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IAEA board elects new chairmanVienna (AFP) Feb 12, 2010 The UN atomic watchdog's board of governors elected Friday a new chairman as new controversy raged over Iran's disputed nuclear drive. The International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-emmber board voted for Malaysian envoy, Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob, by consensus as its new chairman at a special meeting here, diplomats who attended the closed-door session said. No other topic, such as Iran, was discussed, the diplomats said. Yaakob takes over from his fellow countryman Mohd Arshad bin Manzo ... read more |
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Brasilia (AFP) Feb 4, 2010Brazil has not discussed enriching uranium for Iran under an international deal, its foreign ministry said Thursday, contradicting an Iranian official's reported comments that the South American nation might take on that role. "There have not been any conversations about enriching nuclear fuel in Brazil," a ministry spokesman told AFP. He was reacting to a reported comment by Iran's atom ... more 
Paris (AFP) Feb 5, 2010French energy groups Areva and EDF have reached an agreement on the treatment of nuclear waste following weeks of tensions, the companies announced Friday. "The two companies will sign a contract before the end of the first quarter of 2010," the said in a joint statement. The agreement relates to the transportation, treatment and recycling of used nuclear material, they said. Areva, ... more 
Stockholm, Sweden (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 Sweden is investigating claims that Russia during the 1990s dumped chemical and nuclear waste into the Baltic Sea. A TV report broadcast Wednesday by Swedish private channel SVT accuses Russia of dumping chemical weapons and radioactive waste off the shores of Gotland, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea. The toxic material allegedly stems from Russia's Karosta naval base in the L ... more |
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Enrichment at heart of Iran nuclear programmeParis (AFP) Feb 9, 2010 Enriching uranium for nuclear power - or building a weapon of mass destruction - lies at the heart of the controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme. The point of enrichment, the focus of the latest tensions between Iran and western nations, is to boost the ratio in uranium of the uranium-235 isotope, which splits in a chain reaction and releases energy. Enriching uranium to the point where it comprises three to five percent of uranium-235 enables engineers to make fuel for a nuclear rea ... read more |
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