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Satellite images support North Korea reactor claim (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

North Korean soldiers salute from atop tanks during a military parade to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, October 10, 2010. REUTERS/Petar KujundzicReuters - Satellite images of activity at North Korea’s main nuclear complex support Pyongyang’s claims it is constructing an experimental light water reactor in defiance of global pressure to denuclearize,…

Iran injects fuel into first nuclear reactor (AP)

October 26th, 2010

An Iranian policeman stands guard along the road which separates Iran from Afghanistan. Iran acknowledged on Tuesday that it had given AP - Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, moving closer to the start-up of a facility that the U.S. once hoped…

Iran starts nuclear reactor, says intent peaceful (AP)

August 21st, 2010

The reactor building of Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel Saturday into Iran's first nuclear power plant, which Moscow has promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Trucks rumbled into Iran’s first reactor Saturday to begin loading tons of uranium fuel in a long-delayed startup touted by officials as both a symbol of the country’s…

Iran begins fueling first nuclear reactor (AP)

August 21st, 2010

An Iranian security guard stands at a gate of the Bushehr nuclear power plant as its reactor building is seen in background, just outside the city of Bushehr 750 miles (1245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Russia's nuclear chief said Thursday that the planned startup of Iran's first nuclear power plant will demonstrate that Iran is entitled to peaceful use of nuclear energy under binternational/b supervision. Sergei Kiriyenko said at a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the uranium fuel will be loaded into the reactor in Iran's southern port of Bushehr on Saturday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant on Saturday, a major milestone as Tehran forges ahead with its atomic program despite U.N.…

Iran prepares to start up first nuclear reactor (AP)

August 20th, 2010

The reactor building of Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen just outside the city of Bushehr 750 miles (1,245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Russia's nuclear chief said Thursday that the planned startup of Iran's first nuclear power plant will demonstrate that Iran is entitled to peaceful use of nuclear energy under binternational/b supervision. Sergei Kiriyenko said at a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the uranium fuel will be loaded into the reactor in Iran's southern port of Bushehr on Saturday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iranian and Russian nuclear technicians made final preparations to start up Iran’s first reactor on Saturday after years of delays, an operation that will mark a milestone in…

Iran studies building nuclear fusion reactor (AP)

July 24th, 2010

A general view shows the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the Iranian Persian Gulf port of Bushehr in 2006. The European Union reached agreement Thursday on a package of sanctions against Iran which targets Tehran's energy sector over its refusal to halt sensitive nuclear work, an EU diplomat said.(AFP/File)AP - Iran’s nuclear agency began studies Saturday to build an experimental nuclear fusion reactor, something that has yet to be achieved by any nation.


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Iran plans more powerful nuclear research reactor (AP)

June 16th, 2010

In front of a portrait of the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures while speaking during a public gathering in his provincial tour at the city of Shahr-e-Kord, 325 miles (543 kilometers)south of the capital Tehran, Iran Wednesday June 16, 2010. Iran's president says Tehran supports a dialogue with the outside world but that world powers must first be punished for the latest round of U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran. (AP Photo/IIPA, Sajjad Safari)AP - Iran’s nuclear chief says his country is designing a new atomic research reactor in another snub of international efforts to curb the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions.


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Japan reactor reopens after 1995 accident (AP)

May 6th, 2010

In this August 31, 2004 file photo, an aerial view shows Japan's Monju prototype fast breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, central Japan. Japan restarted a costly fast-breeder nuclear reactor Thursday for the first time since it was shut down 14 years because of a major accident and cover-up. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - Japan restarted a costly fast-breeder nuclear reactor Thursday for the first time since it was shut down 14 years ago because of a major accident and cover-up.


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