New Nukes
The UK is facing a real threat of running short of energy, unless the design and build of nuclear reactors is speeded up, according to McKinnon and Clarke, the Fife-based global consultancy that advises companies on reducing their utility bills and carbon footprint. The company has urged the government, National Grid and energy firms to act now to avoid the crisis. Companies from around the world are currently lining up to become involved in the UK’s multi-billion-pound nuclear renaissance. Further delays might also occur on the judicial front. The government said last week that it was anticipating a legal challenge – possibly from environmentalist group Greenpeace – to decisions in favour of building nuclear reactors.
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North Korea
North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.
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North Korea has accused the United States of targeting it with nuclear missiles and warned that nuclear war could break out on the Korean peninsula.
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The mayor of Hiroshima — one of the two Japanese cities obliterated by US atom b during World War II — on Sunday denounced North Korea for threatening to build more nuclear weapons, a report said.
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Israel
Only one in five Israeli Jews believes a nuclear-armed Iran would try to destroy Israel and most see life continuing as normal should their arch-foe get the bomb, an opinion poll published on Sunday found.
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Disarmament
Britain’s lack of clarity on the future of the Trident missile system is helping to aid nuclear proliferation, an influential committee of MPs has said.
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