Iran’s Top Leader Distances Himself from Nuclear Pact, Which He Once Supported
Rick Gladstone | New York Times
Iran’s top leader distanced himself on Monday from the nuclear agreement reached with major powers a year ago, accusing the United States of failing to honor pledges in the accord and citing “the futility of negotiations with the Americans.”
Pentagon Poised to Approve Work on New Nuclear-Armed Missile
Anthony Capaccio | Bloomberg
The Pentagon is preparing to approve development and production of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, opening competition between three top defense contractors and rekindling debate over whether the U.S. can afford to modernize its triad of nuclear weapons.
Cyber Showdown: How Russian Hacking Works
Andrei Soldatov | Foreign Affairs
When Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was asked about Russia’s potential involvement in the recent hack of Democratic National Committee emails, he appeared genuinely surprised, just stopping short of giving a four-letter word in response. Indeed, the most amazing thing in this rapidly escalating showdown between Russia and the United States is that Lavrov was probably not acting. Apparently, he had not been consulted.
Japan Nuclear-Power Jitters Weigh on Global Uranium Market
Rhiannon Hoyle and Mayumi Negishi | Wall Street Journal
Five years ago, meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan sparked what would become a prolonged slide in prices for uranium nuclear fuel. Today, the world’s worst nuclear disaster in a quarter-century is depressing prices again.
Now China Threatens to Pull £100bn Investment in the UK if Theresa May Cancels Hinkley Point Nuclear Project
Matt Dathan | Daily Mail
China has suggested it could pull its £100billion investment in the UK if Theresa May decides to cancel the Hinkley Point nuclear project. As the fall-out continues from Downing Street's surprise decision last week to put plans for the £18bn deal under review until the autumn, the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua wrote a strongly-worded article yesterday setting out its threats to the British economy. It said the 'new British Government' is jeopardising the 'hard-won mutual trust with China' and said the 'golden era' of co-operation with Britain could be over.
The Coast Isn’t Clear for India’s Nuclear Power Quest
K. Venkateshwarlu | The Hindu
Four years ago, the picturesque two-km shoreline that is the Kovvada beach in Andhra Pradesh was the site of a small resistance movement. A ragtag bunch of protesters, including local fisherfolk, raised slogans against the location of a “nuclear power park” that would rob them of their livelihood and expose them to high doses of radiation. They wondered why they should be sacrificed for a project whose script was written in faraway United States during the inking of the India-U.S. Civil Nuclear Agreement in 2008.