Iran has enriched uranium at more than 20% at its Fordo nuclear site, a confidential report by the UN nuclear watchdog suggests.

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Iran enrichment ‘at higher level’

Kodak — the company known for decades for its cameras and film — this week confirmed it used weapons-grade uranium in an underground lab in upstate New York for upwards of 30 years.

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Kodak lab had weapons-grade uranium

F orty-five years ago, the United States sold my country a research reactor as well as weapons-grade uranium as its fuel. Not long afterward, America agreed to help Iran set up the full nuclear fuel cycle along with atomic power plants. The U.S. argument was that nuclear power would provide for the growing needs of our economy and free our remaining oil reserves for export or conversion to petrochemicals. Read full article > >

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Iran: We do not want nuclear weapons

The Obama administration and its allies plan to call for the immediate closing and ultimate dismantling of a recently completed nuclear facility, American and European diplomats say.

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U.S. Defines Its Demands for New Round of Talks With Iran

As report confirms Iran boosted production of enriched uranium.

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Iran: Attack Would Destroy Israel

As report confirms Iran boosted production of enriched uranium.

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Iran: Attack Would Destroy Israel

Iran has significantly ramped up production of a purer form of enriched uranium, U.N. nuclear officials said in a new report Friday, a finding certain to exacerbate worries about the country’s march toward nuclear-weapons capability. Read full article > >

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U.N. sees spike in Iran’s uranium production

Iran is manufacturing a “new generation” of uranium enrichment centrifuges, according to Iranian state media.

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Iran ‘to unveil new centrifuges’

A State of the Union address is often difficult to fact-check, no matter who is president. The speech is a product of many hands and is carefully vetted, so major errors of fact are so relatively rare that they sometimes can become big news (think of George W. Bush’s “sixteen little words” about Iraq seeking uranium in Niger). At the same time, State of the Union addresses are very political speeches, an argument for the president’s policies, so context (or the perspective of opponents) is often missing. Read full article > >

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Fact-checking the 2012 State of the Union speech

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced a federal ban Monday on new mining claims affecting a million acres near the Grand Canyon, an area known to be rich in high-grade uranium ore reserves. In doing so, the administration brushed off pressure from congressional Republicans and mining industry figures who wanted a policy change. Read full article > >

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Obama administration approves 20-year ban on new mining claims near Grand Canyon

A decision by Iran to conduct sensitive atomic activities at an underground site — offering better protection against any enemy attacks — could complicate diplomatic efforts to resolve the dispute peacefully.

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Iran Will Soon Move Uranium Work Underground, Official Says

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site well protected from possible airstrikes, a leading hardline newspaper reported Sunday. Kayhan daily, which is close to Iran’s ruling clerics, said Tehran has begun injecting uranium gas into sophisticated centrifuges at the Fordo facility near the holy city of Qom. Read full article > >

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Report: Iran begins uranium enrichment at new underground site

Delhi welcomes Australia’s governing Labor party’s decision to overturn its long-standing ban on exporting uranium to India.

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India welcomes uranium ban lift

Australia’s governing Labor party overturns its ban on uranium exports to India, despite Delhi’s refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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Tiny filaments growing from the surface of bacteria could help to improve the efficiency of uranium removal from contaminated waters.

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Bacteria ‘wires’ clean up uranium