The UN atomic watchdog met on Thursday for discussions on alleged illicit nuclear work in Syria and Iran.
Iran has more than 5,000 centrifuges to process uranium at its enrichment plant, its nuclear chief said on Wednesday, in the country's latest defiance of UN demands that it halt the controversial program.- The chief UN nuclear inspector said that Syria had a right to his agency's help in planning a power-producing atomic reactor, in what diplomats described as a rejection of US-led efforts to block the aid.
A senior Syrian official has all but ruled out new visits by UN inspectors probing allegations that his country had a covert program that could be used to make nuclear weapons.
Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency Mohammed ElBaradei in a report on Wednesday said Tehran has obtained some two tonnes of enriched industrial uranium since it started refining the nuclear fuel in 2006, according to Iran's official IRNA news agency.- Mohammad ElBaradei, Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has been chosen for the 2008 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
India on Monday gave a guarded response to reports that China has agreed to supply two nuclear reactors to Pakistan saying it was up to individual countries to decide on cooperation on these matters.
North Korea planned to resume dismantling its nuclear program on Wednesday for the first time in two months, days after the United States removed the communist regime from a terrorism blacklist as a reward under a disarmament pact.
North Korea has told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it is placing its entire main nuclear complex off-limits to inspectors and will stop its program of dismantling the site.
A UN nuclear conference of 145 nations indirectly criticized Israel for refusing to put its atomic program under international purview. But Israel managed to evade being targeted by Islamic countries pushing for a vote on Saturday to link it to nuclear proliferation in the Mideast.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has indicated that while the US would honour its commitments to India regarding their civil nuclear deal, the contentious Hyde Act would come into play if India tests again.
The final nod from the US Congress on the 123 agreement that will allow commerce on civil nuclear energy between India and the US brought about cheer, but also a word of caution, from Indian commentators and foreign policy experts.
With the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) waiver under its belt, India said on Wednesday that it was looking forward to engage in global atomic trade and help developing countries achieve energy security through nuclear power.
Iran may restrict its cooperation with the IAEA in opening its nuclear facilities to inspection.
The battle for a key position within the UN nuclear monitoring agency is down to a choice between Syria and Afghanistan in a proxy battle reflecting a wider struggle between the US and its critics.
A six-year probe of Iran has failed to rule out the possibility that the country may be running clandestine nuclear programs, the chief UN nuclear inspector said on Monday, urging the country to end its secretive ways.
North Korea is preparing to restart a nuclear reprocessing plant used to make weapons-grade material as a crucial six-party-disarmament-for-aid deal is falling apart, the UN atomic watchdog said on Wednesday.
Western countries hit out at Iran in Vienna on Wednesday over its refusal to disprove allegations of past nuclear weapons work and for pursuing uranium enrichment in defiance of UN demands.- The UN atomic watchdog revealed on Wednesday North Korea is preparing to restart a key nuclear reprocessing plant used for the production of weapons-grade material as its crucial six-party disarmament-for-aid deal stalls.
The UN atomic watchdog called on Iran on Sunday to clear up allegations that it had been involved in nuclear warhead studies, while Tehran protested it has not seen any evidence backing up the charges.- North Korea asked the UN nuclear watchdog to remove seals and surveillance equipment from the Yongbyon nuclear reactor, the agency chief said on Sunday.
Opinions differ on how close Iran may be to being able to develop a nuclear weapon, but concerned governments and experts agree the time to stop Tehran is growing short — and the options limited.- The UN atomic watchdog begins its traditional September board meeting on Monday to discuss the current stalemate in its long-running investigation into Iran's controversial atomic drive.
The United States and five other powers meeting in Washington are "committed to exploring possible further" sanctions against Iran to halt its sensitive nuclear work, the State Department said.- China said on Tuesday that the United Nations-imposed sanctions would not resolve the stalemate over Iran's nuclear programme, after the United States raised the prospect of new tough action.
