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 …
Read More »Iran successfully produces 60%-enriched uranium days after ‘act of sabotage’ at Natanz nuclear facility
The news was broken by the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, on Friday. “I am proud to announce that at 00:40 … Iranian scientists were able to produce 60%-enriched uranium,” the speaker said on Twitter. The achievement was confirmed by the head of the Atomic Energy Organization …
Read More »Iran says it could enrich uranium to 90% purity if it wanted to, but is ‘not seeking weapon’ as nuclear deal talks restart
This week, Iran announced it would start enriching uranium to 60% purity after reporting an alleged Israeli sabotage attack at its Natanz nuclear facility, a move it said was intended to undermine indirect Iranian-US negotiations for a return to the 2015 agreement. Speaking on Thursday, Rouhani dismissed US and European …
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