International Business News - Nuclear http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif China's nuclear safety agency had ordered staffers to be prepared for an environmental emergency the day after a massive earthquake jolted a region that includes several key atomic sites. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48018-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/us-monitoring-chinas-nuclear-sites-after-quake.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/us-monitoring-chinas-nuclear-sites-after-quake.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 05:31:33 EDT American experts are monitoring nuclear facilities in China's earthquake zone, officials said Friday, after France's nuclear watchdog reported that some had suffered minor damage. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/us-monitoring-chinas-nuclear-sites-after-quake.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 19:03:50 EDT South Korea expects the long-stalled international negotiations on North Korea's nuclear programs to resume next month, the country's chief negotiator said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46827-south-korea-koreas-nuclear.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/south-korea-expects-nuclear-talks-to-resume.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/south-korea-expects-nuclear-talks-to-resume.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 05:48:28 EDT Iran's new offer for international talks touches on a broad range of topics, but fails to address U.N. Security Council calls for Tehran to give up uranium enrichment, according to a copy of the offer obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/iran-calls-un-sanctions-illegal-offers-a-proposal-for-talks.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:23:03 EDT Iran's new offer for international talks touches on a broad range of topics, but fails to address U.N. Security Council calls for Tehran to give up uranium enrichment, according to a copy of the offer obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/iran-calls-un-sanctions-illegal-offers-a-proposal-for-talks.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:24:30 EDT The threat of a strike at Pilgrim Nuclear Station appeared to ease Thursday as the plant's operator and a labor union reported progress in contract talks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/progress-in-labor-talks-at-pilgrim-nuclear-station.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 15:26:56 EDT The operator of Pilgrim Nuclear Station said Wednesday it would run the plant with replacement workers if a contract covering more than 250 employees expires late Thursday with no new labor agreement or extension. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/deadline-looms-in-labor-talks-at-nuclear-plant.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 18:07:44 EDT A defense attorney conceded Tuesday that his engineer client took software from the nation's largest nuclear plant and used it while in Iran, but said he did it only so his Iranian relatives could see what he did for a living. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/attorney-says-man-innocent-in-iran-software-case.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 22:24:15 EDT France's nuclear protection watchdog said Tuesday that it did not know yet whether there had been any damage to Chinese nuclear facilities near the region hit by the devastating earthquake in western China. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/france-cant-rule-out-nuclear-damage-in-china.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 18:23:33 EDT A U.S. diplomat left North Korea on Saturday with boxes of documents detailing activities at the nuclear reactor that is at the heart of the communist country's nuclear weapons program. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/45186-south-korea-koreas-nuclear.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080510/us-envoy-has-north-korea-nuclear-records.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080510/us-envoy-has-north-korea-nuclear-records.htm Sat, 10 May 2008 01:28:50 EDT A senior State Department official says North Korea has handed over key records sought for months by the U.S. in disarmament talks. The official told The Associated Press that technical logs from a reactor used to make bomb fuel were handed to a visiting U.S. diplomat Thursday in the North Korean capital of Yongbyon. The transfer is a step toward the Bush administration's goal of a full accounting of North Korea's nuclear past. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/us-diplomat-receives-key-north-korean-nuclear-documents.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 11:32:55 EDT U.S. and European officials say that senior envoys from five of the six nations bargaining with Iran over its disputed nuclear program may try to get talks moving by making a special face-to-face appeal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/5-nations-may-present-new-iran-offer-in-person.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 18:33:12 EDT State environmental officials say the federal government should commit at least $95 million a year to the West Valley nuclear site to pick up the pace of cleanup. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/ny-officials-more-federal-money-needed-for-nuclear-cleanup.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 18:23:55 EDT Russian and U.S. officials signed a key agreement on civilian nuclear power Tuesday that could give Washington access to Russian technology and potentially hand Moscow lucrative deals on storing spent fuel. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44409-russia-us-nuclear-agreement.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/russia-us-sign-civil-nuclear-pact.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/russia-us-sign-civil-nuclear-pact.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 21:01:39 EDT A U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear power deal signed Tuesday ran into immediate trouble on Capitol Hill, where two senators said they would try to block the deal because it could hurt efforts to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/us-russia-pact-faces-opposition-in-congress.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 18:40:45 EDT Russian and U.S. officials are to sign an agreement on civilian nuclear power that would reverse decades of little cooperation and hand Russia lucrative deals on storing spent nuclear fuel. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/russia-us-to-sign-nuclear-pact.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 06:58:36 EDT The State Department's top Korean affairs specialist plans to visit North Korea this week for further discussions on the country's nuclear declaration, a South Korean news report said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/report-state-department-official-to-visit-north-korea-this-week.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 11:46:19 EDT The U.S. State Department's top Korean affairs specialist plans to visit North Korea this week for further discussions on the country's nuclear declaration, a South Korean news report said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/report-us-state-department-official-to-visit-north-korea.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 06:24:16 EDT World powers agreed Friday to try again to lure Iran to the nuclear bargaining table with a repackaged set of carrots to accompany the stick of U.N. sanctions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/agreement-reached-on-incentives-for-iran-on-nuclear-program.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 15:36:40 EDT Constellation Energy Group Inc. said Thursday it could break ground for a third nuclear reactor in southern Maryland by the end of this year, if financial and regulatory hurdles are cleared. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/possible-groundbreaking-by-years-end-for-md-reactor.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 19:31:23 EDT