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Nuclear submarines from Israel to coast of Iran

Israeli nuclear subs ‘to set sail for Iran‘ PRESS TV, 30 May 2010, “….a report says Israel is to deploy three submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles in the Persian Gulf. Continue reading →

May 31, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Israel, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear wastes, like diamonds, are forever

THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY AND RADIOACTIVE WASTES – our theme for June 2010. “The question whether one generation of men has a right to bind another, seems never to have been started either on this or our side of the water. Yet it is a question of such consequences as not only to merit decision, but place also, among the fundamental principles of every government.” – Thomas Jefferson, September 6, 1789

Half-life is the period of time it takes for a radioisotope atom to degrade to a state having half of its original intensity

As you can see the continued production, use, and dumping of such waste materials as depleted uranium and plutonium, into the world’s air, land, and water leaves a permanent problem for our children, grandchildren. great-grand-children ….

May 30, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear renaissance, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, plutonium, radioactive, reprocessing, uranium, wastes, water | Leave a comment

Stop enriching uranum – U.N. Secretary General urges Iran

UN Secretary-General Ban urges Iran to desist uranium enrichment to 20%, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) 29 May 2010, – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Iran on Friday to end its continued efforts to enrich uranium to 20 percent purity, the UN News announced.Ban said that if Iran stopped its uranium enrichment it would build a mutual trust over the Iranian nuclear program which the Asian country claims is for purely peaceful energy production but that many nations, and mainly the U.S., see that as an effort to obtain atomic weapons.“I have been repeatedly urging to the Iranian authorities that they have to clear their nuclear program, that it is exclusively for peaceful purposes, and it is not meant for military purposes, and they should fully comply with the relevant Security Council resolutions,” Ban said.Iran continued with its uranium enrichment process even after it agreed to ship low-enriched uranium out of the country in exchange for high-enriched uranium for use at a civilian nuclear research site. UN Secretary-General Ban urges Iran to desist uranium enrichment to 20%

May 29, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Israel denying its history of nuclear deal with apartheid South Africa

Israel defiant amid nuke controversy, Tribune uk,“……..Israel has struggled to dismiss documentary evidence that it tried to sell nuclear weapons to the white South African régime in the 1970s by Bernard PurcellFriday, May 28th, 2010 Israel this week defended itself against what appears to be the first, long-awaited documentary proof of the widely-held belief that it offered nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime of South Africa in 1975.The indignant denial by President Shimon Peres, through his spokeswoman, came within days of the re-imprisonment of nuclear scientist Mordechai Vanunu on charges of breaching state security. Continue reading →

May 29, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Israel, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

North Korea sending nuclear missile technology to Syria

North Korea “has continued to provide missiles, components, and technology to certain countries including Iran and Syria … (and) has provided assistance for a nuclear program in Syria,

U.N.: North Korea Is Exporting Nuclear Missile Technology Fox News, May 28, 2010| Associated Press UNITED NATIONS North Korea is exporting nuclear and ballistic missile technology and using multiple intermediaries, shell companies and overseas criminal networks to circumvent U.N. sanctions, U.N. experts said in a report obtained by The Associated Press. Continue reading →

May 29, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Europe might have a strategy for limiting North Korea’s nukes

In contrast to Washington, the EU has adopted a different stance towards North Korea over the past decade, which encompasses critical engagement while encouraging the regime to change. The EU has put its money where its mouth is, with almost €500 million of assistance over this period.

Crisis in North Korea: it’s going nuclear, Tribune, uk, , With Korea on the brink Europe could have a key role to play in defusing a ticking time bomb, by Glyn Ford , May 28th, 2010 No one can be unaware of the ongoing standoff on the Korean Peninsula that threatens to become a global crisis with weapons of mass destruction available to both sides. Continue reading →

May 29, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Iran reminds world of UN’s nuclear disarmament resolution

……....The UN General Assembly had approved a draft resolution proposed by Iran on nuclear disarmament in October 2009, amid strong opposition by the US, Britain, France, Israel.

Iran calls for immediate disarmament of nuclear states Politics News, May 27th, 2010 TEHRAN – Iran Thursday urged all countries to take serious steps to dismantle all nuclear weapons and called for setting a deadline in this regard by the international community. Continue reading →

May 28, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Russia not really trusting Iran on its nuclear deal

“Despite Russia’s years of efforts to resolve the nuclear dispute, the response from the Iranian side has been unsatisfactory,”

Russia Doubts Iran’s Commitment to Nuclear Deal | Asbarez Armenian NewsMOSCOW (Combined Sources) 27 May 2010,—Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov voiced doubt on Thursday about whether Tehran would fulfill the terms of a deal brokered by Brazil and Turkey aimed at resolving the Iranian nuclear crisis. Continue reading →

May 28, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Lengthy final debate on who should have or not have nuclear weapons

Nuclear ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ debate into final days of UN treaty conference, Washington Examiner, By: CHARLES J. HANLEYAssociated Press05/26/10 UNITED NATIONS — Nuclear-armed and non-nuclear nations entered the final days of a monthlong treaty conference Wednesday haggling over the trade-off between steps to disarm those with the weapons and steps to keep atomic arms from those without.The final three days of the twice-a-decade gathering to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty promised long hours of intense debate. Continue reading →

May 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Britain’s somewhat cryptic disclosure of size of nuclear stockpile

only in the somewhat cryptic way: “the overall stockpile…will not exceed 225 warheads

Britain Discloses Size of Nuclear Stockpile: Who’s Next? » FAS Strategic Security Blog, By Hans M. Kristensen, 26 May 2010, The new British government today followed the French and U.S. examples by disclosing its total military stockpile of nuclear weapons. Continue reading →

May 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Pressure on Russia and China to reveal nuclear weapons stockpile numbers

Britain Discloses Size of Nuclear Stockpile: Who’s Next? » FAS Strategic Security Blog, By Hans M. Kristensen, 26 May 2010, “….. Who’s Next? Three of the five original nuclear weapon states have now disclosed the sizes of their military stockpiles of nuclear warheads. The pressure is increasing on the other nuclear weapon states to follow the good example.The size of the Russian stockpile is unknown but Norris and I estimate Russia possesses 12,000 nuclear warheads, of which 4,600 might be operational. A Russian official recently told Reuters that Russia after ratification of the New START agreement “will likewise be able to consider disclosing the total number of Russia’s deployed strategic delivery vehicles and the warheads they can carry.” That would not be disclosing the size of the stockpile, but still be progress.China’s stockpile is even more opaque, although Norris and I estimate it at approximately 240 warheads

Britain Discloses Size of Nuclear Stockpile: Who’s Next? » FAS Strategic Security Blog

May 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, weapons and war | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

India, Pakistan, Israel are urged to join Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty

UN nuclear conference calls India to join NPT, CTBT, Betwa Sharma, 26 May 2010, United Nations, May 26 (PTI) Breaking the tradition of not naming countries, the first draft of the final document of 2010 Nuclear-Non Proliferation Treaty Review conference has asked India, Pakistan and Israel to join NPT and CTBT.”The conference calls upon India, Israel and Pakistan to accede to the treaty as non-nuclear weapon States, promptly and without conditions, thereby accepting an internationally legally binding commitment not to acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices,” the first draft of the document said.”The conference also calls upon India and Pakistan to maintain moratoriums on nuclear testing and calls upon India, Israel and Pakistan to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) without delay and without conditions,” it said. fullstory

May 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, politics international | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

U.S. media bias in failing to report full story on Iran’s nukes

it seems, the United States isn’t ready to deal because the Obama Administration is afraid of Congress.
(VIDEO) Robert Naiman: U.S. Media Censors U.S. Support of Iran Fuel Swap

U.S. Media Censors U.S. Support of Iran Fuel Swap, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Robert Naiman, 25 May 2010, “……….But if you get your information from major U.S. media, here’s something that you almost certainly don’t know: Brazil and Turkey say that before they reached the deal, they understood that they had the backing of the Obama Administration for their efforts. The available evidence suggests that Brazil and Turkey had good reason to believe that they had U.S. support, and that the Obama Administration has taken a 180 degree turn in its position in the last few weeks, and is now trying to cover its tracks, with the active collaboration of major U.S. media. Continue reading →

May 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Sanctions against Iran to be delayed

Noting progress at UN, Congress slows Iran sanctions bill – Laura Rozen – POLITICO.com, May 25, 2010 Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Rep. Howard Berman (D-Ca.), the co-chairs of the Iran sanctions conference committee, have agreed to slow down Congressional Iran sanctions until the end of June, given the progress the Obama administration has shown getting consensus from all the permanent members for a new United Nations Security Council resolution sanctioning Iran…..Meantime, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking in China today, continued to dismiss a nuclear fuel swap deal negotiated by Turkey, Brazil and Iran last week as a “ploy,” because it fails to require Iran to halt higher enriching uranium. Noting progress at UN, Congress slows Iran sanctions bill – Laura Rozen – POLITICO.com

May 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Iran will abandon nuclear fuel swap if new sanctions go ahead

Iran threatens to nix fuel swap if nuclear sanctions pursued, PoliJAM TIMES, by Haaretz, 23 May, 2010, Iran’s parliament speaker earlier Sunday repeated threats that Iran would abandon a nuclear fuel swap plan brokered by Brazil and Turkey if the United States imposes new sanctions on the Islamic state.The five permanent members of the UN Security Council agreed a draft of new sanctions last week after months of pressure from the United States to punish Iran for nuclear activities that Washington says are aimed at making a bomb…. Iran threatens to nix fuel swap if nuclear sanctions pursued

May 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment