Iran nuclear negotiator digs heels in over right to enrich uranium
Source: The Guardian (UK) Original post date: 21 November 2013Iran entrenched its position at nuclear talks in Geneva on Thursday, insisting it would not sign an agreement that did not have specific...
View ArticleIran, six world powers clinch breakthrough nuclear deal
Source: Reuters Original post date: 24 November 2013Iran and six world powers reached a breakthrough deal early on Sunday to curb Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief,...
View ArticleNelson Mandela and the Bomb
Source: Huffington Post (US) Original post date: 10 December 2013With the passing of Nelson Mandela, public figures have been tripping over themselves to make clear that the United States...
View ArticleJapan's energy pact with Turkey raises nuclear weapons concerns
Source: Asahi Shimbun (Japan) Original post date: 7 January 2014A pact required for Japan’s first nuclear plant export after the Fukushima disaster faces opposition over concerns about a possible...
View ArticleHugh Robertson: "UK does not believe right to enrich uranium exists for any...
Hansard Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Iran 27 January 2014 Column 427W Mr Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect on...
View ArticleNo nuclear powers to participate in confab on humanitarian impact
Source: Kyodo News (Japan) Original post date: 12 February 2014The United States, Russia and the three other countries allowed to have nuclear weapons under the existing nonproliferation regime are...
View ArticleContinuing Threats: The humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons from a UK...
Date: 14 February 2014Dr Rebecca JohnsonThis PDF offers a UK perspective on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons. It draws on case studies produced by civil society partners in the...
View ArticleObama approves Vietnam nuclear deal
Source: Bangkok Post (Thailand) Original post date: 25 February 2014President Barack Obama Monday approved a civilian nuclear pact with Vietnam which could lead to the sale of US reactors to...
View ArticleHugh Roberton: UK did not attend Feb 2014 Mexico conference on humanitarian...
Hansard Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Nuclear Weapons 24 February 2014 Column 57W Mr Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reason the Government did...
View ArticleAustralia: Federal government worked to scuttle New Zealand statement against...
Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) Original post date: 10 March 2014The federal government led secret diplomatic efforts to frustrate a New Zealand-led push for nuclear disarmament, according...
View ArticleIsrael, Arab States Attended Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament
Source: Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire Blog (US) Original post date: 10 March 2014Israel and Arab states held their third round of exploratory talks in the Swiss resort of Glion last month...
View ArticleRebecca Johnson on using humanitarian principles to push for nuclear disarmament
Date: 12 March 2014Dr Rebecca JohnsonA frisson – of anticipation or anxiety, depending on the listeners – went around the UN High-level Meeting on 26 September 2013 when the Federal President of...
View ArticleUkraine and Nayarit: The humanitarian case for nuclear disarmament
Date: 14 March 2014Dr Rebecca JohnsonAs the world looks on with trepidation at the growing crisis between Ukraine and Russia, does anyone think that the nuclear arsenals of Russia and the United...
View ArticleIn response to questioning UK Prime Minister admits he did not discuss...
Hansard Prime Minsiter: Israel 18 March 2014 Column 554W Paul Flynn: To ask the Prime Minister whether the possibility of Israel (a) disarming its nuclear weapons capability and (b) joining the Nuclear...
View ArticleUkraine crisis could affect global anti-atom bomb pact: U.N.'s Ban
Source: Reuters Original author(s): Fredrik Dahl Original post date: 24 March 2014U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned international leaders on Monday that the Ukraine crisis could have...
View ArticleUkraine crisis no excuse for nuclear proliferation
Source: Global Post (US) Original post date: 24 March 2014The UN chief said Monday that the failure to live up to promises to Ukraine in return for giving up its nuclear weapons should not...
View ArticleSecret talks on future of Britain's nuclear arsenal
Source: The Guardian Defence & Security Blog (UK) Original post date: 2 April 2014the Nato allies are collectively preoccupied by Vladimir Putin's intentions in eastern Europe, Britain and the...
View ArticleNon-Nuclear Ukraine Haunts Security Summit in The Hague
Source: Inter Press Service (IPS) Original post date: 26 March 2014The two-day, much-ballyhooed Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in the Netherlands, which concluded Tuesday, was politically haunted by...
View ArticleBringing law to the sea: safeguarding the naval nuclear fuel cycle
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Original author(s): Sébastien Philippe Original post date: 4 September 2014In 1870, Jules Verne published Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the story...
View ArticleStrengthening the nuclear family
Source: The Monthly Original author(s): Russell Marks Original post date: 5 September 2014Today Prime Minister Tony Abbott is expected to sign what some sections of the media are describing as a...
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