http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nuclear/ en-us Mon, 4 Jan 2010 06:14:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420400/posts South Korea won a landmark deal to build nuclear reactors for the United Arab Emirates, boosting calls for lifting Seoul's self-imposed ban on nuclear activities to tap bigger atomic reactor markets. A South Korea-led consortium beat U.S. and French rivals and clinched a $40 billion deal to build and operate four nuclear power plants in the United Arab Emirates, in one of the world's biggest nuclear power contracts, Seoul's energy and industry ministry said Monday. The deal marks South Korea's first export of a nuclear power plant and its single largest overseas construction project in terms of value, it said.... Nuclear Power Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420400/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 06:14:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420394/posts Pakistan and India on Friday exchanged lists of their nuclear sites under an annual accord, after a year of strained relations between the arch-rivals, Pakistan's foreign ministry said. The New Year's Day exchange is aimed at protecting the sites in case of war and was established under a 1988 agreement on the prohibition of attacks on each other's nuclear installations. "The governments of Pakistan and India today exchanged lists of their respective nuclear installations and facilities," a ministry statement said. It added that the lists were handed over to officers of the Pakistani and Indian high commissions in New Delhi... Space War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420394/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 06:00:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420334/posts Iranian media on Sunday reported Tehran will conduct a large-scale defensive military exercise next month, coinciding with what government officials now say is a deadline for the West to respond to its counteroffer to a nuclear-fuel deal. WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420334/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 02:55:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419861/posts North Korea is likely to conduct a nuclear test next year in an attempt to boost itself as an atomic power and shore up the regime's legitimacy at home as Pyongyang prepares for a dynastic power transfer, South Korea's state-run think tank warns. North Korea is also expected to launch more long-range ballistic missiles and provoke military clashes along the heavily fortified border with South Korea, the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses said in its 2010 outlook. North Korea conducted its second nuclear test last May following its first in 2006, which led to tougher trade and financial sanctions by... Space War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419861/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 06:31:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417985/posts A $40-billion US deal by the United Arab Emirates to acquire nuclear reactors puts it ahead in a drive to meet fast growing power needs among its Gulf neighbours, while also allowing it to export more of its oil. The prospect of starting electricity exports within the next decade is a key element behind the UAE’s award to a South Korean consortium on Sunday of the deal to build and operate four reactors in the third largest oil exporter. “As part of the UAE’s strategy the nuclear power plants will not only supply power domestically, but they are also planning... Reuters via Calgary Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417985/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:37:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417710/posts Iran is reported to be attempting to import 1350 tons of uranium from Kazakhstan in violation of United Nations sanctions. In what suggested a new act of defiance by the regime, a leaked intelligence report said Iran was preparing to take delivery of purified uranium ore from the former Soviet republic in a $501 million deal that could be completed within weeks. An official from the country that drew up the report, which was obtained by the Associated Press, said rogue employees in the Kazakh Government were likely to be behind the possible deal without the knowledge of their Government.... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417710/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:43:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416326/posts North Korea has built a plant to manufacture a gas needed for uranium enrichment, according to a previously unpublicized account by the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb program, Abdul Qadeer Khan. It is a development that indicates Pyongyang opened a second way to build nuclear weapons as early as the 1990s. Dr Khan also said North Korea might have been enriching uranium on a small scale by 2002, with ''maybe 3000 or even more'' centrifuges, and that Pakistan helped the country with vital machinery, drawings and technical advice for at least six years. The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416326/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:40:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416124/posts ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The United Arab Emirates picked a South Korean-led consortium for a $20 billion contract to build and help run four nuclear power reactors, officials said. The New York Times said the nuclear power reactors would be the first in the Middle East. Under the deal announced in Abu Dhabi Sunday, Korea Electric Power will lead a group that includes Westinghouse and the American subsidiary of Toshiba. The power company is to build, design and help operate the plants for the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416124/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:24:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415996/posts See link in post below Source cannot be posted http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415996/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:23:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414998/posts Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico accidentally blew up a building on December 16 with a Civil War-style cannon. According to an occurrence report [pdf], which was first reported by the Project on Government Oversight, the lab's Shock and Detonation Physics team was testing a large-bore powder gun when they heard a "loud unusual noise." About 20 minutes later, the researchers ventured out of their bunker to see what had happened. Upon further investigation of the facility’s Technical Area 15, the team discovered that Building 562 had been blown apart. Two doors were "propelled off the structure"... Mother Jones http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414998/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:08:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414608/posts From Physicians for Civil Defense, "American Lives: Two for a Penny." The following is a wallet card that costs about half a cent, and the information it contains can mean the difference between life and death if Iran gives terrorists a nuclear weapon to detonate in an American city. Note that the cost to provide this card to every American ($1.5 million) is probably less than Barack Obama spent on his recent junket to Copenhagen. With regard to copyright, the accompanying letter says, "The enclosed yellow card offers a half-penny antidote: copy and disseminate." Our knowledge of civil defense corroborates... IsraPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414608/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:09:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412849/posts Never before in our history has an American president, deliberately and by design, risked our very survival to a maniacal enemy power sworn to remove America from the world. Yet from all appearances, this is exactly what Obama is doing by failing to vigorously oppose Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons. But in spite of the fact that over 60% of the public favors militarily destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities, there’s nary a word of protest from the Republicans in opposition. They’re so paranoid about being labeled warmongers, they have shamefully abdicated their own national security responsibilities, just as John McCain did... Town Hall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412849/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:56:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412502/posts Unistar Nuclear Energy, which in 2007 became the first company in nearly 30 years to apply to build a new reactor in the US, bills itself as "the business model for a new generation of nuclear energy facilities." If that's so, taxpayers should be mighty concerned. In addition to its proposed flagship plant in the tiny Chesapeake Bay town of Lusby, Maryland, UniStar plans to build three more reactors in Missouri, New York, and Pennsylvania. But while UniStar estimates that these projects will cost up to $38 billion, the company, a joint venture between a French nuclear firm and US-based... Mother Jones http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412502/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:51:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412381/posts Iran’s nuclear threat to regional security has replaced Israel as the Arab world’s public enemy number one for the Arab world, according to an Arab survey commissioned by the Doha Debates group. Israel News Photo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412381/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:47:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367275/posts SNIPPET: "Search at Grundy County plant called part of ongoing probe" SNIPPET: "But a source said the owner of the plant, which processes lamb and goat, was taken into custody at his home in Chicago. Documents and records were taken from the plant and from a Chicago travel agency on West Devon Avenue, also owned by the same person, the source said." CHICAGO TRIBUNE.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367275/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:39:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411891/posts Ahmad Vahidi, Iran’s Minister of Defense, announced that the latest test of its Sajjil-2 missile was “a complete success. We will now be able to deliver the outputs of our peaceful nuclear development program to locations as far as 1900 kilometers away in a matter of minutes.” Vahidi noted that “this should serve as a warning to the Zionist terrorists that their days are numbered. The continued Jewish occupation of Palestine is now untenable. Withdrawal or annihilation are the only remaining options for them.” The Minister dismissed the possibility of an Israeli strike against Iran. “Muslims are not afraid of... A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411891/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:11:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411474/posts TEHRAN -- Ruhollah Solook, a retired electrician living in Santa Monica, Calif., was in a desperate bind. He urgently needed a kidney transplant, as well as a series of radiation therapy diagnoses and treatments. The nuclear medicine was available in the United States, but the kidney was not. Solook, 78, an Iranian Jew who emigrated decades ago, never expected to find both in his native country. But there he was this month, recovering in an isolated room in Tehran's oldest hospital with a new kidney donated by a friend. "They have saved my life here," he said. "Now I hope... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411474/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:38:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410140/posts When massive numbers of Iranians took to the streets following the sham election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June, the regime hoped to quash the protests with intimidation and force. It has failed. The latest evidence of the democratic movement's force? Student Day earlier this month. The roots of Student Day go back to Dec. 7, 1953, when Iranian students protested the coup that ousted Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh. The Shah's regime responded by attacking Tehran's Polytechnic University, murdering three students. Every year since, Iranian students have observed "16 Azar" (Dec. 7) to commemorate the three students killed by the Shah.... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410140/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:56:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409636/posts Here's one from the Department of We Are The World: Hugo Chávez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will address the U.N.'s climate summit in Copenhagen. Say what you will about these two gentlemen—the support for terrorists, the Holocaust denial, the suppression of civil liberties—at least nobody can accuse them of being global warming "deniers." On the contrary, the two leaders, who met in Caracas last month for at least the 11th time, have been nothing if not cooperative when it comes to environmentally friendly and carbon-neutral technologies. Bicycles, for instance: In 2005, Chávez directed his government to "follow seriously the project of... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409636/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:33:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409303/posts U.S. President Barack Obama has warned his Chinese counterpart that the United States would not be able to keep Israel from attacking Iranian nuclear installations for much longer, senior officials in Jerusalem told Haaretz. They said Obama warned President Hu Jintao during the American's visit to Beijing a month ago as part of the U.S. attempt to convince the Chinese to support strict sanctions on Tehran if it does not accept Western proposals for its nuclear program. haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409303/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:15:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409181/posts Politically, no Israeli prime minister could survive the fact that Iran became a nuclear-armed state, officially or unofficially, on his watch. The pressure on the Israeli government to do something to counter Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons would be so strong that it could well be tempted to play a desperate gamble, regardless of any security guaranties that the U.S. might offer. Similarly, no U.S. president (especially one endowed with a Nobel Prize) could escape blame for having let Iran become a nuclear-weapon state by consistently underestimating its ability to conceal its preparations. The intelligence community's credibility would be devastated,... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409181/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:43:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408842/posts Iran has successfully tested an upgraded version of its longest-range solid-fuel missile, according to an Iranian State TV report on Wednesday, which did not provide details on the Sajjil-2 missile test. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was quoted by AFP as saying that Teheran's missile test announcement was a matter of "serious concern to the international community and it does make the case for moving further on sanctions." "We will treat this with the seriousness it deserves." said Brown. Iran successfully test-fired an improved version of its Sajjil-2 medium-range missile which it says can reach targets inside Israel, state television... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408842/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:42:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408745/posts While the detonation of a nuclear weapon in the United States is considered highly unlikely, Los Angeles and other U.S. cities are preparing for such a disaster by assessing old bomb shelters and preparing emergency response plans, the Los Angeles Daily News reported Monday. Global Security Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408745/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:39:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408705/posts "Iran tests long-range missile, raises ire of West" By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 28 mins ago TEHRAN, Iran – Iran on Wednesday test-fired an upgraded version of its most advanced missile, which is capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe, in a new show of strength aimed at preventing any military strike against it amid the nuclear standoff with the West. Yahoo!News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408705/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:58:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408614/posts Lawmakers eager to trigger a renaissance of nuclear power in the United States have focused mostly on large reactors that can provide more than 1,000 megawatts of electric power, but two bills advancing in the Senate aim to spur smaller projects. Those small, modular reactors, which provide less than 300 megawatts and are built off-site, could take power to people living in remote regions, benefit the petrochemical industry and ease concerns about lethal nuclear material falling into the wrong hands, experts told a Senate panel Tuesday. Warren Miller, assistant secretary for nuclear energy in the Department of Energy, said small... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408614/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:00:23 GMT