UN Atomic Agency States Adopt Nuclear Safety Action Plan
IN THIS ISSUE: IAEA states adopt nuclear safety plan, Syria ready to meet inspectors, US-Romania missile defense pact to be signed, nuclear safety bill introduced to Indian parliament, has Abbasi been called to order?, blast at French nuclear site kills 1, injures 4.
IAEA States Adopt Nuclear Safety Action Plan Fredrik Dahl | Reuters
The U.N. atomic agency's 35-nation board adopted an action plan on Tuesday to strengthen global nuclear safety following Japan's Fukushima accident six months ago, despite criticism from several states that the proposals had been watered down.
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Now Lebanon
The UN atomic agency said Monday Syria is ready to meet inspectors in Damascus next month to discuss a desert site bombed by Israel in 2007 and thought to have been a secret nuclear facility. Full Article
RTT News
The United States and Romania will sign on Tuesday an agreement on the deployment of a ballistic missile defense system in Romania. Romania, Poland, and the Czech Republic have already agreed to host missile interceptors as part of a revamped U.S. plan to build a missile defense system in Europe in 2015-2020. Full Article
The Hindu
A Bill to establish a legal authority and regulatory bodies for nuclear radiation safety was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy said the Bill was aimed at achieving the highest standards of nuclear safety. Full Article
Pierre Goldschmidt | Carnegie Proliferation Analysis
At the end of August it was reported that Fereydoun Abbasi, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, had suggested that "Iran is ready for increased cooperation with the IAEA on the condition the U.N. watchdog limit the number of points it wants clarified." Full Article
Jenny Barchfield | Associated Press
An explosion at a nuclear waste facility in southern France killed one person and injured four on Monday. Authorities said there was no radioactive leak, but critics urged France to rethink its nuclear power in the wake of the catastrophe at Japan's Fukushima plant. Full Article
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