New IAEA report on Iran's nuke progress brings Obama under questionSeptember 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's claim that Iran's short- and medium-range missiles posed the highest risk may come under question following an IAEA report warning that Iran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and is developing a missile system to carry it. Within hours of US Defense Secretary Robert Gates announcing that they were shelving plans for a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe because of Iran's shift in strategy, IAEA's confidential report revealed that Iran has "sufficient information" to build a bomb, Fox News reports.
IAEA finds highly enriched uranium in EgyptMay 7th, 2009 VIENNA - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has detected particles of highly enriched uranium at a nuclear research site in Egypt, according to a report Wednesday. The traces were found in 2007 and 2008 in samples taken at the Inshas research reactor, said the agency in its annual report on its nuclear inspection activities.
IAEA chief calls for dialogue on North Korea nuclear issueApril 20th, 2009 BEIJING - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei Monday called for dialogue to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue. 'The only way to resolve the issues is through dialogue,' ElBaradei told reporters at a conference on nuclear energy in Beijing.
IAEA inspectors leave North KoreaApril 16th, 2009 VIENNA - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced its inspectors left North Korea Thursday, after Pyongyang reacted to a UN Security Council condemnation by telling them to return to Vienna. The arrival of the four nuclear experts in Beijing marked the end of a 19-month period in which the IAEA observed that North Korea's nuclear facilities remain turned off, as agreed in a six-party deal that includes the US.
IAEA has stopped monitoring North Korean nuclear site: DiplomatApril 15th, 2009 VIENNA - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stopped monitoring North Korea's nuclear facilities Wednesday, a diplomat in Vienna said one day after the country announced it would kick out the IAEA inspectors. IAEA inspectors have removed all seals that were in place to verify that North Korea's nuclear programme remains turned off, said the diplomat who did not want to be identified.
North Korea stops IAEA nuclear inspectionsApril 15th, 2009 VIENNA - North Korea informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Tuesday that it would stop all cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog immediately, IAEA spokesman Marc Vidricaire said. IAEA inspectors are present in North Korea to monitor that the country's nuclear installations remain dismantled and turned off.
UN Security Council calls for direct talks with IranMarch 5th, 2009 VIENNA - The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany, have urged Iran to hold direct talks with the group on the nuclear issue, IRNA reported Wednesday. The group made the announcement Tuesday evening following a meeting with the Board of Governors of the UN atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), here.
IAEA approves additional nuclear inspections for IndiaMarch 4th, 2009 VIENNA - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Tuesday approved additional nuclear inspection measures for India, which the country has to ratify before it can receive imports for its growing nuclear energy sector. Diplomats said in Vienna that although the 35-country IAEA governing board had approved the additional measures, they fell short of Additional Protocols that are in place for other countries.
Iran pledges to fully cooperate with IAEAFebruary 6th, 2009 BERLIN - Iran has reiterated that it will continue cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in resolving the country's nuclear controversy, the official IRNA news agency reported Friday. 'The bilateral coperation between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog will proceed based on earlier agreed modalities,' Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani said after meeting with the IAEA chief, Mohammad ElBaradei, on the sidelines of the 45th Munich Security Conference.
IAEA chief calls for nuclear disarmamentFebruary 3rd, 2009 BERLIN - The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, has called for a drastic cut in atomic weapons, in an article published Wednesday. Writing in German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the Nobel peace laureate appealed to the US and Russia to 'verifiably reduce their arsenals to 1,000 or even 500 warheads'.
Areva, NPCIL to sign deal for new reactors WednesdayFebruary 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and France are set to start a new chapter in civilian nuclear cooperation when French nuclear giant Areva signs a pact with India's nuclear monopoly NPCIL Wednesday for the import of new generation EPR-type nuclear reactors. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Areva will be inked here in the presence of French Minister of State for Foreign Trade Anne-Marie Idrac and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan.
India to ink safeguards pact with IAEAFebruary 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will sign a unique safeguards agreement with the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) later Monday - a key step that will enable the resumption of global civil nuclear commerce with New Delhi. India's Ambassador to Vienna Saurabh Kumar and IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei will ink the India-specific safeguards agreement in Vienna later in the day.
India, IAEA sign safeguards accordFebruary 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI/VIENNA - India Monday inked an inspection agreement with the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - a step that will enable India to access global civil nuclear equipment and fuel. India's Ambassador to Vienna Saurabh Kumar and IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei inked the India-specific safeguards agreement at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna.
L&T signs pact with Canadian firm on nuclear reactorJanuary 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Soon after signing a pact with the US-based Westinghouse Electric to build nuclear reactors recently, engineering and construction major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has signed a similar agreement with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL), the company announced Thursday. The new agreement, however, is subject to final approval of a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement between the governments of India and Canada.
IAEA probes Arab complaint about Israel weaponsJanuary 20th, 2009 VIENNA - Arabic states have filed charges with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the weapons Israel used in its recent offensive in the Gaza Strip contained partially-enriched uranium, an official said Tuesday evening. A letter containing the complaint was received by the IAEA Monday, an official of the UN nuclear watchdog in Vienna said.
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