Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons

U.N. Agency Slams Nuclear Rogue Nations

By Thalif Deen
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Wednesday identified three U.N. member states - Iran, North Korea and Syria - as virtual nuclear rogue nations for their continued refusal to comply with international obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

OP-ED: Germany Shows the Green Path

By Peter Custers
The decision was expected, yet it shook the world’s nuclear establishment. On May 29, some two and a half months after disaster struck at Japan’s Fukushima- Daiichi nuclear complex, Germany’s right-wing government of Angela Merkel announced that Germany is exiting from the nuclear era.

BRAZIL: Nuclear Subs to Defend Oil, Project Global Power

By Fabiana Frayssinet
Plans for a Brazilian nuclear submarine that had been postponed since the 1970s are beginning to materialise, as the nuclear-propelled sub is regarded as a strategic necessity to guard Brazil's deep water oil reserves, and to project global power.

U.S. Standing Plunges Across Arab World

By Jim Lobe
The United States' popularity in the Arab world has plummeted to levels lower than the last year of the George W. Bush administration, according to a new survey of public opinion in six Arab countries released here Wednesday.

OP-ED: Foreign Policy Goes Gaga

By John Feffer
Lady Gaga and Alice Walker don't have much in common. One dresses in red meat; the other doesn't even eat the stuff. One writes lyrics like "I want your ugly, I want your disease, I want your everything as long as it's free." The other writes "The Color Purple".

US-IRAN: Tensions Mount Over Iraq, Nuke Sanctions

By Barbara Slavin
Reviving U.S.-Iran friction over Iraq may have more to do with deteriorating relations over Iran's nuclear programme than with uncertainty over U.S. troop levels in Iraq beyond the end of this year.

INDIA: Unfazed by Nuclear Suppliers’ New Rules

By Ranjit Devraj
Confident in the large market it offers to the world’s nuclear suppliers, India has decided to shrug off new restrictions by a 46-nation cartel on the transfer of uranium enrichment and reprocessing technologies that potentially have military applications.

U.S.: Floods and Wildfires Trigger New Fears over Nuke Safety

By IPS Correspondents
Just 100 days after a deadly earthquake and tsunami devastated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, concerns are being raised about several U.S. nuclear stations that are facing natural disasters of their own.

JAPAN: Renewable Energy Grabs Limelight

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
After decades of being relegated to the sidelines, Japan’s fledging renewable energy industry is now basking in the limelight as the nation struggles to cope with the Fukushima nuclear accident.

JAPAN: Workers Bear Brunt of Nuke Clean-up

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
Twenty-eight-year-old Yushi Sato washes cars for a living, but they are no ordinary cars. Every day, Sato hoses down vehicles contaminated with radiation from the Fukushima Nuclear Power plant that was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit north-east Japan Mar 11.

JAPAN: Anti-Nuke Policy to Bring Severe Economic Fallout

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
Three months after the devastating Mar. 11 earthquake that caused an accident at the Fukushima power plant, energy experts warn of economic fallout if nuclear energy is snuffed out too quickly, much to the dismay of an increasingly angry and frustrated public.

Q&A: Universal Energy Access is Possible With the Right Support

By Aline Cunico
Providing electricity and modern cooking technology to billions of ‘energy poor’ people worldwide is one of the priorities of the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - one that experts say is achievable over the next few decades.

JAPAN: Aid Cut to Hit Health Campaigns

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
International campaigns against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria are headed for cuts in funding assistance, now that Japan is reducing its Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) budget in the wake of the disaster that hit the country in March.

OP-ED: Global CO2 Emissions Reach a New Record High

By Peter Custers
The alarm bells this time are not being rung by climate scientists or by environmental activists. They are being rung by none other than the International Energy Agency (IEA) - the institution established in the 1970s to defend the interests of Western oil consuming nations.

Swiss Bid Disputed Goodbye to Nuclear Energy

By Ray Smith
Switzerland is witnessing a drastic turnaround in energy policy. Half a year ago, plans for the construction of new nuclear reactors were heavily debated. Now, three months after the disaster in Fukushima, the initial steps for a staged nuclear shutdown have been taken.

U.S.: Military Attack on Iran Recedes, but Tensions Remain High

By Barbara Slavin
The likelihood of a U.S. or Israeli military attack on Iran's nuclear installations seems miniscule during the remaining months of the Barack Obama administration's first term.

EUROPE: Trapped Between Droughts and Floods

By Julio Godoy
Extreme weather conditions across Europe have transformed the continent into a climatic roller coaster - while rainfall in May was the lowest ever measured in Germany and France, June began with stormy showers that caused the death of at least one person, and high economic losses.

Cautious Push Ahead for Nuclear Energy

By A. D. McKenzie
Seeking to calm public opinion about the dangers of nuclear energy, government ministers and other representatives from 33 countries have agreed to carry out safety audits and "stress tests" on nuclear plants.

Nukes Decline, But Disarmament Still a Distant Horizon

By Thalif Deen
The world's eight nuclear states - the United States, Britain, Russia, France, China, India, Pakistan and Israel - collectively possess more than 20,500 nuclear weapons - a decline of over 2,000 since 2009.

U.S. Plan to Boost Nuke Spending Undercuts Nonproliferation, Activists Warn

By Haider Rizvi
A Pentagon plan to step up spending on nuclear weaponry would severely undermine global efforts geared towards disarmament, warn independent analysts on U.S. nuclear policy.

ENVIRONMENT DAY: Radioactive Oil, Fertilisers and Tobacco

By Emilio Godoy
Emissions of radioactive materials from the burning of fossil fuels and the production of chemical fertilisers are another reason to come up with sustainable alternatives, experts say.
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