got an update from her about their latest moves. These inc...

The disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant last March set off a global reassessment of the technology. Germany and Switzerland plan to mothball their reactors, while China and India will push ahead. Meanwhile, the NRC just approved a new reactor design, a crucial step in Southern Co.'s bid to build the first reactor in the U.S. in 30 years. The new units at the Georgia plant will pow...

FUZZKILL 86 joined PETIT DELOR's groupARE YOU DADA ?NUCLEAR IS NOT DADA !!!!

Oil rose today as the European Union announced a phased-in embargo of Iranian crude in an effort to contain Tehran's nuclear programme.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Once as highly regarded as cosmonauts, ballerinas and nuclear scientists, Russian circus stars have wowed generations.

BP sees renewables making even larger inroads than before, stealing much of the growth it had earlier seen going to nuclear energy

No global consensus on how to deal with Tehran and its nuclear program, Prime Minister tells CBC in interview

France's Louvre museum plans to send more than 20 artworks to Japan, including Fukushima prefecture, near the stricken nuclear plant, in order to show solidarity with the disaster-hit country.

(Reuters) - The Stuxnet virus that last year damaged Iran's nuclear program was likely one of at least five cyber weapons developed on a single platform whose roots trace back to 2007, according to new research from Russian computer security firm Kaspersky Lab.

The legacy of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami will be felt for many years, writesDAVID McNEILLIN Tokyo

SPORTING LEGEND KIM JONG-IL:IN THE political world, Kim Jong-Il of North Korea was a despot and nuclear antagonist. In the sporting world, he might have been the only guy ever to wear platform shoes, a bouffant hairdo and “Dear Leader” embroidered on his bowling shirt.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, which closed its embassy in Tehran last month after it was ransacked by protesters, said on Thursday that Iranian authorities had blocked its website aimed at Iran. The move creates further tension between the two countries that regularly clash over Iran’s nuclear programme. Britain’s Foreign Office said Iranian authorities had barred access to a Foreign Office websi...

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. At the 2011 Council of Delegates, 187 National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) united behind a resolution, as Peter Herby, head of the ICRC's Arms Unit, explains.

U.S.-based United Against Nuclear Iran has applauded China's Huawei for ending its bid to seek new business in Iran. Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, president of United Against Nuclear Iran, stated, "We applaud Huawei for taking an important first step in pulling back from its business in Iran, and we thank Huawei for its cooperation and [...]

Is Iran hiding nuclear weapons facilities under mosques?Newt Gingrich says yes – but experts say there is no evidence to back up the assertion.Gingrich made the claim at a debate with Jon Huntsman in New Hampshire on Monday.  Here, via Michael Crowley, is the key moment:"They have huge underground facilities. Some of the underground facilities are under mosques," Gingrich said. "Some of them ar...

El Barcelona quiso honrar a las víctimas del desastre nuclear de Fukushima con un bonito gesto tras el entrenamiento

Mr Putin and Mr Kiriyenko discussed the development of nuclear power, and particularly uranium production and the nuclear icebreaker fleet. They focused on social issues at Rosatom and on personnel questions.

China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp (CGNPC) va mettre 2,2 milliards de dollars (1,7 milliard d'euros) sur la table pour racheter l'australien Extract Resources en cas de réussite de son offre sur Kalahari Minerals, le principal actionnaire d'Extract. Une telle opération pourrait déclencher un...

Beijing and the Microsoft founder are in talks to develop a new "low cost, very safe" nuclear power reactor.

India and Pakistan are going nuclear over this magazine cover showing a naked Pakistani star wearing nothing but a provocative political tattoo.

Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan conclude their trilogy in a world where nuclear winter blankets the planet and vampires feed on humans in internment camps.When Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan set out to make vampires frightening again with their novel "The Strain," the writing partners had their work cut out for them. The scariest thing about the sexy, brooding bad boys that seemed to be ...

He had been sitting out there, at the ready, for some nine years. Everyone knew Bobby Valentine was a phone call away, but for the longest time no one dared call upon him. He was baseball’s nuclear option: He could do the job, and the results could be spectacular, but could anyone live with the fallout? Read full article >>

We must try to engage with Tehran. The experience in Pakistan has taught us the dangers of forcing an atomic program underground

PARIS (Reuters) - France needs to upgrade the protection of vital functions in all its nuclear reactors to avoid a disaster in the event of a natural calamity, the head of its nuclear safety agency...

Player representatives reject NBA's latest offer of 50-50 split of basketball revenue, take steps toward anti-trust lawsuit. 'We're about to go into the nuclear winter of the NBA,' David Stern says.The prospects for a 2011-12 NBA season might have ended Monday.

Iran says its defence computer systems have been infected with another "supervirus" known to be similar to one which severely damaged its nuclear programme last year.

Pakistan took a lot of criticism in Saturday's Republican presidential debate, with a leading candidate saying it was nearly a failed state and another suggesting the United States cut its foreign aid to zero.But it is unclear whether any of their ideas is likely to be imposed on a country that has nuclear weapons and whose cooperation is seen as vital to stabilizing Afghanistan as the United S...

OKARA - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan Ameer Syed Munawar Hassan has warned against launching military operation in North Waziristan against Haqqani network, saying such an act will spread war across the country.Addressing media people at Okara Press Club on the telephone on Friday, Syed Munawar Hassan said that the US wanted such an operation to create lawlessness in the country and then exert ...

&$ &$This Dec 26, 2008 file photo shows a huge construction site of the expansion project of the two million-kw generating units in the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant in Haiyan, East China's Zhejiang province. (Xinhua Photo)&$&$ Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in spent fuel reprocessing technology that could potentially solve China's uranium supply problem, Chinese te...

Japan’s economy shrank much more than expected in the first quarter and slipped into recession after the triple blow of the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis hit business and consumer spending and tore apart supply chains

Long-lived nuclear batteries powered by hydrogen isotopes are in testing for military applications.