Khan Placed Under Restrictions Again

Pakistan has once again curtailed the movements of former chief nuclear scientist and black-market proliferator Abdul Qadeer Khan, Asian News International reported today...
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U.K. Must Not Rush to Replace Nuclear Deterrent, Ex-Official Says

The former leader of the British armed forces yesterday urged the United Kingdom to postpone for as long as possible a final determination on whether to replace the country's Trident nuclear deterrent, the Press Association reported...
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Lithuanians positive on nuclear safety

Nearly three-quarters of Lithuanians believe that it is possible to operate nuclear power plants in safety, a survey carried out on behalf of the state nuclear regulatory authority has found...
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Nuclear lawsuit stays in state court

A federal judge has sent a $32 billion nuclear lawsuit filed by CPS Energy back to state court in Bexar County. U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez ruled Thursday that a citizens group that is trying to intervene did not have standing to get the case moved to federal court...
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Chu Defends Deliberative Approach to Nuclear Waste

Supporters of expanded nuclear are growing impatient with Chu about the time it is taking to appoint members to a planned blue-ribbon commission to study nuclear waste fuel policy options. But he has given no firm dates...
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Trouble in Texas for STP

A federal court judge Wednesday ordered a stop to all activity in the $32 billion nuclear lawsuit while he decides if the case belongs under federal jurisdiction.The constitutional violation, the coalition argues, stems from CPS not being honest with the public during its presentations on the project, which “denied their First Amendment right to have an informed dialogue and a decision by their elected representatives”...
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Close to Pouring Concrete for "First" Reactor

Plant Vogtle's parent company wants the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow additional construction activities as it awaits permits for two new reactors.Southern Nuclear received an Early Site Permit and Limited Work Authorization last year allowing grading and other preliminary work at its Burke County site...
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Graham, U.S. Chamber to meet on climate and energy bill

Graham – who is working with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) – wants to merge expanded oil and nuclear power production with some kind of limits on greenhouse gas emissions...
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GE's PRISM Reactor Concept

One of the most vexing issues facing the nuclear power industry today is what to do with the spent nuclear fuel after it has been used in a nuclear reactor. Currently, used fuel is safely stored in pools of water or in dry casks at the nuclear plant site. But as for a long-term solution, there is no consensus as to disposing of, or permanently storing, the spent nuclear fuel...
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Pakistan Moves to Limit Khan's Permitted Activities

The Pakistani leadership wants to limit the permitted activities of former top nuclear scientist and proliferator Abdul Qadeer Khan out of fears that he constitutes a threat to the country's security interests, United Press International reported today...
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How to Protect Our Nuclear Deterrent

The four of us have come together, now joined by many others, to support a global effort to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons, to prevent their spread into potentially dangerous hands, and ultimately to end them as a threat to the world. We do so in recognition of a clear and threatening development...
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Obama at One Year: “A” for Transforming Nuclear Policy, “Incomplete” For Execution

The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, one of the nation's major arms control organizations, gave President Barack Obama a grade of "A" for transforming United States nuclear weapons policy during his first year in office and an "Incomplete" for completing the new policy initiatives he has launched...
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Clinton nuclear plant chosen for radioisotope pilot project

The Clinton Power Station will host a pilot project that will produce much needed additional supplies of a radioisotope used in cancer treatment and food sterilization...
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Toshiba out of $32 billion nuclear suit

CPS Energy dropped Toshiba Inc. from its $32 billion nuclear lawsuit to keep the case from being permanently shifted to federal court...
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Iranian Nuke Research Continues, U.S. Intel Agencies to Assert

The U.S. intelligence community is preparing to reverse its conclusion that Iran in 2003 suspended research aimed specifically at producing a nuclear bomb, Newsweek reported Friday...
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Nuclear Bomb Update Effort Slowed by Posture Review, Science Studies

The Obama administration has slowed an effort to modernize a key U.S. nuclear weapon, following congressional action to scale back its budget...
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Fusion projects building for the future

Work is set to begin on the first building to be constructed at the Iter platform in France after a contract for the Coil Winding Facility was signed. Meanwhile, test facilities to help prepare for the next stages in the international pursuit of nuclear fusion are progressing...
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Areva Stops Nuclear Recycling For EDF Pending New Deal

French nuclear engineering group Areva SA (CEI.FR) has ceased recycling and transporting spent nuclear fuel for utility giant Electricite de France's power plants pending the signing of a new contract...
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Critics rap Alexander's nuke proposal

A plan by U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., to build 100 nuclear plants over the next 20 years is fraught with problems, critics say...
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Lawmaker Seeks Review of Nuclear Security Program

The head of a U.S. House of Representatives committee requested Wednesday a thorough review of the Megaports Initiative over concerns that the program was not sufficiently effective in its mission to block the smuggling of nuclear materials and weapons...
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Iran Not Committed to Building Nuclear Bomb, Pentagon Intel Chief Says

The conclusion -- originally reached in a comprehensive 2007 intelligence assessment of Iran's nuclear program -- remains valid despite uncertainties about the goals and stability of the nation's government, U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Chief Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess said...
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Iran Not Committed to Building Nuclear Bomb, Pentagon Intel Chief Says

The conclusion -- originally reached in a comprehensive 2007 intelligence assessment of Iran's nuclear program -- remains valid despite uncertainties about the goals and stability of the nation's government, U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Chief Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess said...
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Ukrainian Nuclear Politics

As Ukraine's presidential election approaches, hopeful candidate Yulia Tymoshenko has embarked on a remarkable pro-nuclear campaigning spree...
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Turkey Point nuclear suspension

Florida Power and Light has suspended work on two new reactors at Turkey Point in an angry reaction to a decision by state regulators...
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Talks Hit "Sweet Spot" for Landing New START Agreement

A new arms control treaty between the United States and Russia appears nearly within reach, despite continued tensions over verification provisions, a senior U.S. official said this morning...
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IAEA to Pursue Nuclear Fuel Bank in Kazakhstan

The International Atomic Energy Agency intends this year to flesh out plans for an international nuclear fuel repository at an isolated metallurgical site in Kazakhstan, the BBC reported Friday...
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U.N. Chief Sees "Window of Opportunity" on Nuclear Disarmament

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon vowed Friday to throw his full weight behind nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation initiatives following a Security Council summit last September that addressed the issues...
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China's Latest Reactor

A ceremony last week saw the official start of work on Ningde 3, the 21st nuclear project underway in China.The reactor joined two others at Ningde as officially under construction on 8 January, while approval for unit 4 as the last of Phase I build was signed off by officials at the same time...
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EU Nations Streamline Nuclear Monitoring

Three undisclosed European Union nations formally accepted streamlined procedures for monitoring nonmilitary nuclear programs at the beginning of 2010, making the "integrated safeguards" regime universal in all European nations that are not declared nuclear-weapon states, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced today...
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Shaw eyes US reactor uprate market

More U.S. companies are electing to uprate their nuclear reactors, creating a market worth $25 billion, the Shaw Group said. ...
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Nuclear options: Nuclear power may be a ‘green’ solution worth using

NASA climatologist James Hansen's research into global warming has brought him fame — and put him in the big fat middle of controversy on more than one occasion. The intellectual journey that first led Hansen to warn against the imminent perils to our planet of continuing to burn fossil fuels, particularly coal, began in the 1980s. Over the years it has also led him to another, somewhat surprising conclusion: Nuclear power could offer an environmentally acceptable way out of the problems caused by heavy reliance on coal...
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Device Could Aid in Radiation Detection

Engineers at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee have developed a system that makes a small quantity of highly enriched uranium appear to radiation detectors as a larger cache of fissile material, a development that could aid in testing the scanning machines, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported...
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Canada Requests More HEU for Isotope Production

Canada last month ordered 36 pounds of U.S. highly enriched uranium to help resume medical isotope production at its Chalk River reactor, the Ottawa Citizen reported...
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U.S. Nuclear Posture Review Delayed Until March

The Obama administration will not unveil the results of a major review of U.S. nuclear weapons strategy until March 1, a senior Defense Department official told Congress late last month...
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