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Posted: Jun 18, 2013 15:32 CST
Department of State
IAEA is making progress in establishing an international nuclear fuel bank by 2014 that is intended to provide eligible countries with a guaranteed supply of low enriched uranium (LEU) for civilian nuclear power programs in the event of a supply disruption.
The Government Accountability Office, however, said it is not clear there ever would be a disturbance in global uranium supply markets that would necessitate the establishment of the IAEA repository. Both Russia and the United States have ...
Posted: Jun 18, 2013 15:32 CST
World Nuclear News
A lease agreement has been signed for land on which the pilot heavy metal-cooled SVBR-100 reactor will be built in Dimitrovgrad in Russia's Ulyanovsk region.
AKME-Engineering - a joint stock company set up by Rosatom in 2009 to develop and commercialise the SVBR-100 - has agreed to lease of 15-hectare plot of land adjacent to the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors' (RIAR's) site in Dimitrovgrad.
Posted: Jun 18, 2013 15:31 CST
World Nuclear News
Work has begun on two collaborative research programs to develop new forging and casting techniques for nuclear components, while UK manufacturers are invited to apply for funding to help them compete in the nuclear industry.
The first project sees heavy forging specialist Sheffield Forgemasters working in partnership with the University of Sheffield and independent research and technology group TWI to create efficient casting solutions for reactor coolant systems. In the second project, Forg...
Posted: Jun 18, 2013 15:30 CST
AP
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon believes any dialogue between the United States and North Korea should focus on the goal of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, a U.N. spokesman said Monday.
U.N. deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said that Ban also believes inter-Korean dialogue is key to defusing tensions and ensuring peace on the peninsula.
Posted: Jun 18, 2013 15:28 CST
Department of State
The U.S. Department of State congratulates the United Kingdom, 2013 Chair of the Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GP), as they welcome the Philippines as the 26th member of the GP. The Philippines’ membership marks an important expansion of Southeast Asian representation in the GP, a subsidiary body of the G8, which addresses nuclear and radiological security, biosecurity, chemical security, and scientist engagement, as well as facilitates th...
Posted: Jun 18, 2013 15:27 CST
Foreign Policy
(originally published Jun 17, 2013)
Iran continues to evade U.N. sanctions on its nuclear program by changing its supply routes, erecting new front companies, and shopping the world for lower grade parts not explicitly prohibited by the U.N. Security Council, but still capable of contributing to the assembly of a nuclear power reactor. That's according to a "confidential" unpublished report by a U.N. Security Council panel monitoring sanctions on Iran, exclusively published by Turtle Bay.
The 45-page report - which summarizes t...
Posted: Jun 18, 2013 15:26 CST
NTI
The United States is entering into a new agreement with Russia that would continue in some form the Cooperative Threat Reduction program that aims to lock down vulnerable nuclear materials in the former Soviet Union, Global Security Newswire has learned.
Posted: Jun 18, 2013 15:26 CST
NTI
By appeasing the West, Iran's new president may well divide it. And that would secure Tehran's nuclear program from dismantlement or attack.
Rouhani has reason to hope that a new outstretched hand will be the outcome of his efforts to reopen dialogue with the West, which he insisted "should speak to the Iranian people with respect and recognize the rights of the Islamic Republic," as he said at his first news conference. For the Iranians, the term "rights" has always been code for their right...
Posted: Jun 18, 2013 15:25 CST
Washington Post
(originally published Jun 17, 2013)
In his first news conference since being elected president of Iran, Hassan Rouhani said Monday that he wants to improve his country’s relations with the United States, but not at the expense of Iran’s nuclear program.
“First, America must not interfere in Iran's domestic affairs based on the Algiers Accord. They have to recognize our nuclear rights, put away bullying policies against Iran,” Rouhani said. “And if such, and they have good intent, then the situation will change.”
Posted: Jun 17, 2013 17:34 CST
KPBS Alison St. John
Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff wants to void a ruling that played a significant role in Southern California Edison’s decision to shut down the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Edison decided to shut the nuclear power plant down for good partially because the Atomic Safety Licensing Board ruled there should be public hearings before any restart plan would have been approved by the Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Posted: Jun 17, 2013 17:30 CST
Bloomberg - Stefan Nicola & Julia Johnsson
Nuclear utilities thrust into the spotlight after the Fukushima meltdowns have ordered 20 reactors shut, the most in a three-year span since Chernobyl’s aftermath, saddling the industry with a possible $26 billion in costs. As China and India lead the world building reactors, with 35 under way, the West is ripping apart more than it’s erecting -- with just 11 reactors under construction in the Americas and Europe excluding Russia, World Nuclear Association data show.
Posted: Jun 17, 2013 16:00 CST
World Nuclear News
Sellafield Ltd has been fined £700,000 ($1.1 million) for mistakenly sending four bags of low-level waste to a conventional landfill instead of the correct facility.
The company, which manages the Sellafield site in Cumbria on behalf of the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, discovered that it had shipped the waste to a conventional landfill site in April 2010 and informed the Environment Agency and the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
Posted: Jun 17, 2013 15:58 CST
World Nuclear News
A 28-day appeal period for Toro Energy's proposed Wiluna uranium mine in Western Australia has expired without any appeals lodged against federal approval of the project.
An updated NI 43-101 resource estimate for Pele Mountain Resources' Eco Ridge uranium and rare earths project in Ontario has seen inferred uranium resources increase by 136% to 37.62 million pounds U3O8 (14,470 tU). Indicated uranium resources have been increased by 10% and now stand at 22.55 million pounds U3O8 (8674 tU).
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Posted: Jun 17, 2013 15:57 CST
Reuters
(originally published Jun 14, 2013)
Britain has stepped up efforts to let India join an influential global body controlling nuclear exports, a move that would boost New Delhi's standing as an atomic power but which has faced resistance from China and other countries. London, Washington, Paris and others argue nuclear-armed India should join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) - established in 1975 to ensure that civilian nuclear exports are not diverted for military purposes.
Posted: Jun 17, 2013 15:56 CST
World Nuclear News
A summit meeting of the leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Japan has concluded with the prime ministers promising ongoing cooperation in fields including nuclear energy.
In a joint statement, the parties expressed their intention to further strengthen their ties in a range of areas, as well as recognizing the "attractive opportunities" represented by the V4's markets for Japanese companies.
Posted: Jun 17, 2013 15:55 CST
IAEA
High level decision-makers will be meeting at the IAEA's Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century, convening in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, from 27 to 29 June 2013. Looking ahead to this high-level meeting, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said, "This timely conference provides a valuable opportunity to take stock of nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi accident and to look forward and consider nuclear power's long-term contribution to sustainable ...
Posted: Jun 17, 2013 15:54 CST
The Telegraph
(originally published Jun 16, 2013)
The chief executive of Urenco, the enriched-uranium supplier put up for sale for £9bn, has rounded on the Government for allowing Britain's nuclear industry to become reliant on foreign companies.
Helmut Engelbrecht said that he was disappointed to see a country that had made a commitment to nuclear power in the 1950s fail to have developed a skilled industry of its own. "I find that a pity. OK, in my country they have made a political decision not to pursue it. But Britain has had this good ...
Posted: Jun 17, 2013 15:52 CST
Khaleej Times
Iran’s president-elect Hasan Rohani ruled out on Monday any halt to the nuclear activity that has drawn UN sanctions but said he hoped an early deal could be reached to allay the concerns of major powers. Iran will be “more transparent to show that its activities fall within the framework of international rules,” he said.
Posted: Jun 17, 2013 15:50 CST
NTI
House appropriators are looking to provide nearly $200 million less than the Obama administration has sought for nuclear weapons programs in fiscal 2014, even as fellow Republicans on other committees argue the administration is not requesting enough. The draft energy and water spending bill released by the House Appropriations Committee on Monday would provide $7.7 billion for nuclear weapons activities, nearly $193 million less than the $7.87 billion the White House requested. It is nearly ...
Posted: Jun 17, 2013 15:48 CST
Washington Post
President Obama is expected to unveil a new nuclear policy initiative this week in Berlin. Whether he can make good on his first-term commitments to end outdated Cold War nuclear policies may depend on a firm presidential directive to the Pentagon rejecting any new missions for nuclear weapons — in particular, their use in response to cyber-attacks.
