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Behind Schedule, No Words on Paper for Iran Nuclear Deal

IN THIS ISSUE: No words on paper for Iran deal, IAEA due in Tehran, UK, France and nuclear arms control, US wants Tokyo, Seoul to aid missile defense against N. Korea, bill would give states bigger role in closing nuclear power plants, 90% of TEPCO workers fled Fukushima plant in 2011.

Published on May 20, 2014

Behind Schedule, No Words on Paper for Iran Nuclear Deal

Michael Wilner | Jerusalem Post

A July 20 deadline may already be out of reach for world powers to seal an agreement ending international concerns over Iran's nuclear program, after talks ended last week without any draft language agreed upon, sources tell The Jerusalem Post.

IAEA Inspectors Due in Tehran Tuesday

Fars News Agency

The IAEA inspectors are due to meet with the officials of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran in Tehran and discuss the 6-step and 7-article agreements with Iran and ways to continue cooperation between the two sides.

Prospects of Engaging the United Kingdom and France in Nuclear Arms Control

Alexei Arbatov, James Acton, and Vladimir Dvorkin | Carnegie Article

At a meeting with the students and faculty of the National Research Nuclear University, an elite Russian college, on January 22, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unexpected statement on nuclear weapons that contradicted most of his earlier declarations on the subject. 

U.S. Wants Tokyo, Seoul to Aid Missile Defense Against North Korea

Yomiuri Shimbun

The U.S. government has offered Japan a proposal to establish an information-sharing system that would complement a missile defense system, which could be jointly operated by Tokyo, Washington and Seoul to combat a North Korean missile threat, according to government sources.

Bill Would Give States Bigger Role in Closing Nuclear Power Plants

Cristina Marcos | Hill

Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) has introduced a bill to provide states with more authority in the shutdown of nuclear power plants. Several nuclear power plants are expected to be decommissioned in Florida, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Wisconsin and Vermont over the next decade.

90% of TEPCO Workers Defied Orders, Fled Fukushima Plant in 2011

Hideaki Kimura | Asahi Shimbun 

Almost all workers, including managers required to deal with accidents, defied orders and fled the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant at a critical juncture when the disaster was unfolding in March 2011, documents showed.

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