Scotland
Alex Salmond has made it clear he wants Torness to be Scotland’s last nuclear reactor and has pledged to block planning permission for replacement plants both for Torness (to be decommissioned in 15 to 20 years) and its sister station at Hunterston (to be closed in five to 10 years). Scotland will then join a special European non-nuclear elite, along with Portugal, Italy and one or two other smaller states. For greenies, it would be a dream come true. I am not convinced, however, and neither is Jim McDonald – director of Strathclyde University’s centre for energy and the environment.
Observer 23rd Sept 2007 more >>
Syria
Israeli commandos seized nuclear material of North Korean origin during a daring raid on a secret military site in Syria before Israel bombed it this month, according to informed sources in Washington and Jerusalem. The attack was launched with American approval on September 6 after Washington was shown evidence the material was nuclear related, the well-placed sources say.
Sunday Times 23rd Sept 2007 more >>
President George W Bush was told during the summer that Israeli intelligence suggested North Korean personnel and nuclear-related material were at the Syrian site.
Sunday Times 23rd Sept 2007 more >>
Israel
Egypt criticized the European Union on Friday for failing to support a U.N. atomic watchdog resolution calling on all Middle East nations to renounce atomic weapons — a clear reference to Israel’s undeclared arsenal.
Reuters 22nd Sept 2007 more >>
Iran
Iran’s hardline Islamic regime has warned western powers they would be making a big mistake by launching military action over its controversial uranium enrichment programme.
View London 22nd Sept 2007 more >>
THE United States Air Force has set up a highly confidential strategic planning group tasked with “fighting the next war” as tensions rise with Iran.
Sunday Times 23rd Sept 2007 more >>
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is poised to deliver a defiant address to the United Nations general assembly this week amid a storm of opposition to his visit to New York and growing international alarm over his country’s nuclear ambitions.
Observer 23rd Sept 2007 more >>
Europe
The Susustainble Nuclear Energy Technology Platform has been launched to bring together researchers and industry to prepare for the future and maintain Europe’s lead in this sector.
EU Business 22nd Sept 2007 more >>
Trident
OPPOSITION politicians are to be invited to a summit on the future of the Trident nuclear deterrent in Scotland. The meeting, to be held next month, will discuss UK Government plans for the nuclear weapons system based at the Clyde Naval Base at Faslane. In a letter to groups invited to the summit, Bruce Crawford, the SNP minister for parliamentary business, said he wanted a “balanced discussion embracing different perspectives” on the issue. The summit, to take place in the West End of Glasgow on October 22, will look at the impact of nuclear weapons on the economy and the local community, present law and order implications, as well as environmental issues.
Scotland on Sunday 23rd Sept 2007 more >>
