Burma building secret nuclear sites? – Wikileaks
Witnesses in Burma claim to have seen evidence of secret nuclear and missile sites being built in remote jungle, according to secret US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, heightening concerns that the military regime is seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
WikiLeaks cables suggest Burma is building secret nuclear sites, guardian.co.uk.
- Ewen MacAskill in Washington
9 Dec 10, Fears of bomb plan as witnesses tell US embassy that North Koreans are involved with underground facility in jungle Continue reading
Uranium sale offered by Burmese civilian: Wikileaks
India’s Parliament urged to ensure AREVA is accountable for nuclear liability
urge the Central government to insist that Areva be contractually responsible for any cost overruns above the initially estimated figure,” Raja said. …………… Expressing concern over the possibility of NPCIL renouncing its right of recourse against Areva, Raja demanded the contract, including all matters related to nuclear liability, be placed in the public domain.
Now, Left opposes nuclear plant at Jaitapur, Zee News, 9 Dec 10, New Delhi: The CPI Wednesday questioned the environment clearance granted by the Centre to the nuclear power park proposed to be developed by French company Areva at Jaitapur in Maharashtra. Continue reading
Politicians join community protest against Jaitapur nuclear plant
The power plant will endanger the health of those living along the Konkan coast and it will also destroy agriculture”….”The government should not think that it can gag the public.”……
Sena joins ‘people’s war’ against Jaitapur N-plant, The Times of India, Ambarish Mishra, Dec 7, 2010, MUMBAI: Adding muscle to the ongoing agitation, the Shiv Sena has also joined in the protest against the nuclear power plant proposed to be set up at Jaitapur in the coastal Konkan belt Continue reading
France selling India increasingly costly, untested, nuclear reactors
India is slated to purchase up to six of these reactors, of which the first two alone carry an estimated price tag of €11 billion…..The exact cost of each EPR in India has not been disclosed…..If the regulator asks for an additional safety system, for example, that could increase the price of the plant. If I was India, I would wait to see when that happened.”
Russia manipulating to avoid India’s Nuclear Liability Law
Russia’s concern over liability law may delay new Kudankulam pacts, The Hindu Priscilla Jebaraj, 4 Dec 10, Decision not taken to accept liability: Atomstroyexport MOSCOW: Russian reservations about the implications of India’s nuclear liability law may be delaying the contracts for two nuclear power reactors to be built in Kudankulam, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. Continue reading
China cracks down on Wikileaks revelations about nuclear proliferation
Wikileaks and a Divided China – China Real Time Report – WSJRussell Leigh Moses, 3 Dec 10, This was the week of leaks. And the deluge of documents spared no one, not even China… Continue reading
Big nuclear powers to set up global nuclear centre in India
France, Russia to assist India to set up global centre for nuclear energy – India – DNA, Dec 3, 2010, Besides the US, France and Russia would also assist India in setting up the first global centre for nuclear energy partnership Continue reading
China seeks nuclear talks with North Korea, but USA not keen
China proposed “emergency” six-nation talks be held early this month in Beijing to address increasing military tensions after North Korea’s Nov. 23 artillery attack on a South Korean island,…The U.S., South Korea and Japan have said they want to see concrete action by North Korea before talks resume……….
China Says It Expects Meeting of U.S, Japan, South Korea to Ease Tensions Bloomberg News – Dec 3, 2010 China expects a meeting of officials from the U.S., Japan and South Korea scheduled for Dec. 6 to ease tensions and promote dialogue on the Korean peninsula, said Jiang Yu, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman. Continue reading
Renewable energy – China leads the world
“The level of wind energy being deployed in China shows what can be achieved with a carefully planned energy and industrial policy that elevates cleantech to a national strategic level,”
China secures the lead in renewable energy – UPI.com, BEIJING, Dec. 1 (UPI) –– China is now the leader in the global renewable energy market, a report by Ernst & Young says. Continue reading
Pakistan hanging on to highly enriched uranium
WikiLeaks: Pakistan Delaying Uranium Removal – CBS News, 1 Dec 10, A stash of highly enriched uranium capable of providing enough material for multiple “dirty bombs” has been waiting in Pakistan for removal by an American team for more than three years but has been held up by the country’s government, according to leaked classified State Department documents.
U.S. failures to remove the material and the government’s struggles to work with the Pakistani government are detailed in secret government memos the self-styled whistleblower organization WikiLeaks made available to a number of news outlets, The New York Times reported on its website Tuesday.U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson wrote in a classified 2009 cable that the Pakistani government was dragging its feet in giving Americans access to remove the material left over from a decades-old reactor, the Times reported……….WikiLeaks: Pakistan Delaying Uranium Removal – World Watch – CBS News
China should crack down on nuclear smuggling to North Korea
“China does not place enough of a priority on counter-proliferation intelligence. According to Western intelligence officials, Chinese intelligence agencies do not allocate enough resources to understanding and detecting illicit nuclear trade conducted by North Korea and Iran inside China. In addition, the government has not done enough to investigate the export violations of which it is aware.”
Letter from China: Lips and Teeth : The New Yorker, November 24, 2010 by Evan Osnos “…..according to David Albright and Paul Brannan of the the Institute for Science and International Security, North Korea relies on smuggling networks in which it “procures for its uranium enrichment program either from China or by using it as a transshipment point.” Continue reading
Nuclear-capable ballitic missile tested by India
India test-fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile BusinessWeek 26 Nov 10, NEW DELHI India has successfully tested a medium-range version of its most powerful nuclear-capable missile during an army training exercise.Defense Ministry spokesman Sitanshu Kar says the upgraded Agni-1 was fired from a testing range on an island off the eastern state of Orissa.he 12-ton, nuclear-capable missile with a 435-mile (700-kilometer) range has an advanced navigation system and can carry payloads of up to 2,200 pounds (1,000 kilograms)……… India test-fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile – BusinessWeek
‘Act of mischief’ irradiated 50 nuclear workers in India
Asserting that investigations are still on, police officials admit it’s a difficult case to crack since it was an act of mischief……No breakthrough yet in Kaiga radiation case – The Times of India
Nuclear domino effect, with North Korea’s latest attacks
…..….there’s a possibility, which is that more and more states will use their nuclear weapons as a back-street mugger might use a handgun. That’s something the world needs to think about real hard, and real soon.
North Korea attacks: Are we skipping towards a nuclear apocalypse?, Daily Telegraph, By Praveen Swami World November 23rd, 2010 Eight weeks after 9/11, the Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir sat down for a meal of bread and olives with Osama bin Laden in Kabul. “I wish to declare,” bin Laden told him, “that if America uses chemical or nuclear weapons, then we may retort with chemical and nuclear weapons.” Continue reading
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