How India Can Motivate Pakistan to Prevent Cross-Border Terrorism
George Perkovich and Toby Dalton | OUP Blog
As the new year dawned on 1 January 2016, six heavily-armed men crossed through a marshy section of the Punjab border from Pakistan into India. Disguised in Indian Army fatigues, they commandeered first a taxi, then a small SUV, eventually covering the approximately 35km to reach the Air Force base at Pathankot. There, they cut through perimeter security wire, scaled a wall, and eventually launched an attack on the base on 2 January, presumably aiming to destroy helicopters and fighter aircraft stationed there.
Additional Nuke Test Depends ‘Entirely’ on Washington: N.K.’s Top Diplomat
Koh Byung-joon | Yonhap News
North Korea’s top diplomat blamed the United States Tuesday for dashing hopes for denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, saying that whether or not there will be additional nuclear tests depends “entirely” on Washington’s attitude. In a hastily-arranged press meeting after attending a regional security gathering held in the Laotian capital, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho also demanded U.S. troops pull out of South Korea altogether.
India’s Nuclear Power Plant Tenders Aim to Ease Liability Fears
Rajesh Kumar Singh | Bloomberg
India’s monopoly nuclear power producer is again seeking bids for a new project, this time reissuing tenders that aim to ease concern over a liability law that has so far deterred potential developers. State-run Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd. has sought bids from domestic equipment manufacturers to build a 1,400 megawatt power plant at Gorakhpur in the northern state of Haryana, two tenders posted on the company’s website showed. It would be the first nuclear power project that would be subject to the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, which was passed in 2010 and exposes suppliers to claims in the event of an accident.
Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station Plans ‘Set to Get Go-Ahead’
Caroline Mortimer | Independent
Energy giant EDF is poised to approve the £18bn project to build the planned nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. The French firm is expected to sign-off the first nuclear power station to be built in the UK for a generation at its board meeting in Paris on Thursday. Union leaders will welcome the much-delayed decision, saying workers were “raring to go”—with 25,000 jobs set to be created.
Russian Nuclear Agency Builds Industrial Metal 3D Printers
Nick Hall | 3D Printing Industry
Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, has committed to additive manufacturing and the first Russian-made, industrial 3D metal printer will go on sale in 2018. The agency has worked behind the scenes for more than two years and now and revealed the first Russian-made metal 3D printer at the Innoprom industrial trade fair earlier this month in Yekaterinburg.
Pokémon Go Players Urged not to Venture Into Fukushima Disaster Zone
Samuel Gibbs | Guardian
Japan is asking for the Fukushima nuclear exclusion zone to be classified as a no-go area for Pokémon after the discovery of at least one of the game’s characters on a power station’s site. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) has requested that Pokémon Godeveloper Niantic and the Pokémon Company prevent Pokémon appearing in and around areas affected by the nuclear reactor meltdown in Fukushima to help prevent encouraging players to enter dangerous areas.