BLAST FROM THE PAST - Washington Post

25 August 2008, 10:50 pm

BLAST FROM THE PASTWashington Post, United States - Aug 25, 2008A reactor in Washington state that produced weapons-grade plutonium for the first atomic blast, a test in New Mexico, is now a National Historic Landmark. ...... read more

NSG ‘will seek clear conditions’ - Gulf Times

20 August 2008, 11:19 pm

NSG ‘will seek clear conditions’Gulf Times, Qatar - Aug 20, 2008By shutting down the manufacture of new plutonium and highly enriched uranium, India “would prove to the international community that opening up nuclear ...... read more

Georgia chaos halts nuclear security effort - Boston Globe

18 August 2008, 11:42 pm

Boston GlobeGeorgia chaos halts nuclear security effortBoston Globe, United States - Aug 18, 2008The I. Vekua Institute of Physics and Technology in Sukhumi, in the pro-Russia province of Abkhazia, is not safeguarded by the International Atomic Energy ...... read more

Bush Derangement Syndrome: Russia as a Strategic Partner - National Review Online Blogs

15 August 2008, 2:25 am

Bush Derangement Syndrome: Russia as a Strategic PartnerNational Review Online Blogs, NY - Aug 15, 2008... is next due in 2010, it could seize the spent fuel and “gain access to 30 crude bombs worth of near-weapons grade plutonium to make plutonium weapons. ...... read more

In Hanford, Wash., the country's most polluted nuclear reactor ... - Los Angeles Times

13 August 2008, 12:00 am

In Hanford, Wash., the country's most polluted nuclear reactor ...Los Angeles Times, CA - Aug 13, 2008... including the historic "B" plant that produced the world's first weapons-grade plutonium for the nuclear bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, ...... read more

Syria bars repeat visit by UN nuclear experts - WZTV

9 August 2008, 2:40 pm

Aljazeera.netSyria bars repeat visit by UN nuclear expertsWZTV, TN - Aug 9, 2008A second inspection could address concerns that Syria is trying to produce weapons-grade plutonium and the question of any involvement by North Korea in the ...Syria bars repeat visit by UN nuclear experts The... read more