Tag Archives: Russia

The Real Nuclear Dangers Aren’t Iran or North Korea, They’re the US and Russia via Al Jazeera America

Posted on 2015/08/06 by norma field

very man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness.” — President John F. Kennedy Seventy years after … Continue reading →

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Bolivia, Russia to ink nuclear cooperation agreement via China-Europe

Posted on 2015/06/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

LA PAZ, June 5 (Xinhua) — Bolivia and Russia are set to sign a nuclear energy cooperation agreement later this month, the state Bolivian News Agency (ABI) reported Friday. Bolivian Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister Luis Alberto Sanchez said that he … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste stored in ‘shocking’ way 120 miles from Ukrainian front line via The Guardian

Posted on 2015/05/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Experts raise concerns over waste stored in the open air at Europe’s largest nuclear power station, as the conflict increases Ukraine’s reliance on power from its ageing plants Concerns have been raised by environmentalists and atomic power experts over the … Continue reading →

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COLUMN-Russia building nuclear reactors – and influence – around the globe via Reuters

Posted on 2015/05/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Hannah Thoburn is a Eurasia analyst at the Foreign Policy Initiative. She tweets on Russia and Ukraine at @HannahThoburn.The opinions expressed here are her own.) By Hannah Thoburn (Reuters) – Russia has been notoriously brazen in using state-owned companies as … Continue reading →

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Nuclear submarine on fire at Russian shipyard via RT

Posted on 2015/04/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A fire has reportedly broken out at a Russian nuclear submarine during repair work at a shipyard in Severodvinsk. The cause of the fire is believed to be related to welding work on the sub. The United Shipbuilding Company confirmed … Continue reading →

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Russia, Myanmar reaffirm nuclear cooperation via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2015/03/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Russia and Myanmar have agreed to cooperate in nuclear energy, Rosatom said today, during the first of a two-day working visit to the Southeast Asian country by its deputy director general Nikolay Spassky. During his visit, Spassky met Myanmar vice … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka plans to sign n-pact with Pakistan via adaderana

Posted on 2015/02/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Sri Lanka is in talks with Pakistan to explore cooperation on nuclear energy, Power Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said, days after India and the island nation reached a civil nuclear agreement in New Delhi. The Sri Lankan government has readied … Continue reading →

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No plan to finance SA’s nuke programme via iol news

Posted on 2015/02/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Cape Town – Financing of South Africa’s proposed fleet of nuclear power stations – reported to cost about R1 trillion – has not been considered by the National Treasury, nor does it form part of the fiscal framework for the … Continue reading →

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Kazakhstan may buy reactor for its nuclear power plant from Japan via The Times of Central Asia

Posted on 2015/01/03 by norma field

ASTANA (TCA) — Japan’s Toshiba Corp. may deliver a reactor for the first-ever nuclear power plant to be constructed in Kazakhstan, Japanese media reported. […] Kazakhstan originally planned to use nuclear reactors produced in Russia, with which it has maintained … Continue reading →

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‘Nuke trains’ with up to 30 Yars missiles rolling out from 2018 – Russian defense source via RT

Posted on 2014/12/27 by norma field

A Russian military source outlined the capabilities of Barguzin strategic missile train. The country may roll out five such disguised mobile launch platforms each carrying six RS-24 Yars missiles in five years. A ‘nuclear train’ – properly called BZhRK, short … Continue reading →

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