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Vt. nuke critics renew campaign against relicense

AP News 2 days ago

Vermont Yankee nuclear plant critics renew campaign to block 20-year license extension Hoping to sway lawmakers, two of the state's most famous residents and one of its former governors joined groups opposed to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in announcing a ...

U.S. warns Iran of consequences over standoff

Reuters US Online Report World News 3 days ago

SEOUL/MANILA (Reuters) - World powers could have a package of measures against Iran "within weeks," U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday, warning Tehran of consequences for its failure to respond to an offer of a nuclear deal. However, Iranian Foreign Minister ...

Smoke rises from Japan nuclear plant

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Smoke rose on Thursday from the world's largest nuclear power plant in Japan, which was shut down by an earthquake two years ago, but the operator said no-one was injured and there was no radiation leak. The smoke was caused by friction ...

UN inspectors to visit Iran's second uranium plant

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

UN inspectors were expected to visit Iran's controversial second uranium enrichment plant on Thursday, a day after Tehran rejected a Washington-backed nuclear fuel deal. The visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency team to the plant, which is being built near the ...

Japan nuke plant smoke, no radiation says operator

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Smoke rose Thursday from the world's largest nuclear power plant in Japan, which was hit by a deadly earthquake two years ago, but the operator said no-one was injured and there was no radiation leak. "A worker at our company spotted smoke ...

Obama: 'consequences' for Iran after nuclear snub

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

President Barack Obama Thursday said Washington and its partners were now working on a package of steps to show Iran the consequences of its decision to snub a nuclear deal with the West. Obama significantly upped pressure on Tehran, after it rejected ...

Iran rejects talk of sanctions over nuclear fuel deal

Reuters US Online Report World News 4 days ago

MANILA (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister on Thursday dismissed the possibility of sanctions over Tehran's rejection of a deal to send enriched uranium abroad for further processing. "Sanction was the literature of the 60s and 70s," Manouchehr Mottaki said at a news ...

Obama says starts talks with partners over Iran

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 4 days ago

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he had started talks with partners about the consequences of Iran's failure to respond to the offer of a nuclear deal. Iran has ruled out sending enriched uranium abroad for further processing, ...

Iran rejects UN-drafted nuclear fuel deal

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Iran on Wednesday rejected plans for it to send most of its stocks of low-enriched uranium abroad, delivering a severe blow to UN-brokered efforts to allay Western concerns over its nuclear ambitions. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran has ruled out proposals ...

Iran won't send uranium abroad

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday Tehran had ruled out sending any low-enriched uranium abroad but would consider a simultaneous fuel swap inside the country, a report said. Mottaki according to the ISNA news agency also said the Islamic republic ...

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