It’s been 30 years since South Africa signed the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and stuck to it
Amid rumours of political lobbying in the acquisition of nuclear power plants, one organisation refuses to be a part of technology-choice discussions.
The UN’s nuclear agency chief says Iran has agreed to restart the IAEA’s probe into suspicions it has secretly worked on developing nuclear arms.
The department of international relations and cooperations says government can’t be bought but recent reports have contradicted this statement.
A team of UN inspectors has arrived in Tehran for talks on Iran’s nuclear programme that could either defuse or escalate a looming crisis in the Gulf.
In a report derided by Iran and likely to stir tension in the Middle East, the IAEA says Tehran has been trying to design an atomic bomb.
The UN’s nuclear watchdog is set to reveal alleged Iranian work on an advanced nuclear warhead — though this is not regarded as a "smoking gun".
Radiation from Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear plant will not increase much before it is finally brought under control, the UN nuclear watchdog says.
Iran says the barring of two nuclear inspectors serves as "notice" to the chief of the United Nations atomic body to manage the agency professionally.
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/ 2 December 2009
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected on Wednesday as ”illegal” an IAEA resolution over the country’s disputed nuclear activities, state television reported.
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/ 9 September 2009
The US said on Wednesday Iran was nearing the ability to make atom bombs by stockpiling enriched uranium.
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/ 14 January 2008
United States President George Bush on Sunday ratcheted up rhetoric over Iran, lambasting it as ”the world’s leading sponsor of state terror”, and urging America’s closest Arab allies to confront it ”before it is too late”. ”Iran’s actions threaten the security of nations everywhere,” he declared in Abu Dhabi.