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Should big powers be selling nuclear technology to unstable regimes?

Suppliers such as France, Russia, South Korea, Japan, and the United States are eagerly competing to ink deals with, and provide nuclear aid to, more than a dozen Middle Eastern states, including Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia — many of the same regimes now facing threats of internal upheaval.

Safeguarding Nuclear Security in the Shadow of Middle East Revolutions, THE HUFFINGTON POST,  Jonathan Pearl, 4 Feb 2011, As revolutionary fervor sweeps across the Middle East and the Obama administration takes steps to recalibrate decades of U.S. foreign policy toward the region, it must not neglect the issue of nuclear nonproliferation. Continue reading →

February 5, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, politics international | Leave a comment

Wikileaks reveal secret deal between USA and Russia

The fact that the Americans used British nuclear secrets as a bargaining chip also sheds new light on the so-called “special relationship”, which is shown often to be a one-sided affair by US diplomatic communications obtained by the WikiLeaks website.

WikiLeaks cables: US agrees to tell Russia Britain’s nuclear secrets, The US secretly agreed to give the Russians sensitive information on Britain’s nuclear deterrent to persuade them to sign a key treaty, By Matthew Moore, Gordon Rayner and Christopher Hope   04 Feb 2011 Information about every Trident missile the US supplies to Britain will be given to Russia as part of an arms control deal signed by President Barack Obama next week. Continue reading →

February 5, 2011 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA, Wikileaks | Leave a comment

Unacceptable risks of plutonium nuclear fuel

Energy NW asked not to use plutonium reactor fuel | Seattle Times Newspaper, 4 Feb 2011, RICHLAND, Wash. —Friends of the Earth is calling upon Energy Northwest not to consider using nuclear reactor fuel derived from weapons-grade plutonium at its Columbia Generating Station at Hanford.The environmental organization says it has obtained Department of Energy documents that say the public power consortium is evaluating the potential use of plutonium mixed oxide fuel at the reactor. It says the use of such fuel poses unacceptable risks and costs.The government says the fuel could produce energy while disposing of plutonium from abandoned nuclear weapons. The Energy Department is building a plant in South Carolina to make the fuel.Energy Northwest spokeswoman Rochelle Olson says it has no plans to use the fuel until studies prove it would be safe, economical and technically feasible. Local News | Energy NW asked not to use plutonium reactor fuel | Seattle Times Newspaper

February 5, 2011 Posted by | reprocessing, safety, USA | Leave a comment

American companies itching to sell military and nuclear stuff to India

US commerce secretary eyes military, nuclear deals in India domain-b.com  04 February 2011 US commerce secretary Gary LockeWashington: US commerce secretary Gary Locke expects to press India to opt for US fighter jets and other advanced technology products when he leads some 24 US companies on a trade mission next week.The two dozen US companies, include aerospace and defence contractors, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and nuclear equipment suppliers GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Westinghouse Electric Company, a division of Toshiba Corp, Transco Products, NuScale Power and Exelon Nuclear Partners.These latter companies hope to garner a share of the vast civil nuclear market in India riding on the back of a landmark US-India civil nuclear deal signed in 2008…..
In Mumbai the delegation  will interact with Indian software and other industry officials and also with the Department of Atomic Energy and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India. domain-b.com : US commerce secretary eyes military, nuclear deals in India

February 5, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Still time for peaceful resolution on Iran’s nuclear program

Iran “more than two years away from a nuclear weapon”A new report suggests there is still time for a peaceful resolution of the Iranian nuclear impasse  guardian.co.uk, Julian Borger, 4 Feb 2010, The International Institute for Strategic Studies has just brought out what it calls its “net assessment” of “Iran’s Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Capabilities” – a sober and informed guess on what Tehran’s WMD capability might be. Continue reading →

February 5, 2011 Posted by | Iran, politics international | 1 Comment