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Iran Poses Main Mideast Challenge, Bush Adviser Says
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
Iran is likely to be the greatest Middle East policy challenge for U.S. President-elect Barack Obama when he takes office this month, President George W. Bush's national security adviser warned yesterday (see GSN, Jan. 6). Stephen Hadley told the Associated Press that Washington must pursue economic penalties against Iran as "leverage" aimed at forcing a halt to potential nuclear-weapon development activities. Iran insists its nuclear work is strictly peaceful. Under Bush, the United States has worked to "shore up and store up leverage" that Obama must use to win compliance from Iran, Hadley said.
Kenya to Surrender Seized Uranium for Analysis
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
Kenya planned to send a cache of seized uranium abroad for analysis after the nation's measurement equipment failed to determine the full radiation level emitted by the material, the Nairobi Daily Nation reported yesterday (see GSN, Dec. 18, 2008). Kenya has requested assistance from the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United States in dealing with the uranium, which Kenyan police uncovered in a smuggling bust last month, said Kenyan National Radiation Protection Board deputy chief Arthur Koteng. Koteng suggested the uranium could be enriched and noted that Washington was "very interested in the matter."
Pakistan Denies Indian Terror Allegations
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
Pakistani officials yesterday denied any support for the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, refuting stepped-up allegations from India, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Jan. 6). Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said yesterday that the sophistication of the late-November attacks demonstrated that "some official agencies" in Pakistan must have been involved. Islamabad quickly dismissed the charge. "The government of Pakistan emphatically rejects the unfortunate allegations leveled against Pakistan by the prime minister of India," said a Pakistani Foreign Ministry statement.
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Sam Nunn Applauds EU Contribution to IAEA Fuel Bank
The European Union has announced its support for the establishment of a nuclear fuel bank under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency, as proposed by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and committed up to 25 million euros (approximately $32 million) to this fuel assurance plan.
December 10, 2008
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Securing the Bomb 2008, commissioned by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, finds that the world still faces a "very real" risk that terrorists could get a nuclear bomb. The Obama Administration must make reducing that risk a top priority of U.S. security policy and diplomacy, according to the report, which is accompanied by a paper offering a specific agenda for the presidential transition and the opening weeks of the new administration.
Read the Executive Summary (319KB) or the Full Report (1.28MB)
Read "Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: An Agenda for the Next President"
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Statement of Sam Nunn On the Removal of Nuclear Weapons Material from Hungary
Senator Nunn praised the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration for its leadership in the successful removal of spent nuclear fuel from Hungary.
October 23, 2008
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 (Left to right) IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn and US Energy Secretary Sam Bodman at the launch of WINS. (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA) |
WINS is Launched in Vienna
NTI, with financial support from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, launches a first-of-its-kind organization to strengthen the physical protection and security of nuclear and radioactive materials and facilities worldwide.
September 29, 2008
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Senator Nunn
Testifies Before the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn emphasized that the global nuclear threats have changed and presented a series of urgent new steps the world must take to reduce nuclear dangers and lay the groundwork for building a world free of the nuclear threat.
September 10, 2008
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UAE Commits $10 Million to NTI/IAEA Fuel Bank
Commitment gives fuel bank critical momentum.
August 7, 2008
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