Iran: Talks-for-Talks Not Acceptable, Negotiations Should Have Time Limit
Fars News Agency
Iran said on Tuesday that it wants goal-oriented talks with a specified timeline with the world powers, stressing that pursuing talks for the sake of talks is time consuming and fruitless. "We have announced that talks for talks is not acceptable (to us) while the negotiations should also have a time limit so that the interests of both sides will be met and in win-win negotiations," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham told reporters in Tehran today.
Iran-US 'Constructive Engagement'? 5 Things to Watch For
Scott Peterson | Christian Science Monitor
"We have got to be a lot more creative than we have been prepared to be…. We have to go 'big for big,'" says George Perkovich, a nuclear expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Russia Gives Iran Control of Bushehr Nuclear Plant
RIA Novosti
Russia on Monday handed over operational control of the Russian-made Bushehr nuclear power plant to Iran in the country’s south, said a spokesman for Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom.
North Korean Flow-Forming Lathes
Joshua Pollack | Arms Control Wonk
My presentation will describe evidence, based on research conducted with MIT's R. Scott Kemp, that North Korea has set about establishing domestic production for crucial components and technologies for gas centrifuges.
India Plans 16 More Heavy Water Reactors
Times of India
India is planning to build 16 more pressurized heavy water reactors. India plans to produce 63,000 MWe nuclear power by 2032, according to official figures.
China Releases List of Goods Banned From Export to North Korea
Megha Rajagopalan | Reuters
It was timely for China to crack down on trade of dual-use goods with North Korea, nuclear proliferation expert Mark Hibbs of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said.