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Rate of Radioactive Flow to Pacific Alarming
IN THIS ISSUE: Rate of radioactive flow to Pacific alarming, Iran's envoy to IAEA to leave post, update on the Parchin site, UK seeks to renew Iran sanctions despite court setback, Pentagon weighs enlarging nuclear surveillance program, Israel's nuclear ambiguity no longer serves a purpose.
Published on August 22, 2013
Rate of Radioactive Flow to Pacific Alarming
Kazuaki Nagata | Japan Times
Water releasing as much as 10 trillion becquerels of radioactive strontium and 20 trillion becquerels of cesium-137 from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant has flowed into the Pacific Ocean since May 2011, Tokyo Electric Power Co. estimates.
Iran's Envoy to U.N. Nuclear Agency to Leave Post
Fredrik Dahl | Reuters
Ali Asghar Soltanieh's surprise departure comes after Rouhani last Friday appointed former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, seen as a pragmatist, to head Iran's atomic energy organization.
Update on the Parchin Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan | ISIS
Iran appears to be in the final stages of modifying the suspected high explosive test site at the Parchin complex, having recently asphalted large sections of the site.
UK Seeks to Renew Iran Sanctions Despite Court Setback
Tom Arnold | National
The United Kingdom government is seeking to renew sanctions against Iran's largest private bank, despite Britain's Supreme Court finding no evidence Bank Mellat had helped to fund Iran's nuclear programme.
Pentagon Weighs Enlarging Nuclear Surveillance Program
Aliya Sternstein | Nextgov
The Defense Department is mulling an expansion of a system that essentially eavesdrops on the environment for indications of foreign nuclear tests.
Israel's Nuclear Ambiguity No Longer Serves a Purpose
Amir Oren | Haaretz
Israel’s policy of neither confirming nor denying possession of nuclear weapons emerged from the fear of automatic penalties that are enshrined in U.S. legislation.
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