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Problems for Obama’s nuclear policy

Nuclear Proliferation Threatens Obama Policy AVIATION WEEK By Bill Sweetman
Washington 6 Jan 2010
The coming year will see nuclear weapons higher on the political agenda than they have been in years, as President Barack Obama’s ambition to move toward a nuclear-free future collides with the desire of other nations to join the nuclear club or keep their memberships current. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear posturing by small states like North Korea

The Delicate Art of Nuclear Jujutsu University of North Carolina Press Shane J. Maddock, 7 Jan 2010 The second decade of the twenty-first century looms as the age of nuclear jujutsu. Second- and third-tier powers are increasingly poised to use small nuclear arsenals or the threat of nuclear weapons development to force larger powers to submit to their demands. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Iraq demanding nuclear compensation from Israel

Iraq to demand Israel compensation over 1981 nuclear reactor strike – Haaretz – Israel News06/01/2010 Iraq to demand Israel compensation over 1981 nuclear reactor strikeBy Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent The Iraqi government will demand compensation from Israel for the 1981 bombing of the nuclear reactor at Osirak, according to an Iraqi newspaper.

A member of the Iraqi parliament, Mohammed Naji Mohammed, was quoted as saying in newspaper Al-Sabah that the Iraqi prime minister and Foreign Ministry have approached the United Nations with a demand for compensation….Iraq to demand Israel compensation over 1981 nuclear reactor strike – Haaretz – Israel News

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iraq | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

How much of Iran’s nuclear program is hidden in tunnels?

Iran hides nuclear secrets in web of tunnels The Australian January 07, 2010 ?WASHINGTON: Iran has hidden a large part of its atomic complex in networks of tunnels and bunkers across the country, shielding its infrastructure from military attack in warrens of dense rock while obscuring the scale of its nuclear effort, according to reports yesterday. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

No answer received to Iran’s proposal for swapping uranium

‘Iran has received no response to its nuclear proposal so far’ Tehran Times Political Desk anuary 7, 2010 TEHRAN – So far Iran has not received any response to its proposal for swapping its low-enriched uranium with 20 percent nuclear fuel in Japan, Brazil, Turkey, or on the Iranian island of Kish, MP Hossein Ebrahimi said on Wednesday. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Death of famed Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivor

Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivor dies aged 93 | World news | The Guardian Justin McCurry 6 January 2010 Tsutomu Yamaguchi witnessed at close hand the nuclear devastation of two Japanese cities, and lived to tell the tale. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Story on Iran’s ‘nuclear trigger’ – a forgery

US. intelligence judges the “nuclear trigger” document to be a forgery,

IRAN: New Revelations Tear Holes in Nuclear Trigger Story truthout 05 January 2010 by: Gareth Porter | Inter Press Service Washington – New revelations about two documents leaked to The Times of London to show that Iran is working on a “nuclear trigger” mechanism have further undermined the credibility of the document the newspaper had presented as evidence of a continuing Iranian nuclear weapons programme. Continue reading →

January 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Grave danger if USA strikes Iran’s nuclear sites

EU should steer US away from air strike on Iran IRISH TIMES OPINION : January 5, 2010 The regime in Iran is close to collapse and an attack by the West would only rally support behind it, writes SANDEEP GOPALAN “…….. Recent events in Iran have given a fillip to US hawks and there is talk of military action. This would be a terrible mistake. Continue reading →

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Bury depleted uranium first, check safety later?

Utah Burying Depleted Uranium Before Safety Review « Therearenosunglasses’s Weblog SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 3 (UPI) — Three trainloads of depleted uranium will be buried at a storage site in Utah before experts complete a safety review concerning the issue, experts say. Continue reading →

January 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Showdown for Obama’s review of USA’s nuclear weapons

Obama presses review of nuclear strategy Pentagon is rethinking the unthinkable: Making major changes to Cold War arsenal Boston Globe By Bryan Bender January 3, 2 010

“……….. top US officials are now questioning why the United States still pursues a strategy based on the ability to annihilate its former foe. In a thorough review expected to be completed early this year, the size, structure, and even the very mission of America’s nuclear arsenal are being reconsidered as part of President Obama’s pledge to reduce the role of the world’s most deadly weapons. Continue reading →

January 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

illegality of nuclear weapons

After 23 years of suffering, let Mordechai Vanunu become a free man. War should cease to be an admissible social act. Under international law war is still legal, and indiscriminate killing of women, children and non-combatants are illegal. Rather than taking “false” nationalistic pride in nuclear weapons, let us nurture the sense of belonging to the mankind and unequivocally oppose the nuclear weapons of mass destruction which is a threat to the age old human civilization.

Nuclear weapons of mass destruction – an end of everything truth Dive, by Ram Prasad 1 Jan 2010 |The nuclear club consists of nine nations out of which 5 (USA, Russia, UK, France and China) are internationally recognized nuclear weapons states conferred by nuclear non proliferation treaty. India, Pakistan and Israel have declined to sign the treaty and have tested their nuclear weapons. North Korea withdrew from the treaty in 2003. Continue reading →

January 1, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Australian nuclear veterans join British class action

CLASS ACTION BY NUCLEAR VETERANS HEADED BY SYDNEY LEGAL TEAM – NO WIN NO ;FEE December 31, 2009 by Coober Pedy Regional Times Surviving Australian veterans of the British nuclear tests at Maralinga, Monte Bello Island and Christmas Island in the 1950s and 60s are joining British and other nuclear veterans in taking the British government to court in what could be one of the most significant compensation cases in legal history. Continue reading →

December 31, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons, radioactive | Leave a comment

UN withdrawing some staff from volatile nuclear-powered Pakistan

UN to pull some international staff from Pakistan chron By JOHN HEILPRIN and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press Writers © 2009 The Associated Press Dec. 31, 2009,ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Thursday it would relocate about a quarter of the U.N.’s international staff in Pakistan, a response to the increasingly volatile security situation in the country…… Continue reading →

December 31, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Pakistan, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

United Arab Emirates could spark off nuclear arms race

UAE Joins The Nuclear Club. Who’s Next? Energy Tribune Dec. 30, 2009 By Andres Cala This week, the United Arab Emirates awarded a $20 billion contract to South Korea’s state power company to build four 1,400 megawatt nuclear reactors by 2020.The UAE’s will be the first Arab country with nuclear power. Continue reading →

December 31, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | MIDDLE EAST, weapons and war | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

India will not ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Nuclear deal unlikely as Japan sounds CTBT alert India Times 28 Dec 09 Nuclear deal unlikely as Japan sounds CTBT alert28 Dec 2009, 2011 NEW DELHI: A day before leaders of India and Japan hold talks, the prospects of a civil nuclear deal between the two countries receded as a Japanese official Monday urged New Delhi to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. “Japan hopes that India will sign and ratify the CTBT,” Kazuo Kodama, press secretary with Japan’s ministry of foreign affairs, told reporters here.
He was responding to a question on the prospects of Japan supplying civil nuclear technology to India.
Nuclear deal unlikely as Japan sounds CTBT alert- Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times

December 29, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment