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☆ Exclusive: Iran racing to expand enrichment at underground plant, IAEA report shows
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Francois Murphy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

These machines are far more efficient than the first-generation IR-1, the only centrifuge that the deal lets Iran use to grow its stock of enriched uranium. Iran has been adding them particularly at two underground sites at Natanz and Fordow that may be designed to withstand potential aerial bombardment. Those seven cascades, one of IR-4 centrifuges and six of IR-2m machines, were fully installed but not yet enriching, Monday's report said. In 2018, then-President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Iran deal and re-imposed sanctions against Iran that the deal had lifted. If the deal is revived Iran will have to put its advanced centrifuges into storage, diplomats say.

☆ Russia appoints new overall commander for its military in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-08 | by ( Hyder Abbasi | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Russia has appointed a single commander to lead all its forces in Ukraine, the country's Defense Ministry said Saturday. The army general, who is also head of Russia's air force, was placed in charge of Russian troops in southern Ukraine over the summer. Surovikin's appointment follows the reported sacking earlier this week of the commanders of two of Russia’s five military regions. Black smoke billows from a fire on the Kerch Strait Bridge that links Crimea to Russia on Saturday. It cited official information from Ukraine as well as reports from IAEA experts at the site, which is held by Russian forces.

☆ Poland distributes iodine pills as fears grow over Ukraine nuclear plant
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File PhotoWARSAW, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Poland, concerned about fighting around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, has distributed iodine tablets to regional fire departments to give to people in the event of radioactive exposure, a deputy minister said on Thursday. Iodine is considered a way of protecting the body against conditions such as thyroid cancer in case of radioactive exposure. Shelling at the site of Zaporizhzhia - Europe's biggest nuclear power plant - has damaged buildings close to its six reactors and cut power cables, risking a nuclear catastrophe that would affect neighbouring countries. Zaporizhzhia is about 50 kms (31 miles) from the nuclear plant of the same name. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Alan Charlish and Pawel Florkiewicz; Editing by Emelia Sithole-MatariseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2022. After a meeting with Raisi on Tuesday in New York, French President Emmanuel Macron said that "the ball on reaching a nuclear deal with Iran is now in Tehran's camp". The agreement limited Iran’s uranium enrichment activity to make it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear arms, in return for lifting international sanctions. Biden cannot provide such ironclad assurances because the deal is a political understanding rather than a legally binding treaty. Western diplomats have said they will not back down on this issue and it is up to Iran to make the right choice.

REUTERS/Shannon StapletonUNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran clashed on security and human rights on Wednesday, with Iran's president demanding U.S. guarantees to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the U.S. president vowing Tehran would never get an atomic bomb. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"There is a great and serious will to resolve all issues to revive the (2015 nuclear) deal," Raisi told the U.N. General Assembly. In 2018, Trump withdrew the United States from the nuclear deal and unilaterally reimposed sanctions that have hobbled Iran's economy. "We have before us the experience of America's withdrawal from the (deal)," Raisi said. "The Islamic Republic considers the double standards of some governments in the field of human rights as the most important factor in the institutionalization of human rights violations," Raisi said in a text of his speech released by his office.

FILE PHOTO:: Atomic symbol, USA and Iranian flags are seen in this illustration taken September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationNEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iran and the West remained at loggerheads on Tuesday over U.N. probes of uranium traces at three Iranian sites as the United States said it did not expect a breakthrough on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal at this week's U.N. General Assembly. The United States and its partners, however, reject that stance, arguing the investigations can only conclude when Iran has given satisfactory answers to the Vienna-based U.N. agency. "Iran's demand to receive guarantees is a completely reasonable and logical demand," Raisi told Macron, according to the Iranian leader's office. The Macron-Raisi meeting is the Iranian president's first head-to-head with a major Western leader since he was elected last year.

☆ French and Iranian presidents meet amid nuclear talks stalemate
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a reception for France's prefects at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, France September 15, 2022. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS/UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron held face-to-face talks with his Iranian counterpart President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday with the French leader saying he hoped to be able to "discuss all subjects". The meeting is Raisi's first head-to-head with a major Western leader since he was elected last year. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who coordinates the talks, said he saw little chance of progress at the United Nations General Assembly. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by John Irish; Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Video shows a Russian missile striking less than 1,000 feet from a large Ukrainian nuclear plant, Ukraine's military says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine said a Russian missile strike landed less than 1,000 feet from a nuclear power plant on Monday. Ukraine's defense ministry shared a video of security footage near the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, in the country's southern Mykolaiv region, with a timestamp of 12:19 a.m. local time. The black-and-white video appeared to show the moment the Russian missile struck, illuminating a dark scene with a fireball that was immediately followed by larger second fireball. Ukraine's nuclear facilities have not been immune to fighting throughout the nearly seven-month-long war. In areas from which Russian forces recently retreated, Ukrainian troops have discovered mass graves and other evidence of wartime atrocities reminiscent of scenes from the Kyiv suburbs that were liberated from Russian occupation during the spring.

"There is a proposal from the (EU) coordinator on the table and it will remain on the table. They have accused Iran of going backwards in the talks, something Tehran denies. "We hope that they will be honest and do not waste more time in order to pressure Iran." Colonna said the United States and its European partners shared an identical position on the question of resolving an investigation. A source close to Iran’s nuclear team said Tehran had lost interest in reviving a deal that can only last 2 years.

☆ UN nuclear agency says danger won't stop them as they arrive at a Ukrainian nuclear plant amid increased military activity around it
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-01 | by ( Sinéad Baker | Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

International nuclear inspectors visited Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant on Thursday. The UN-linked agency says its staff are at risk from heightened military activity but will continue with their mission. The Zaporizhzhia plant, which is Europe's largest nuclear power plant, has been under Russian control since March, though Ukrainian civilians are still staffing the facility. Rogov claimed that Ukrainian shelling had killed at least three civilians and injured five people, including a child. Grossi said last week that he wanted to visit as soon as possible: "Almost every day there is a new incident at or near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

☆ Ukraine, UN agreed parameters for IAEA mission to nuclear plant - Zelenskiy
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attend a meeting, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSLVIV, Ukraine, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he agreed the parameters of a mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at talks on Thursday with the U.N. secretary-general and Turkey's leader. Zelenskiy told a news conference after the talks in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv that Russia should immediately withdraw its forces and stop shelling from the nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. "We agreed with the secretary general the conditions of a possible mission by the IAEA to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, in a legal way, via territory free from occupiers," Zelenskiy told reporters. "Russia should immediately and unconditionally withdraw its forces from territory of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, as well as stopping any provocations and shelling," he said.

☆ The US had a plan in the 1960s to blast an alternative Suez Canal through Israel using 520 nuclear bombs
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-25 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A declassified memorandum reveals a 1963 US plan to create an alternative to the Suez Canal. A cargo ship is currently stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking the vital shipping routeTop editors give you the stories you want — delivered right to your inbox each weekday. The historian Alex Wellerstein called the plan a "modest proposal for the Suez Canal situation" on Twitter on March 24, 2021. It suggested that an "interesting application of nuclear excavation would be a sea-level canal 160 miles long across Israel." The laboratory noted that there were 130 miles of "virtually unpopulated desert wasteland, and are thus amenable to nuclear excavation methods."

Persons: —, Alex Wellerstein, Lawrence Organizations: Service, Twitter, US Department of Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US Atomic Energy Commission, Forbes, Atomic Energy Commission Locations: Suez, Israel, Aqaba, Central America

☆ В Китае подключен первый отечественный ядерный ректор
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-28 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +3 min

Как сообщает портал Global Times, торжественная церемония подключения энергоблока «Фуцин-5» состоялась в пятницу, 27 ноября. Это первый реактор типа Hualong One, введенный в коммерческую эксплуатацию. Строительство пятого энергоблока АЭС «Фуцин» началось в 2015 году, и в 2018-м основной объем был завершен. Особенность конструкции Hualong One — большое количество как активных, так и пассивных дублированных систем защиты. Разработкой, строительством и обслуживанием реакторов Hualong One занимаются обе китайские атомные корпорации — China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) и China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).

Organizations: Global Times, Westinghouse, Atomic Energy, Canada, Orano SA, China General Nuclear Power Group, China National Nuclear Corporation, АЭС «Фуцин», АЭС, Росатом Locations: China, Китай, Поднебесной, КНР, Пакистан

Польша обиделась на то, что немцы, французы и австрийцы решили строить жизненно важный для них газопровод, не спросив разрешения у нее. Правда, на текущий момент "Газпром" и его партнеры по всем аналогичным требованиям выплатили ровно ноль долларов, но поляки упорно гнут свою линию. По словам министра энергетики США Дэна Бруйетта, Штаты обязуются в течение ближайших полутора лет разработать план строительства шести атомных реакторов на территории Польши совокупной мощностью до девяти гигаватт. С 1954 года и по настоящий момент все внешнее сотрудничество в сфере атомной энергетики в США регулируется положениями так называемого Atomic Energy Act. Впрочем, подписание межгосударственных соглашений с Америкой вовсе не значит, что вторая сторона действительно получит атомный "горшок".

Persons: —, Wintershall, Virgil C, Сергей Савчук, Дэн Бруйетта, Петр Возняк, Возняк Organizations: Reuters, Energy, Westinghouse General Electric, Westinghouse, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Power Investment Corp, Sputnik Moldova, Управление по охране конкуренции и потребителей (UOKiK), Газпром, Engie, Uniper, Wintershall, OMV, РИА Новости, UOKiK, Reuters, АЭС, Cheniere Marketing International LLP, PGNiG, Westinghouse, General Electric, Саньмынь, АР, Комиссия по ядерному регулированию (Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Vogtle, Virgil C. Summer, State Power Investment Corp (SPIC), AP, SPIC, Росатом, Telegram, Video, Radio Sputnik Moldova Locations: Польша, США, Европа, Россия, Варшава, Соединенные Штаты, Штаты, Вашингтон, Евросоюз, Брюссель, Германия, Австрия, Франция, Москва, Свиноуйсьце, Тайвань, Америка, Китай, Пекин, Молдова

☆ North Korea needs nukes because of its religion
▼ + stars: | 2017-07-08 | by ( Paul French | Foreign Policy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But even engagement strategies can't stop the relentless move toward a deliverable North Korea nuclear arsenal. President Bill Clinton essentially attempted this in 1994 when he approved $4 billion in "energy aid" to North Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un poses with participants during the 8th Congress of the Korean Children's Union (KCU) in Pyongyang, North Korea. A vendor waits for customers at the shop inside the international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea May 3, 2016. But if the world accepts a nuclear North Korea (and it accepted a nuclear Pakistan, as North Koreans have reminded me), then the second half of Kim's theory might just give the kind of pressure that can be used.

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