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North Korea Resumes Reactor Construction

Oct. 6, 2003

North Korea has restarted construction of a 50-megawatt nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, the South Korean newspaper Choson Ilbo reported yesterday (see GSN, Oct. 3).

GSN Article | Nuclear, Plutonium
U.S. Nuclear Power Plant to Begin Tritium Production

Oct. 6, 2003

A civilian nuclear power plant in Tennessee is scheduled this month to begin producing tritium, a hydrogen isotope used in nuclear weapons, according to the Associated Press (see GSN, Oct. 9, 2002).

GSN Article | Nuclear, Nuclear Materials
U.S. Energy Bill Provision Could Ease HEU Export Restrictions

Oct. 6, 2003

A provision in the Energy Policy Act of 2003, currently being debated within the U.S. Congress, would eliminate U.S. restrictions on the export of weapon-grade uranium to five countries for medical isotope production, the Washington Post reported Saturday (see GSN, April 2).

GSN Article | Highly Enriched Uranium, Medical Isotopes, Nuclear
United States Wants to Send Plutonium to France

Oct. 10, 2003

U.S. officials are seeking permission from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ship 300 pounds of weapon-grade plutonium to a French facility that will manufacture mixed-oxide fuel assemblies for a nuclear reactor in South Carolina, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, May 15).

GSN Article | Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Materials, Plutonium
NRC Requests Facilities to Verify Amounts of Nuclear Material

Oct. 14, 2003

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced last week a new effort to update a national database of certain types of nuclear material (see GSN, Sept. 9).

GSN Article | Material Control and Accounting, Nuclear, Nuclear Materials
Russia Sentences Two Aspiring Plutonium Salesmen

Oct. 14, 2003

A Russian court today sentenced two men to prison for attempting to sell what they claimed was weapon-grade plutonium stolen from a closed Russian nuclear site (see GSN, Sept. 23).

GSN Article | Illicit Nuclear Trade, Nuclear, Plutonium
French Nuclear Project Assailed over Proliferation, Security Concerns

Oct. 15, 2003

WASHINGTON — Antinuclear activists are expressing fears of plutonium proliferation and terrorist attacks after a top French official indicated last week that France could be about to launch a major new phase in its massive civil nuclear program.

GSN Article | Low Enriched Uranium, MOX, Nuclear, Nuclear Power
Antinuclear Activists Criticize U.S. Plan to Ship Plutonium to France

Oct. 15, 2003

Antinuclear activists have strongly criticized a U.S. Energy Department plan to ship weapon-grade plutonium to France for conversion into mixed oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies, Energy Daily reported today (see GSN, Oct. 10).

GSN Article | MOX, Nuclear Materials Production, Consolidation, Elimination , Plutonium
U.S. Senate Committee Demands CIA Documents on Iraq Intelligence by Tomorrow

Oct. 30, 2003

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has set a deadline of noon tomorrow for the CIA to provide documents and interviews sought by the committee for its inquiry into U.S. prewar intelligence on Iraq, according to the New York Times (see GSN, Oct. 29).

GSN Article | Nuclear, Nuclear Materials
United States Will Not Comply With IAEA Requests on Iraq

Nov. 5, 2003

The United States will not provide the International Atomic Energy Agency with a classified report from chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq David Kay on the search for evidence of alleged Iraqi WMD efforts, a senior Bush administration official said yesterday (see GSN, Nov. 3).

GSN Article | Biological, Chemical, Nuclear, Nuclear Materials
IAEA Describes Broad and Systematic Iranian Concealment of Nuclear Activities

Nov. 11, 2003

WASHINGTON — Iran has systematically concealed wide-ranging nuclear activities including the production of small amounts of plutonium and low-enriched uranium, but it is not clear whether the country has tried to develop a nuclear weapon, the International Atomic Energy Agency told its Board of Governors yesterday in a confidential report (see GSN, Nov. 10).

GSN Article | Low Enriched Uranium, Plutonium, Uranium Enrichment, Verification and Monitoring
Iran Plays Down IAEA Report Describing Hidden Nuclear Activity

Nov. 12, 2003

Iranian officials dismissed an International Atomic Energy Agency report circulated this week that concludes that Tehran concealed an extensive nuclear program for years, Reuters reported today. The report, however, says the agency has not discovered evidence of a nuclear weapons program (see GSN, Nov. 12).

GSN Article | Nuclear Nonproliferation, Arms Control, Disarmament, Plutonium, Uranium Enrichment

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North Korea Resumes Reactor Construction

U.S. Nuclear Power Plant to Begin Tritium Production

U.S. Energy Bill Provision Could Ease HEU Export Restrictions

United States Wants to Send Plutonium to France

NRC Requests Facilities to Verify Amounts of Nuclear Material

Russia Sentences Two Aspiring Plutonium Salesmen

French Nuclear Project Assailed over Proliferation, Security Concerns

Antinuclear Activists Criticize U.S. Plan to Ship Plutonium to France

U.S. Senate Committee Demands CIA Documents on Iraq Intelligence by Tomorrow

United States Will Not Comply With IAEA Requests on Iraq

IAEA Describes Broad and Systematic Iranian Concealment of Nuclear Activities

Iran Plays Down IAEA Report Describing Hidden Nuclear Activity

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