U.S. Concludes 'Very Positive' Nuclear Talks with North Korea Yonhap News
Two days of talks between North Korea and the United States on how to revive the stalled six-nation talks were "very positive," but the two sides need to hold further talks to narrow outstanding issues, Washington's chief envoy Stephen Bosworth said Tuesday.
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George Jahn | Associated Press
Russia and China are urging the IAEA chief to scrap or delay U.S.-backed plans to reveal intelligence on Iran's alleged nuclear arms experiments, in a bluntly worded confidential document obtained Monday by The Associated Press. The diplomatic note to Yukiya Amano points to an East-West rift among the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council over how to deal with concerns about Iran's nuclear activities. Full Article
Fredrik Dahl | Reuters
U.N. inspectors plan to meet Syrian officials next week to try to make progress on a long-stalled investigation into suspected nuclear activities in the Arab state, but Western diplomats played down any hopes of a breakthrough. Herman Nackaerts, head of nuclear safeguards inspections worldwide at the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency, will travel to Damascus on Monday for talks expected to take place the following two days, an IAEA official said. Full Article
Fox Business
The U.S. Department of Energy has been hit by recent successful cyber attacks and needs to do more to protect its computer systems, the department's internal watchdog said in a report Monday. The report did not disclose who launched the cyber attacks or the consequences at four affected locations. Among other tasks, the DOE manages the U.S. nuclear weapon stockpile through its National Nuclear Security Administration. Full Article
Siddharth Varadarajan | The Hindu
In New Delhi last week, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé spoke to Siddharth Varadarajan about the state of nuclear cooperation with India. We are keen to continue our cooperation, and participate, if it's possible, in the construction of new European Pressurised Reactors (EPR) if the Indian government decides to go further. We are also developing our cooperation in the defence sector, where we are discussing various projects, including the Rafale, Juppe said. Full Article
Scott DiSavino | Reuters
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission told the agency's staff to begin immediately implementing seven safety recommendations from the NRC's Near-Term Task Force on lessons learned from the reactor accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. The seven recommendations are among 12 safety recommendations presented by the Task Force to the Commission in July, the NRC said in a release Thursday. Full Article
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