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Iran's Nuclear-Arms Guru Resurfaces

IN THIS ISSUE: Iran's nuclear-arms guru resurfaces, IAEA creates Iran task force, S. Korea to upgrade preparedness against North's nuclear attacks, UAE has ambitious nuclear program, US hails Russia's readiness for nuclear cuts, Japan faces costs of closing reactors.

Published on August 30, 2012
 

Iran's Nuclear-Arms Guru Resurfaces

Jay Solomon | Wall Street Journal

Amano and Khameini

The Iranian scientist considered Tehran's atomic-weapons guru until he was apparently sidelined several years ago is back at work, according to United Nations investigators and U.S. and Israeli officials, sparking fresh concerns about the status of Iran's nuclear program.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, widely compared with Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist who oversaw the crash 1940s effort to build an atomic bomb, helped push Iran into its nuclear age over the past two decades. A senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, he oversaw Iran's research into the construction and detonation of a nuclear warhead, Western officials say.   Full Article



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George Jahn | Associated Press
The U.N. nuclear agency has created a special Iran Task Force of nuclear weapons experts, intelligence analysts and other specialists focused on probing allegations that Tehran has been - or is - secretly working on developing atomic arms, according to an internal document shared with The Associated Press.     Full Article

Kim Eun-jung | Yonhap News
South Korea will develop a variety of offensive and defensive cyberwarfare weapons and reinforce manpower at the military cyber command, as part of its bid to enhance preparedness against threats of cyberattacks from North Korea's military, the defense ministry said Wednesday.     Full Article

Bernhard Schell | Eurasia Review
Nearly one year after the launch of a nuclear fuel procurement competition in July 2011, the oil-rich United Arab Emirates has started an ambitious atomic power program. Enec has awarded six contracts related to the supply of natural uranium concentrates, conversion and enrichment services, and the purchase of enriched uranium product.     Full Article

RIA Novosti
The United States welcomes Moscow's willingness to further reduce nuclear weapons and reiterates that American missile shield in Europe is not aimed against Russia, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of State said. She said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will possibly discuss Putin’s statement in more detail next week.     Full Article

Hiroko Tabuchi | New York Times
If Japan's 50 nuclear reactors were permanently closed this year, power companies would be hit with losses totaling 4.4 trillion yen ($55.9 billion), rendering at least four of them insolvent, according to calculations this summer by the government’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy.     Full Article
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