Uranium Weapons

Huffington Post: MY CONVERSATION WITH MADELEINE ALBRIGHT: LET'S TALK TO IRAN JUST ... 2008-07-02

When the Bush administration came into office, we thought that North Korea had enough plutonium to make one or two weapons ; now the best estimates are th ...

FinalCall.com: Birth defects spike with US use of 'special weaponry' 2008-07-02

In addition, depleted uranium munitions, which contain low-level radioactive waste, were used heavily in Fallujah. The Pentagon admits to having used 1200 ...

The People's Voice: The End Of Civilization 2008-07-02

Perhaps genetically engineered terminator seeds, depleted uranium , and exotic diseases are secretly intended to reduce the human population to alleviate ...

Los Angeles Times: Pyongyang's 'to do' list 2008-07-02

A year ago, North Korea had a factory churning out weapons -grade plutonium for nuclear warheads. The Yongbyon plant was shut down in July, and this time ...

Los Angeles Times: Talking isn't appeasement 2008-07-02

North Korea has stopped adding to its plutonium stockpile, provided new information about its nuclear program and promised to dismantle its atomic weap ...

People's Weekly World: North Korea comes off "terror" list 2008-07-02

... threw international inspectors out, removed itself from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and developed and tested a nuclear weapon .

Washington Post: Message to US Preceded Nuclear Declaration by North Korea 2008-07-02

By Glenn Kessler Just days before North Korea delivered to China last week its long-awaited declaration on its plutonium -based nuclear program ...

The Moderate Voice: Top Defector Warns of Kim Jong-il"s "Obsolete Nuclear Junk" 2008-07-02

But the Yongbyon nuclear reactor has already produced enough plutonium to make nuclear weapons . Indeed, it has already produced all the [nuclear weapons ] ...

Worldmeets.us: Top Defector Warns of Kim Jong-il's 'Obsolete Nuclear Junk' 2008-07-02

He said, "But the Yongbyon nuclear reactor has already produced enough plutonium to make nuclear weapons . Indeed, it has already produced all the [nuclear ...

The Daily Yomiuri: '2 kg of plutonium used in N-test' N. Korea's report to Ch ... 2008-07-02

SEOUL--North Korea said it used 2 kilograms of plutonium to build a nuclear device it detonated in October 2006 in a report about its nuclear weap ...

Arms Control Today: Bush"s Nuclear Reprocessing Plan Under Fire 2008-07-02

GNEP proposes to build facilities that would retain other elements in the spent fuel along with the plutonium , making it less attractive for weap ...

Arms Control Today: The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Then and Now 2008-07-02

It urged nuclear- weapon and non-nuclear- weapon states to ícooperate to those ends.ì[4] The same year marked another step that had an important but indirect ...

Arms Control Today: IAEA South Korean Concerns Resolved 2008-07-02

Plutonium can be used as fuel for nuclear reactors but can also serve as fissile material in nuclear weapons . Critics say that pyroprocessing is not safe ...

Arms Control Today: Editor's Note 2008-07-02

Leonard S. Spector and Avner Cohen explain how Israel"s September 2007 attack on Syria"s alleged plutonium -production reactor provides important insight ...

ArmsControlWonk.com: More on the NORK declaration 2008-07-02

Pyongyang reportedly acknowledged in the declaration that it had collected roughly 30 kilograms of weapon -usable plutonium and used 2 kilograms in ...

ArmsControlWonk.com: Von Hippel on Albright 2008-07-02

One measure of Albright"s expertise is the invaluable and authoritative book, Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium 1996: World Inventories Capabilities ...

Asia Times Online: Rare Bush success leaves sour taste 2008-06-30

The deal provided that Pyongyang would deliver a full accounting of its nuclear weapons program and disable the Yongbyon plant by the end of 2007 as ...

Barre Montpelier Times Argus: There's downsides to nuclear power 2008-06-30

It also creates weapons -grade plutonium and radioactive waste liquid which has been released into the ocean and leaked into France's groundwater.

San Francisco Chronicle: Cooling off in North Korea 2008-06-30

It's hard to pick the bigger surprise: North Korea disclosing its plutonium stockpile or President Bush lifting trade sanctions on an Axis of Evil country ...

Reuters India: Six-party envoys may meet in Beijing next week 2008-06-30

The inventory mostly outlined Pyongyang's program to produce arms-grade plutonium and experts said key questions over suspected uranium enrichment ...

Reuters: UN expands food aid to N.Korea;US help arrives 2008-06-30

US policy is not to use food as a weapon or a reward. The WFP said the first US ship carrying aid arrived on Sunday in Nampo, a port that serves Pyongyang ...

Reuters South Africa: Rice presses China and Africa on Zimbabwe 2008-06-30

In a symbolic move to show its commitment to the nuclear deal, the North also toppled the cooling tower at its plutonium -producing reactor on Friday.

MSNBC: US food aid arrives in North Korea, UN says 2008-06-30

June 27: North Korea destroys the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program as it commits to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs.

OneNewsNow: Conservatives unhappy with Bush over NK sanctions 2008-06-30

The president said it was a positive step toward getting that nation to give up its nuclear weapons , but warned, "We will trust you only to the extent you ...

NewsOXY: North Korea destroyed the cooling tower at its main atomic react ... 2008-06-30

Experts believe the North has produced up to 110 pounds of weapons -grade plutonium , enough for as many as 10 nuclear bombs.

Niagarafallsreporter.com: TALKING TO OUR ENEMIES, FINALLY 2008-06-30

A cooling tower used for a reactor extracting plutonium for its nuclear weapons was demolished with a blast. It was more symbol than substance ...

WTTE: UN: US ship carrying aid arrives in North Korea 2008-06-30

That act was a sign of the North's commitment not to produce plutonium that can be used in nuclear weapons . Along with the delivery of a declaration of ...

Chandler News-Dispatch: Text of Bush remarks on North Korea 2008-06-30

North Korea has begun disabling its Yongbyon nuclear facility ë which was being used to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons . This work is being overseen ...

World Nuclear News: Yongbyon cooling tower demolished 2008-06-30

The document of about 60 pages is said to place a low figure on North Korea's stockpile of plutonium and omit details of any nuclear weapons and their ...

Newsweek: Out of the 'Axis' of Evil 2008-06-30

But probably the most important portion of it is how much plutonium they've produced. One of the indications is that it may be less than what has been ...

BusinessWeek: Who Wins in the US-North Korea Nuclear Deal? 2008-06-30

Its declaration, which came six months after a December deadline set by Washington, only relates to nuclear weapons that use plutonium .

United Press International, Asia: Warming US-North Korean relations? 2008-06-30

On the other hand, it is still too early to tell if North Korea has actually determined to abandon the development of its nuclear weapons .

Spiegel Online: Are Sanctions Working on Iran? 2008-06-30

The facility the Israelis bombed in Syria last September, they said, was believed to have been producing plutonium and passing the weapons -grade material ...

The FINANCIAL: Rice says next round of N.Korea talks expected soon 2008-06-30

... sales of nuclear technology to other countries. According to various estimates, Pyongyang has secretly produced about 35-50 kg of weapons -grade plutonium .

RussiaToday: Ministry of Defence: British nukes could blow up at any time! 2008-06-30

The document also recommends replacing the sensitive explosives surrounding the plutonium core. Less sensitive explosives would be bulkier and weigh more ...

Khaleej Times: Rice encouraged by NKorea nuclear progress 2008-06-30

BEIJING - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she was encouraged by recent developments in ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programme ...

ISN: N Korea's nuclear declaration: What's next 2008-06-30

It should also include "disablement" of Pyongyang's plutonium assets, presumably including any plutonium residing in actual weapons , although it is unclear ...

KVIA: News Minute: Here is the latest New Mexico news from ... 2008-06-30

... proposal to have the nuclear weapons lab increase its production of plutonium pits, the core of nuclear warheads, from a few each year to as many as 80.

Daily NK: Can North Korea Be Removed from the State Sponsors 2008-06-30

The next round of Six Party Talks will likely focus on verifying of the amount of plutonium produced, which was the main subject of the declaration.

Bangkok Post: Pyongyang's step forward 2008-06-30

The decision by North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons programme with a bang is encouraging. Blowing up the five-megawatt reactors at Yongbyon was ...

Manila Times: Era of good feelings in NE Asia 2008-06-29

The last time Kim staged a similar spectacle, in October 2006, it had been the underground test of a nuclear weapon . Obviously eager to produce ...

International Herald Tribune: Hundreds injured in South Korean beef protest 2008-06-29

After years of negotiations, North Korea submitted a long-delayed account of its nuclear weapons programs and demolished part of its main nuclear complex.

Tehran Times: Iran is not North Korea 2008-06-29

The Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to access nuclear technology to meet its need for energy, not to produce nuclear weapons .

RedOrbit: USA's Rice Leaves South Korea for China 2008-06-29

Last week, North Korea disclosed details of its plutonium production activity and publicly demolished the cooling tower at its main nuclear site in Yong ...

Nevada Appeal: Bush goes from appeasement foe to appeaser-in-chief 2008-06-29

Yes, we negotiated with radical North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong-il, to stop making nuclear weapons . They even blew up part of the facility they ...

IPS: POLITICS-US: Even the Rare Bush Success Leaves a Sour Taste 2008-06-28

The deal provided that Pyongyang would deliver a full accounting of its nuclear weapons programme and disable the Yongbyon plant by the end of 2007 as ...

Mathaba.Net: DPRK destroys cooling tower at Yongbyon nuclear complex 2008-06-28

It consists of a five-megawatt reactor, a fuel fabrication facility and a plutonium reprocessing plant, where weapons -grade material would be extracted ...

The Dominion: The Road Begins at the Bottom of Your Feet 2008-06-28

Underground plutonium testing continues at the base. After September 11, 2001, a whole new facility for biological and chemical weapons testing was built ...

RINF.COM: The Nuclear Expert Who Never Was 2008-06-28

By Scott Ritter | I am a former UN weapons inspector. I started my work with the United Nations in September 1991, and between that date and my resignati ...

Antiwar.com: A Legacy to Die For: Gordon Prather 2008-06-28

You see, way back in 1992, North Korea threatened to withdraw from the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons , largely because of disputes with ...

Washington Post: Reuters International Summary 2008-06-28

The inventory mostly outlined Pyongyang's program to produce arms-grade plutonium . VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - Guatemala's interior minister died ...

Reuters: US calls on North Korea to come clean on uranium 2008-06-28

The inventory mostly outlined Pyongyang's programme to produce arms-grade plutonium . "Thus far we don't have the answers we need on either," Rice said in ...

Reuters UK: North Korea blows up reactor cooling tower 2008-06-28

By Jon Herskovitz SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea toppled the cooling tower at its plutonium -producing reactor on Friday in a symbolic move to show ...

Washington Post: A Cooling Tower Crumbles 2008-06-28

No longer will the facility add to a North Korean plutonium stockpile that already contained the raw material for at least eight bombs -- though the plant ...

Scotsman: A picture-perfect example of political manoeuvring, but key ... 2008-06-28

But key questions remain about North Korea's nuclear weapons and proliferation, and global powers still need to verify the claims in the nuclear declarati ...

Boston Globe: N. Korea destroys cooling tower at Yongbyon nuclear facility 2008-06-28

The tower was the most visible part of a plant that manufactured the plutonium used in the nuclear device North Korea exploded in the fall of 2006.

Gulf Daily News: NUCLEAR U-TURN 2008-06-28

... the North Korea's decades-old pursuit of nuclear weapons . It produced the plutonium for a programme which culminated in a nuclear test in October 2006.

Gulf Daily News: Korea 'takes a good step' 2008-06-28

... nuclear weapons and proliferation, and global powers still need to verify the claims in the nuclear declaration, which details the amount of plutonium ...

Mail & Guardian Online: Tackling Tehran 2008-06-28

Israel believes that Syria was planning to supply Iran with spent nuclear fuel for reprocessing into weapons -grade plutonium from the site it bombed last ...

Thai News Agency MCOT: G-8 urges N. Korea to cooperate in nuke verification 2008-06-28

Rice told reporters after holding a bilateral meeting with Komura, ''Let us remember, that this is a reactor that was making plutonium , that made enough ...

Straits Times: US calls on N. Korea to come clean on uranium 2008-06-28

The inventory mostly outlined Pyongyang's programme to produce arms-grade plutonium . 'Thus far we don't have the answers we need on either,' Dr Rice said ...

BurlingtonFreePress.com: My Turn: True face of the nuclear endeavor 2008-06-28

Depleted uranium is used in high-explosive incendiaries and has been released over Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia -- DU has a half-life of 4.5 billi ...

elEconomista.es: US calls on N.Korea to come clean on uranium 2008-06-28

The inventory mostly outlinedPyongyang's programme to produce arms-grade plutonium . "Thus far we don't have the answers we need on either,"Rice said in ...

Citizen: Rice heads to Seoul for talks on NKorea 2008-06-28

... state's decades-old pursuit of nuclear weapons . The facility produced the plutonium for a programme which culminated in a nuclear test in October 2006.

Mister Info: North Korea destroys nuclear cooling tower 2008-06-28

Specialists in nuclear science confirmed that the implosion of the cooling tower will prevent North Korean from processing plutonium for a about year.

Seattle Times: North Korea blast shown on TV 2008-06-28

... crews were flown to reclusive North Korea on Friday to witness the destruction of the cooling tower at the country's main nuclear- weapons plant.

Sun-Sentinel.com: North Korea: Nuke plant's cooling tower blown up 2008-06-28

... demonstrating its commitment to halt its nuclear weapons program, North Korea blew up the most prominent symbol of its plutonium production Friday.

ChinaStakes.com: DPRK: Moving toward Nuclear Dismantlement 2008-06-28

The plutonium reprocessed from spent fuel is the core part of DPRK"s nuclear weapons program that constitutes the main military capability of the country.

TIME: Bush Wins in North Korea Deal 2008-06-28

It may contain new information on how much plutonium it has produced for its weapons arsenal, or shed light on other aspects of its program.

World Socialist Web Site: North Korea makes initial nuclear disarmament gestures 2008-06-28

North Korea"s report stated that it had produced roughly 40 kg of plutonium ëenough for 6 to 10 nuclear bombs, and within the range of 30 to 50 kg expected ...

Pacific Free Press: Sam Seeking Injuns for War Party 2008-06-28

Should you return home from warfare your body may be filled with depleted uranium . These weapons are designed to kill the ívictimsì and to contaminate you ...

CTV.ca: North Korea destroys nuclear reactor tower 2008-06-28

Plutonium is not the only kind of nuclear weapon that can be built. They can use pure hydrogen, Cobalt, cesium, radium just to name a few.

New York Times: North Korea Razes Tower, but Intent Is Unclear 2008-06-28

In Thursday"s declaration, the North disclosed its plutonium -related activities at the Yongbyon reactor, its main nuclear plant. But the much more difficult ...

New York Times: North Korea Destroys Tower at Nuclear Site 2008-06-28

íBy demolishing the tower, North Korea appears to demonstrate that it would not produce any more plutonium ,ì said Kim Yeon-chul, a North Korea expert at ...

Bangkok Post: Few answers in long-awaited N-papers 2008-06-28

The documents do not spell out the number of plutonium bombs in storage or make promises about what happens to them. That could come in the next phase ...

Online Journal: Israel exercising for nuclear disaster with Iran 2008-06-23

I pointed that íThe Dimona facility . . . contained an underground plutonium separation plant that operated in complete secrecy.ì I added, íAs time passed ...

OpEdNews: THANKS FOR THE CALL COLONEL - WELL MAYBE NOT 2008-06-23

He was the organizer of the Cancel Cassini Campaign (launched 72 pounds of plutonium into space in 1997) that was featured on the TV program 60 Minutes.

Charleston Post Courier: Progress for energy, security 2008-06-23

The government has shipped plutonium from other weapons stations to the Savannah River Site for conversion into mixed-oxide [MOX] fuel that can be used ...

Reuters: North Korea to open up for cooling tower blast-media 2008-06-23

South Korea's top nuclear envoy said he expects North Korea to soon provide a full accounting of its nuclear weapons programme as called for in ...

International Herald Tribune: UN inspectors head for nuclear probe in Syria 2008-06-22

... receiving intelligence photographs and video from the United States said to show a nascent reactor that could have yielded fuel for plutonium bombs.

Israel Today: Report: Syrian nuke site aided Iran program 2008-06-22

... confirmed the site was a clandestine nuclear reactor, where North Korean engineers were aiding Iran in producing plutonium for use in nuclear weapons .

San Jose Mercury News: ElBaradei: Mideast could burn if Iran attacked 2008-06-22

Inspectors of The UN nuclear watchdog will visit Syria on Sunday to check US and Israeli allegations that Damascus had tried to build a plutonium -producing ...

Antiwar.com: Another Tenet Sting Failure?: Gordon Prather 2008-06-21

Now, the Pakistanis are believed to have both Plutonium -239 and Tritium production facilities. But they have insisted, officially, over and over that ...

International Herald Tribune: New doubts seen on N.Korean nuclear plan 2008-06-21

Plutonium offers a different route to producing a nuclear weapon than uranium enrichment, the Post said. Pyongyang has insisted that it had no ...

Los Angeles Times: Papers reportedly have uranium traces 2008-06-21

North Korea is known to have used plutonium in its nuclear weapons program, a different route from using uranium enrichment. Pyongyang has insisted that ...

Washington Post: Data Found On North Korea's Nuclear Capacity 2008-06-21

Plutonium offers a different route to producing a nuclear weapon than uranium enrichment. The Bush administration in 2002 accused North Korea of having ...

CJFW: US officials say a North Korea nuclear declaration could be imminent 2008-06-21

The North has stopped making plutonium and began disabling its nuclear facilities so they cannot be quickly restarted but still has a stockpile ...

Colorado Springs Gazette: Army denies Piñon Canyon contaminated 2008-06-21

McKinley, who first came into statewide prominence as foreman of the federal grand jury that investigated problems at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant ...