Ahmadinejad blasts nuclear partner Russia over IAEA vote

Ahmadinejad blasts nuclear partner Russia over IAEA vote
Tehran (AFP) Dec 1, 2009 - Iran hit out at its longtime nuclear partner Russia Tuesday over a yes vote for a censure motion at the UN atomic watchdog and insisted it was serious about plans for 10 more uranium enrichment plants. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that despite the support given in the International Atomic Energy Agency vote on Friday by Russia and China, Western governments would not succeed in their ... more

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Ahmadinejad_blasts_nuclear_partner_Russia_over_IAEA_vote_999.html

IAEA Governors Approve First Nuclear Fuel Bank Plan

IAEA Governors Approve First Nuclear Fuel Bank Plan
Sylvia Westall, Reuters
International Atomic Energy Agency governors on Friday approved a Russian plan for a multilateral uranium fuel supply bank to stem the spread of nuclear arms as more countries seek atomic energy.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Oil/idUSTRE5AQ1OG20091127

Pakistan’s Leader Cedes Nuclear Office

Pakistan’s Leader Cedes Nuclear Office
Sabrina Tavernise and David E. Sanger, The New York Times
President Asif Ali Zardari has ceded his position in Pakistan's nuclear command structure to his prime minister, in a sudden political maneuver widely seen as a fresh sign of turmoil on the eve of President Obama’s strategy announcement for the region.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/world/asia/29pstan.html

Iran's Nuclear Move Puzzles West

Iran's Nuclear Move Puzzles West
Daniel Dombey and Najmeh Bozorgmehr, Financial Times
In response to the revelation that Iran had been building an undeclared nuclear facility near the holy city of Qom, the United Nations nuclear watchdog asked Tehran whether it had any other such building plans.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e89a90b4-dd24-11de-ad60-00144feabdc0.html

* Nuclear Quagmire with Iran

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=24223

The US Nuclear Industry: Current Status and Prospects under the Obama Administration

The US Nuclear Industry: Current Status and Prospects under the Obama Administration
Sharon Squassoni, CIGI Nuclear Energy Futures Paper
Expectations of a nuclear energy renaissance are particularly high in the United States, which hasn't had a new reactor order in 30 years.
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http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=24232

A Change in Leadership at the IAEA

A Change in Leadership at the IAEA
James M. Acton, Q&A
AmanoOn Monday, Mohammed ElBaradei stepped down after twelve years as head of the UN's nuclear watchdog. Yukiya Amano, ElBaradei's successor as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will confront growing proliferation challenges from nuclear weapons programs and nuclear power industries across Asia, the Middle East, and beyond.

In the final days of ElBaradei's tenure, the last week of November, the IAEA issued a stern resolution censuring Iran for continually defying its international nuclear obligations. In response, Iran announced that it would build 10 additional uranium enrichment plants, once again challenging the IAEA's enforcement authority. In a new Q&A, James Acton reflects on ElBaradei's leadership, discusses Amano's agenda, and calls attention to the importance of the IAEA's work.
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http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=24240

* Japan's Amano Takes Helm at UN Atomic Watchdog
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Uranium Demand Could Outstrip Supply For Three Years Straight (CCJ)

Uranium Demand Could Outstrip Supply For Three Years Straight (CCJ)

http://www.businessinsider.com/uranium-demand-will-outstrip-supply-in-2010-2009-11

Interest Brews In The Other Yellow Metal: Uranium

Interest Brews In The Other Yellow Metal: Uranium

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* U.S. moves closer to clinching nuclear energy deal with India

* U.S. moves closer to clinching nuclear energy deal with India
The U.S. and India are near the signing of a deal for nuclear fuel reprocessing, which is one of the remaining requirements to complete a civilian nuclear pact between the countries, an Indian official said. The construction of reprocessing sites under International Atomic Energy Agency rules is a vital part of implementing the agreement struck last year with then-President George W. Bush. The deal permits India to access civilian nuclear power despite declining to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Google/Agence France-Presse
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French bid for Emirates nuclear plant at risk: report

French bid for Emirates nuclear plant at risk: report
Paris (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 - A French attempt to win a 41-billion-dollar (27.2-billion-euro) contract to build nuclear power stations in the Emirates is at risk over pricing, the La Tribune newspaper reported on Wednesday. The newspaper reported that the top official at the presidential Elysee Palace, Claude Geant, had held a meeting with the heads of big French companies concerned on Tuesday to discuss a further ... more
http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/French_bid_for_Emirates_nuclear_plant_at_risk_report_999.html

Iran MPs call for reduced ties with UN atomic watchdog

Iran MPs call for reduced ties with UN atomic watchdog
Tehran (AFP) Nov 29, 2009 - Iranian lawmakers on Sunday demanded the government of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reduce ties with the UN atomic watchdog after it censured Tehran for building a new nuclear plant. Condemning a resolution issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Friday as "political and lacking consensus," MPs also demanded that Tehran continue its controversial nuclear ... more

US, India inch closer to nuclear deal: Indian official

US, India inch closer to nuclear deal: Indian official
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 29, 2009 - India and the United States are close to signing a nuclear fuel reprocessing agreement, one of the last requirements to finalise last year's landmark civilian nuclear deal, an official said Sunday. Indian National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan told reporters "we have arrived at almost the very last stage" of negotiations. Narayanan was speaking on board Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ... more

http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/US_India_inch_closer_to_nuclear_deal_Indian_official_999.html

Nuclear pope' ElBaradei steps down

Nuclear pope' ElBaradei steps down
Vienna (AFP) Nov 29, 2009 - UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who once described himself as a "nuclear pope", quoted the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi in his farewell remarks at the International Atomic Energy Agency. "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; were there is ... more

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Iran in hot seat at ElBaradei's last IAEA meeting

Iran in hot seat at ElBaradei's last IAEA meeting
Vienna (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 - The UN atomic watchdog begins a two-day meeting Thursday, the last to be chaired by Egyptian diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei, who steps down on November 30 after 12 years at the helm of the IAEA. But the 67-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner will be leaving a difficult legacy to his successor, 62-year-old Yukiya Amano of Japan, with the International Atomic Energy Agency no closer to knowing the ... more

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_in_hot_seat_at_ElBaradeis_last_IAEA_meeting_999.html

India fires nuclear-capable missile

India fires nuclear-capable missile
Bhubaneswar, India (UPI) Nov 24, 2009 - India has test fired a nuclear-capable, medium-range ballistic missile, Agni II. The surface-to-surface missile was test fired off the eastern coast of India, in Orissa state, officials were quoted as saying by local media. The same officials said a mobile rail launcher was used in the late-night operation. The Agni II is capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to targets of up ... more
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/India_fires_nuclear-capable_missile_999.html

Egyptian Nuclear Leadership—Time to Realign? Kimberly Misher, Policy Outlook

Egyptian Nuclear Leadership—Time to Realign?
Kimberly Misher, Policy Outlook
CairoRecognizing Egypt's critical role in the Arab world, President Obama selected Cairo for a landmark speech in June. To continue to lead the Middle East and enhance regional security, Egypt should work to strengthen the nonproliferation regime. The 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference is Egypt's next best chance to advance its disarmament goals, contends a new paper by Kimberly Misher.
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http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=24203

* Restoring the NPT: Essential Steps for 2010
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/events/?fa=eventDetail&id=1479

Fighting Nuclear Proliferation at 20 Gregory L. Schulte, Proliferation Analysis

Fighting Nuclear Proliferation at 20
Gregory L. Schulte, Proliferation Analysis
The Obama administration has been thinking big about how to transform American diplomacy and international relations. One idea is to replace the G8 with the G20 on a variety of global issues. Doing nonproliferation "at 20" rather than 8 is an intriguing possibility.
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http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=24218

Iran Says Needs Guarantees to Ship Nuclear Fuel Parisa Hafezi, Reuters

Iran Says Needs Guarantees to Ship Nuclear Fuel
Parisa Hafezi, Reuters
Iran could consider sending its low-enriched uranium abroad, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, signaling a possible softening of its opposition to a plan aimed at easing Western concern over its nuclear ambitions.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5AN0Y020091124

Nuclear Quagmire with Iran

Nuclear Quagmire with Iran
George Perkovich, Council on Foreign Relations Interview
A leading arms control expert, George Perkovich says Iran's domestic political turmoil has seemingly caused it to back out of an agreement with the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany to send its processed uranium out of the country.
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http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=24223

France Not for India-like Nuclear Pact with Pakistan Ashok Dasgupta, The Hindu

France Not for India-like Nuclear Pact with Pakistan
Ashok Dasgupta, The Hindu
Much as Pakistan has been trying to project in recent months that France's initiative for a "strategic relationship" with it was on the same lines as that with India, a top French government official made it categorically clear that in no case would it include a civil nuclear cooperation deal.
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http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article52171.ece