Russia Says it Has a Right to Put Nuclear Weapons in Crimea
Sergei L. Loiko | Los Angeles Times
"Crimea was not a non-nuclear zone in an international law sense but was part of Ukraine, a state which doesn't possess nuclear arms," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Interfax news agency. "Now Crimea has become part of a state which possesses such weapons in accordance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty."
China Wants 'Made in China' Nuclear Reactors
Brian Spegele | Wall Street Journal
When a unit of North Carolina’s Curtiss-Wright Corp. won a roughly $300 million deal in 2007 to supply components for new reactors in China, industry officials trumpeted China’s nuclear boom as good for U.S. business.
Is Iran Already Cheating on a Nuclear Deal?
William Tobey | Foreign Policy
Just before Labor Day weekend, the State and Treasury Departments sanctioned several individuals and organizations “providing support to illicit Iranian nuclear activities.” Due to the holiday, or perhaps because a few days later the Islamic State murdered an American journalist, the announcement attracted sparse attention. But, it should have been big news.
Nuclear-Armed Subs May Cost U.S. 17% More, Budget Office Finds
Tony Capaccio | Bloomberg News
The U.S. Navy's plan to build as many as 12 new submarines armed with nuclear missiles may cost $92 billion, 17 percent more than the $79 billion the service has estimated, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
India's First Indigenous Nuclear Submarine Gears Up for Maiden Sea Trials
Times of India
India's first indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant is now finally all set to make its maiden foray into the wide-open sea. The 6,000-tonne vessel, with an 83MW pressurized light-water reactor at its core for propulsion, is slated to begin its sea trials off Visakhapatnam within the next few days.
Brazil's Rousseff Inaugurates Nuclear Sub Shipyard
Yahoo! News
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff inaugurated Friday a naval shipyard that will oversee construction of a nuclear-powered submarine and four others to patrol Brazil's long coastline and deepwater oil reserves.