Iran will not stop uranium enrichment, regardless of the pressure from the US and its allies, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said. Araghchi told Al Jazeera on Saturday that the US and Israeli airstrikes in June failed to knock out the enrichment program, which Iran maintains is entirely civilian in …
Read More »White House mulls Russian uranium ban – Bloomberg
The Biden administration is considering a ban on enriched uranium from Russia using the president’s executive authority after congressional efforts stalled, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. A bill banning Russian nuclear fuel was passed by the House of Representatives in December but has since languished in the Senate. The White House …
Read More »Ukrainian missile stocks and depleted-uranium shells destroyed – Moscow
Some of Ukraine’s Western-supplied cruise missiles and depleted-uranium shells have been destroyed in a series of strikes, the Russian Defense Ministry has said. Since last Sunday, Russian forces carried out 12 group attacks against various Ukrainian targets, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The targets included Ukrainian aircraft …
Read More »Ilya Kramnik: Supplying depleted uranium shells is the latest Western attempt to hide its guilty secret in Ukraine
Last week, the United States announced two new military aid packages for Ukraine. One of these, disclosed on September 7, includes ammunition for HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, 105-mm caliber artillery shells, electronic warfare and counter-electronic warfare equipment, demolition munitions for obstacle clearing, as well as training equipment for the …
Read More »US won’t be able to replace Russian uranium – official
The US will not be able to replace Russian uranium in the event of an import ban, Assistant Secretary of Energy Kathryn Huff has warned, saying Washington must develop enrichment capabilities domestically. “Worldwide, there’s not enough capacity to replace that gap from trusted sources,” Huff told the Washington Examiner on …
Read More »US seeks to ban Russian uranium – Bloomberg
A $4.3 billion plan aimed at weaning the US off Russian supplies of enriched uranium is awaiting approval from Congress, according to unnamed sources close to the matter, as quoted by Bloomberg. If approved, the plan will provide funds to purchase the nuclear-reactor fuel directly from US producers, allowing Washington …
Read More »Rouhani says Iran can enrich uranium to 90%, equivalent to weapons-grade
Speaking on Wednesday while addressing a cabinet meeting, President Hassan Rouhani said the authorities were exploring the possibilities of their nuclear technology as they were no longer bound by the constraints of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) deal, known as the Iran nuclear deal. “The AEOI (Atomic …
Read More »Iran notifies UN nuclear watchdog of 20% enrichment of uranium metal for reactor fuel, IAEA says
The announcement comes as Iran and the other signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal are gearing up for another round of talks to revive the agreement, which is designed to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons – an aim it denies pursuing. This year Iran has already produced a small amount …
Read More »Iran says it has produced 6.5kg of 60% pure uranium as nuclear deal revival talks with US enter final stretch
The move means Iran is still some way off reaching the 90% purity level for uranium that is needed to make nuclear weapons – a goal the US and other Western nations fear Tehran is pursuing, but which it denies. On Tuesday, Iranian media quoted government spokesman Ali Rabiei as …
Read More »As challenging as making a ‘man-made sun’: China plans to extract uranium from the ocean to end its energy dependency on the West
Can the ocean fuel China’s nuclear boom? According to a report from the South China Morning Post, Beijing is looking to build a device that can extract uranium from seawater, which has an estimated 1,000 times more reserves than on land. It comes amid the country’s push on multiple fronts …
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