Proliferation
The Pakistan government has eased the house arrest conditions imposed on A Q Khann, the scientist who helped develop the country’s nuclear arsenal before selling many of those secrets to Iran and North Korea, while it continues to refuse the US access to him.
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An Israeli court sent nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu back to jail for six months on Monday for breaking his parole conditions. The former nuclear technician was released in 2004 after an 18-year sentence for disclosing the country’s atomic secrets. However, despite facing restrictions on talking to foreign media, Vanunu has given a series of interviews in the last three years.
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A Pakistani man wanted on charges of ordering illegal nuclear equipment has been extradited from Britain to Germany, London’s police have said.
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Iran
President George W Bush sought to gloss over America’s turbulent relations with Russia yesterday when he and President Vladimir Putin agreed to work together to curb Iran’s nuclear programme.
Telegraph 3rd July 2007 more >>
Uranium enrichment
Areva, the French state nuclear engineering company, has filed proposals to build a $2bn uranium enrichment plant in the US. If approved by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a site could be chosen this year, with a view to beginning production in 2013. The proposal by the world’s largest nuclear engineering group is one of three requests submitted to the commission to build enrichment plants.
FT 3rd July 2007 more >>
Belarus
The Belarus Prime Minister says a tender will be announced soon for the country’s first nuclear power plant.
World Nuclear News 2nd July 2007 more >>
France
French nuclear generator Electricité de France (EdF) has awarded a €100 million contract to technology company Areva to to perform ten-year inspections for the third time on French 900 MWe reactors.
Nuclear Engineering International 2nd July 2007 more >>
Star Wars
The New England summit between presidents George Bush and Vladimir Putin ended yesterday without a significant breakthrough on the divisive issues that have brought relations between the two to the lowest point since the cold war.The main point of contention is a proposed US missile defence system. Mr Putin is opposed to a US plan to station 10 silos containing interceptor missiles in Poland and a tracking system in the Czech Republic, seeing it as a threat to Russia. The US says it is intended to provide a shield against Iran.
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