North Korea
North Korea’s chief nuclear envoy left for Beijing on Tuesday to meet a U.S. diplomat visiting the Chinese capital and will discuss a delay in a nuclear disarmament deal.
Reuters 19th Feb 2008 more >>
Turkey
French nuclear giant Areva said it is interested in a planned tender for the construction of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant.
AFX 18th Feb 2008 more >>
Terror
New collaboration between the UK and United States will widen the geographical scope of efforts to address nuclear and radiological security and proliferation threats, Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks announced today. As part of the programme, an initial £2m is being put into initiatives designed to secure high-risk nuclear and other radioactive materials and combat their illicit trafficking.
GNN 18th Feb 2008 more >>
Uranium
Kazakhstan is luring foreign partners as it plans to supply a third of global nuclear fuel.
FT 19th Feb 2008 more >>