NKorea vows to disable nuclear plants after deal with US

Oct. 12, 2008

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea said on Sunday that it will resume work to disable its plutonium-producing nuclear plants and readmit UN inspectors after the United States removed Pyongyang from a terrorism blacklist.

U.S. nuclear report released

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released its Performance and Accountability Report for 2008.

Poland seeks nuclear sites

WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said so far, no suitable sites for planned nuclear plants have been found.

Kazatomprom will build in China

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Kazakhstan's national nuclear corporation, Kazatomprom, will build in China.

Vietnam to build new nuclear plants

HANOI, Vietnam, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade announced plans to build two nuclear power plants.

India, France discuss nuclear cooperation

NEW DELHI, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- India and France have begun nuclear plant negotiations under the Indo-French civil nuclear agreement.

Toshiba to refurbish French nuclear plants

TOKYO, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Japan's Toshiba Corp. announced it has been chosen to help refurbish French nuclear plants.

Russia, S. Korea in nuclear talks

MOSCOW, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Russian and South Korean leaders at the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament met Thursday in Moscow to coordinate negotiations.

N. Korea to resume nuke plant dismantling

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- North Korea says it will resume dismantling its nuclear reprocessing complex in the wake of a U.S. decision to drop the country from its terrorism list.

Report: North Korea may go off terror list

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The Bush administration may soon remove North Korea from the U.S. terrorism list, sources told The Washington Post.

S. Korea: N. Korea unlikely to have nukes

SEOUL, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- North Korea is unlikely to have or actually started developing nuclear warheads, the chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday.

Energy Department takes loan applications

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy announced it has received 19 federal loan applications for nuclear plants.

U.S. resumes talks with North Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. envoy Christopher Hill was in North Korea Wednesday for negotiations aimed at rescuing a nuclear disarmament deal with Pyongyang.

Pakistan plans new nuclear plants

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Pakistan will install 10 nuclear power plants.

N. Korea hits out at United States

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- North Korea, in the midst of resuming nuclear production, says the United States is using the six-nation talks as a trick to initiate another war against it.

Inspectors remove N. Korea nuke cameras

VIENNA, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency says it has removed surveillance equipment and security seals from North Korea's nuclear reprocessing facility.