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An influential panel is calling for an 80 percent reduction of U.S. nuclear weapons and an elimination of all nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Iranian Deputy FM Addresses Preparatory Committee of NPT Review Conference
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The following is the full text of the statement read by Mohammad Mahdi Akhondzadeh, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Iranian Delegation to the First Session of the Preparatory Committee of the 2015 NPT Review Conference in Vienna.
One of the more pernicious obstacles to rational policy-making is the "ratchet effect": the tendency for policies, once adopted, to acquire a life of their own and to become resistant to change, even when they have ceased to be useful.
The nuclear team of our country’s negotiations with the 5+1 group once again took place after being stalled for 14 months with numerous challenges and ups and downs. Many political analysts and western media believe these negotiations, in view of the current events having taken place in the region and the world, to be decisive and fateful.
Nuclear Facilities Agency Releases Weapons Site Report…after being Sued
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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) pays private contractors tens of millions of dollars to run day-to-day operations at top secret research labs and nuclear military facilities, including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories.
US-Israel Deal to Demand Qom Closure Threatens Nuclear Talks
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The Barack Obama administration has adopted a demand in the negotiations with Iran beginning Saturday that its Fordo enrichment facility must be shut down and eventually dismantled based on an understanding with Israel that risks the collapse of the negotiations.
Ahmadinejad Underscores Importance of N. Technology for Iran's Progress
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad underlined the importance of nuclear technology to the country, and said making progress in this field of science will lead to flourishing in other arenas and industries.
Iranian Students: Reliance on Unverified Western Intelligence Discrediting IAEA
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Iranian university students warned that unverified western intelligence underlying the International Atomic Energy Agency reports on Iran is discrediting the UN nuclear watchdog, and asked the IAEA chief to verify the intelligence and information he receives from the enemies of Iran before using them in his reports.
The only two US reactor projects now technically under construction are on the brink of death for financial reasons.
Outraged at a federal ruling allowing the continued operation of the 40-year-old Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, anti-nuclear activists are planning civil disobedience calling for the closure of the plant.
