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Nuclear Energy
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Iran to share nuclear know-how
World |
August 29, 2008
An Iranian trade delegation announced an agreement Thursday for Iran to share peaceful nuclear technology with Nigeria to help bolster its woeful capacity to generate electricity. Read more
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
McCain touts nuclear plan at reactor site
National |
August 6, 2008
As steam billowed out of two giant hourglass towers in the distance, John McCain visibly stepped up his support Tuesday for nuclear power, an embattled industry that he argues must be part of America’s energy future. Read more
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Iran nuclear output rising, leader says
World |
April 9, 2008
Ignoring international condemnation, Iran announced Tuesday that it has begun to dramatically increase its capacity to produce enriched uranium and is adding newly developed high-speed centrifuges, which can be used to produce atomic material either for electricity or a nuclear bomb. Read more
Friday, February 8, 2008
Iran has faster centrifuge, diplomats say
World |
February 8, 2008
Iran is testing an advanced centrifuge designed to more swiftly produce enriched uranium in defiance of Security Council resolutions ordering it to stop, diplomats confirmed Thursday. Read more
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Nuclear energy pulls a big switch
National |
February 3, 2008
Looking back, Joseph Cosgrove said he was naive to think that Sen. Read more
Monday, January 21, 2008
Worries can’t be buried as nuclear waste piles up
Business |
January 21, 2008
Thousands of canisters of highly radioactive waste from the world’s most nuclear-energized nation lie, silent and deadly, beneath this jutting tip of Normandy. Read more
New energy behind nuclear power
Business |
January 21, 2008
Global warming and rocketing oil prices are making nuclear power fashionable, drawing a once-demonized industry out of the shadows of the Chernobyl disaster as a potential model of clean energy. Read more
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Nuclear gets push from both parties
National |
December 30, 2007
On the brink of a nuclear power resurgence in America, the
once-vilified industry is buoyed by a slate of presidential
candidates who seem ready to embrace – or at least consider – a
nuclear energy future. Read more
Saturday, December 22, 2007
In Brief - 70-year-old atom-buster to be junked
Science |
December 22, 2007
One of the oldest artifacts of America’s first experiments with
nuclear power, a 70-year-old atom-busting machine, will be junked,
Columbia University has announced. Read more
Sunday, December 9, 2007
SOUTH KOREA
World |
December 9, 2007
Iran has sent a formal protest note to Washington for allegedly
spying on its nuclear activities. Read more
Sunday, November 25, 2007
World in Brief / IRAN - Progress touted in nuclear program
World |
November 25, 2007
The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said the country had
produced its first nuclear fuel pellets for use in the Arak
heavy-water reactor, which is still under construction. Read more
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Chavez sees soaring oil prices if Iran is attacked
World |
November 18, 2007
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that oil prices
could more than double to $200 per barrel if the United States
attacked Iran over a standoff about Tehran’s nuclear program. Read more
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
QUICK TAKES - Rockers against new nukes
Entertainment |
October 24, 2007
Rock musicians Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Graham Nash are
putting a new millennium twist on their 1970s anti-nuclear message,
urging Congress not to approve federal loan guarantees for new
nuclear power plants. Read more
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Iran loses its chief nuclear negotiator
World |
October 21, 2007
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, a relative moderate who struggled
against the uncompromising agenda of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
has resigned his high-profile post, government officials announced Saturday. Read more
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Putin warns against attacks on Iran
World |
October 17, 2007
Russian President Vladimir V. Putin, appearing side by side with
his Iranian counterpart at a five-nation summit here Tuesday, made a
powerful show of support for America’s regional archenemy, drawing
the line against any attack on Iran and reaffirming Tehran’s right to
a civilian nuclear program. Read more
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Internal India tiff over nuclear pact with U.S. could spur early elections
World |
August 23, 2007
The political tussle in India over a landmark nuclear cooperation
deal with the United States has reached a fevered stage, prompting
warnings that the dispute could topple the Indian government and
force early elections. Read more
Saturday, July 28, 2007
THE WORLD - India, U.S. reach nuclear accord
World |
July 28, 2007
The Bush administration announced Friday that it had reached
agreement with India on the terms of a controversial nuclear
cooperation pact after India offered to permit international
monitoring of a new fuel reprocessing facility. Read more
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
U.S. and Japan sign nuclear power pact
National |
April 26, 2007
The Bush administration’s plan to rapidly expand global nuclear
energy took a key step Wednesday when the government signed an
agreement with Japan to conduct joint research on a new generation of
reactors and a new type of nuclear fuel. Read more
Monday, April 9, 2007
Climate bill could turn friends into foes as some go nuclear
National |
April 9, 2007
The renewed push for legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions
could falter over an old debate: whether nuclear power should play a
role in any federal attack on climate change. Read more
