A development agency has approved tax incentives to help build a $500 million nuclear weapons plant in south Kansas City.
International Nuclear Watch & Discussion
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Nuclear weapons plant incentives approved
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Limit oil price or face more nuclear power - Italy
Denouncing the "unfair" movement of wealth from consumer nations to oil-producing countries and the "exponential" rise in prices, Berlusconi issued what he said was a threat to oil exporters, saying his proposal for a meeting had the approval of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
"Consumer countries need to meet as soon as possible, maybe in London, to reach an agreement on a maximum price for oil which cannot be breached," Berlusconi told reporters after a summit of EU and Mediterranean leaders.
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43 nations to seek Middle East free of WMDs
A final declaration from a summit launching the Union for the Mediterranean says the members will "pursue a mutually and effectively verifiable Middle East Zone free of weapons of mass destruction."
That includes nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, as well as their delivery systems, the statement says. The countries will "consider practical steps to prevent the proliferation" of such weapons, it says.
Signatories to the declaration included Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and leaders from Syria and countries across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.
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Nuclear call to combat global warming
THE world must go back to embracing nuclear power as one of its options if it is going to win the fight against global warming, economist Jeffrey Sachs warns.
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Pakistan government wants restrictions on Khan
Abdul Qadeer Khan should remain under de facto house arrest because he risks implicating the Pakistani state in nuclear proliferation, government lawyers said Tuesday
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Price Tag for Nuclear Waste Dump
Opening and operating the nation’s first nuclear waste dump will cost more than $90 billion, an Energy Department official said. The price was $58 billion in 2001, the last time the administration released an estimate for the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada.
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Strengthening Safeguards Authorities and Institutions
By Mark Goodman and Dunbar Lockwood, U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration and Michael D. Rosenthal, Brookhaven National Laboratory
http://www.pubs.bnl.gov/documents/43106.pdf
By Mark Goodman and Dunbar Lockwood, U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration and Michael D. Rosenthal, Brookhaven National Laboratory
http://www.pubs.bnl.gov/documents/43106.pdf
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USAToday, July 17, 2008:
"Where nuclear plants are:
Country :: Number of plants :: %age of nation's electricity that the reactors produce:
USA :: 104 :: 19%
France :: 59 :: 77%
Japan :: 55 :: 28%
Russia :: 31 :: 16%
South Korea :: 20 :: 35%"
(top 5 nations)
"Where nuclear plants are:
Country :: Number of plants :: %age of nation's electricity that the reactors produce:
USA :: 104 :: 19%
France :: 59 :: 77%
Japan :: 55 :: 28%
Russia :: 31 :: 16%
South Korea :: 20 :: 35%"
(top 5 nations)
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Purdue panel finds misconduct by fusion scientist
Rusi Taleyarkhan made headlines in 2002 when he published a paper in the journal Science claiming that he had produced nuclear fusion by making tiny bubbles collapse in a liquid. The new report found misconduct in subsequent papers.
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> Abdul Qadeer Khan should remain under de facto house arrest because he risks implicating
> the Pakistani state in nuclear proliferation, government lawyers said Tuesday
its already a known fact so there is no risk.
> the Pakistani state in nuclear proliferation, government lawyers said Tuesday
its already a known fact so there is no risk.
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Bush Administration Promises Full Effort on India Nuclear Deal
By David Gollust
Washington
22 July 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-07-22-voa54.cfm
The Bush administration says it will do all it can to try to remove remaining obstacles to the U.S.-India nuclear cooperation accord now that India's government has survived a parliamentary confidence vote on the issue. But officials admit time for action in the U.S. Congress is running short. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.
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At a news briefing, Acting State Department Spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos said the Bush administration will work to move the agreement forward but said it remains to be seen if there is enough time, especially in the U.S. Congress which aims to finish its session by September 26.
"We're going to be communicating to the Hill how important we believe this measure is for the United States, how important we believe this strategic partnership will be for India, for us, and for others concerned with security around the world. We understand that the calendar is tight. We have the situation that we have. But we do look forward to moving forward with this and will do so as quickly as we can," he said.
Legislative rules require that the India deal must sit before Congress for 30 days of continuous sessions before a vote, and the 30-day clock can only begin after approval by both the IAEA and NSG.
A key Congressional Democrat, Ed Markey
, who chairs the House Bipartisan Task Force on Non-Proliferation, said earlier this month there is simply not enough time left and that administration hopes for action are just fiction.
By David Gollust
Washington
22 July 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-07-22-voa54.cfm
The Bush administration says it will do all it can to try to remove remaining obstacles to the U.S.-India nuclear cooperation accord now that India's government has survived a parliamentary confidence vote on the issue. But officials admit time for action in the U.S. Congress is running short. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.
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At a news briefing, Acting State Department Spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos said the Bush administration will work to move the agreement forward but said it remains to be seen if there is enough time, especially in the U.S. Congress which aims to finish its session by September 26.
"We're going to be communicating to the Hill how important we believe this measure is for the United States, how important we believe this strategic partnership will be for India, for us, and for others concerned with security around the world. We understand that the calendar is tight. We have the situation that we have. But we do look forward to moving forward with this and will do so as quickly as we can," he said.
Legislative rules require that the India deal must sit before Congress for 30 days of continuous sessions before a vote, and the 30-day clock can only begin after approval by both the IAEA and NSG.
A key Congressional Democrat, Ed Markey

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Indian Government Survives Confidence Vote
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Published: July 23, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/world ... ref=slogin
....“India may be ‘emerging,’ but it will be a very high-maintenance friend when it comes to any strategic partnership,” Stephen P. Cohen, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, said by e-mail.....
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Published: July 23, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/world ... ref=slogin
....“India may be ‘emerging,’ but it will be a very high-maintenance friend when it comes to any strategic partnership,” Stephen P. Cohen, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, said by e-mail.....
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Hitachi, GE foray into mid-size nuclear reactors
The firms have until now focused on large reactors of over 1,300 megawatts
The two firms plan to supply boiling water reactors with output of 400 to 600 megawatts, as well as advanced boiling water reactors with output of 600 to 900 megawatts. A 1,000 megawatt plant is generally seen as capable of supplying electricity to 1 million households.