Iran Sanctions Are About to Get Tougher
IN THIS ISSUE: Iran sanctions about to get tougher, TEPCO to drop nuclear expertise export, West worried by China-Pakistan atomic ties, 2-Gen Aegis ballistic missile defense system completes intercept flight test, anti-missile radars to enter combat duty in Russia ahead of schedule, India to establish Thorium-fueled nuclear reactor.
Iran Sanctions About to Get Tougher Ramin Mostaghim and Paul Richter | LA Times
As the West has tightened its economic chokehold in an effort to force Iran's government to scale back its growing nuclear program, Iranians have coped by cutting back.
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AFP
Tokyo Electric Power Co. is to abandon plans to export its nuclear power plant expertise as it struggles to cope with the Fukushima disaster, according to news reports. The turnaround by one of the world's largest utilities would be a blow to Japan's once-proud policy of promoting its nuclear technology, the Mainichi Shimbun daily said on Thursday. Full Article
Fredrik Dahl | Reuters
Western states pressured China at closed-door talks last week to address concerns about its plans to expand a nuclear power plant in Pakistan and provide more information. Nuclear analyst Mark Hibbs said there had been an erosion of the principle that recipients of nuclear exports must put all their atomic activities under IAEA safeguards. Full Article
Second-Generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Completes Second Successful Intercept Flight Test
Missile Defense Agency
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors in the USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70) successfully conducted a flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, resulting in the intercept of a separating ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean by the Navy’s newest missile defense interceptor missile, the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B. Full Article
Oleg Nekhai | Voice of Russia
A network of new-generation Voronezh-class anti-missile radars will enter combat duty in Russia ahead of the approved schedule, officials said on Tuesday. The deployment of the Voronezh radars will help provide permanent monitoring of Russia’s airspace against a potential ballistic missile attack. Full Article
Ashok Pradhan | Times of India
India is planning to establish a nuclear power plant that uses thorium as main fuel instead of uranium, which is used in the conventional reactors. "It is natural for India to go for thorium reactors given the abundance in its supply in the country. We are in the process of selecting an appropriate site for establishing one," said Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman R K Sinha. Full Article
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