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The United States and Russia have helped move the final shipment of highly enriched uranium from a research reactor in the Czech Republic, representing the last of the material in the country that could be used in a nuclear weapon. Since 2004, a partnership under the Global Threat Reduction Initiative...

Breaking a two-year impasse, heads of state from India and Canada have announced a deal that will allow the export of Canadian uranium to the subcontinent. With roughly 17 percent of the world's production in 2011, Canada is the second largest miner of uranium behind Kazakhstan. According to the...

Indian and Australian leaders are expected to announce negotiations on Indian uranium imports next week, India's largest English-language newspaper reported Tuesday. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor government had previously reversed a longstanding ban on uranium sales to India...

B&W Y-12 took over security at the Department of Energy's Y-12 facility Monday from WSI Oak Ridge, a move precipitated by an embarrassing security breach in July. In a release, DOE said it terminated the WSI Oak Ridge contract at the recommendation of the National Nuclear Security Administration...

The Department of Energy has approved a new plan to deal with a stockpile of uranium-233 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for an estimated $511 million. Using hot cells at ORNL's Building 2026 instead of erecting a new facility, the plan is expected to process the material by 2018 instead of 2029...

Tickets for 2012 tours of the Department of Energy’s Hanford site became available at 12:01 a.m. today and are likely to be reserved within hours by people eager for a rare in-person glimpse of the history behind the U.S. nuclear weapons program. The Seattle Times noted that last year more than...

A forest fire adjacent to the Los Alamos National Laboratory prompted an evacuation of the 11,000-employee lab Tuesday. LANL announced it has suspended research and closed the site to all nonessential employees through at least Thursday. CNN reported the Los Conchas fire has burned more than 61,000 acres...

French energy group Areva has entered tentative talks with the Tennessee Valley Authority that could pave the way for TVA’s nuclear plants to use fuel made from retired weapons. On Friday, the company announced it signed a letter of intent with TVA to initiate discussions on the use of fuel...

"We welcome Finland’s ongoing and generous support to NNSA’s nuclear nonproliferation programs," said NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino. "This contribution underscores the cooperation between our two countries to strengthen global efforts to secure vulnerable nuclear...

Washington and Seoul are in talks on a new civilian atomic accord that would replace the 1974 cooperation pact that is scheduled for a 2014 expiration date. Under the current agreement, the South is prohibited from reprocessing nuclear fuel a processs that can also produce fissile material for a nuclear...

This online nuclear engineering graduate certificate will be offered nationwide to increase the workforce pool by strengthening the knowledge of engineers already in the nuclear industry and by facilitating the transfer of engineers from the non-nuclear engineering industry into nuclear engineering-related...

KNNEC was formed in 2009 by an Amiri Decree to explore Kuwait’s options in the deployment of peaceful nuclear energy for electricity generation and water desalinization to meet the country’s rising demands - By Stephen Heiser - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has...

The agreement, signed by U.S. Ambassador Douglas Kmiec and Malta’s Director General of Customs Joseph Brincat, paves the way for the NNSA to work with the Maltese Customs Administration and other government agencies in Malta to install radiation detection equipment and associated infrastructure...

Our countries and our Presidents share a commitment to keeping nuclear and radiological material out of the hands of terrorists and smugglers. I am honored to be here in Georgia to get a firsthand look at the impact of our cooperation in recent years - By April Murelio - National Nuclear Security...

I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what's going on," Jordan's King Abdullah in an interview with The Wall Street Journal - Edited by April Murelio - According to a report in The Wall Street...

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts - By Stephen Heiser - President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key administration post: Anne M. Harrington, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security...

This agreement with Croatia is the latest example of NNSA’s commitment to work with our international partners to prevent terrorists from getting their hands on nuclear and radiological material - By Stephen Heiser - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that it...

At the start of the Conference, the United States announced a new proposal for a 100 million US dollars IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative, and pledged 50 million US dollars for that fund over the next five years - By Giovanni Verlini, IAEA Division of Public Information - In his opening address at...

Chad Latest State to Bring Additional Protocol Into Force in Push for Universal Adherence - By Giovanni Verlini, IAEA Division of Public Information - The Republic of Chad notified the IAEA this month that it completed its requirements for entry into force of the additional protocol, becoming the...

The 190 States that are party to the NPT aim to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, foster nuclear energy´s peaceful uses and speed nuclear disarmament. Under the Treaty, the IAEA is mandated to verify that nuclear materials and technologies are not used to make nuclear weapons, as well as to...

NNSA provides training to over 70 South African officials - By April Murelio - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced the completion of cooperative nuclear emergency response training with the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA). The week-long effort included...

This all-day event will explore LDRD investments that NNSA national laboratories and sites are making to protect our nation from weapons of mass destruction. The symposium will include presentations from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories...

As part of the Summit activities, Anne Lauvergeon on April 14 has participated in a panel with industry leaders to discuss the security of highly enriched uranium and plutonium. - By Stephen Heiser - AREVA CEO Anne Lauvergeon participated in Nuclear Security Summit activities taking place this...

In their Communiqué of the Washington Nuclear Security Summit, the 47 states said they "reaffirm the essential role of the IAEA in the international nuclear security framework and will work to ensure that it continues to have the appropriate structure, resources and expertise needed to carry...

Nations voice differing opinions on the recycling of spent fuel at DC summit - Edited by April Murelio - According to a report by Bloomberg, debate over the recycling of nuclear fuel by reactor suppliers such as France’s Areva SA surfaced in Washington as U.S. officials sought to skirt the...