Obama Likely to Seek Additional Time for Nuclear Negotiations With Iran
IN THIS ISSUE: Obama likely to seek additional time for Iran talks, West considers early sanctions moves, US Senate Committee approves doubling funds for Iron Dome, Russia proposes to suspend New START Treaty, Sendai Nuclear Plant Gets First Restart OK, Los Alamos gets 'inadequate' safety rating.
Obama Likely to Seek Additional Time for Nuclear Negotiations With Iran
David E. Sanger | New York Times
Mr. Zarif has tossed into the mix some concessions that would make it harder to produce weapons-grade fuel. And the fact that Mr. Zarif is moving at all — that he has stopped talking about a rapid increase in Iran’s capabilities for another three to seven years, at a minimum — is likely to be at the core of the White House case for keeping the talks going.
West Considers Early Sanctions Moves in Troubled Iran Nuclear Talks
Justyna Pawlak and Louis Charbonneau | Reuters
To be effective, such a plan would have to involve clear guidance to companies made wary by U.S. fines for sanctions-busting, be reversible and not go too far, or skeptical U.S. lawmakers would simply reimpose restrictions.
U.S. Senate Committee Approves Doubling Funds For Iron Dome
Haaretz
A United States congressional committee on Tuesday approved a spending bill that would double the funding for Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system.
Russian Lawmakers Propose to Suspend New START Treaty
ITAR-TASS
Members of the State Duma lower house of Russia’s parliament have proposed as a response to the expansion of US sanctions against Russia to unilaterally suspend the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms.
Sendai Nuclear Plant Gets First Restart OK
Kazuaki Nagata and Reiji Yoshida | Japan Times
Bringing Japan a step closer to restarting suspended nuclear power operations, reactors 1 and 2 at the Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture on Wednesday became the first to meet strict new safety standards imposed after the March 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Los Alamos Gets 'Inadequate' Safety Rating from Energy Department
Rachel Oswald | Global Security Newswire
The Energy Department has given a key weapons lab an "inadequate" rating for its latest safety record on "nuclear criticality," a measure of atomic stability.
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