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Ancient grave reveals 'Flintstone' nuclear family

A Stone Age massacre has provided evidence of the earliest known nuclear family. The evidence also suggests that, just like today,... more

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US, Russia in Geneva to hold nuclear talks

Obama's diplomacy policy is preceeding him. What a novel idea....Let''s talk before we start dropping bombs on people.

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Former nuclear plant becomes green datacentre

What to do with all those old derelict nuclear waste facilities knocking about? Sounds like website hosting company 1&1 has... more

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Mystery of lost US nuclear bomb

From the article: "The United States abandoned a nuclear weapon beneath the ice in northern Greenland following a crash in... more

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New Minature Nuclear Power Plants Could Revolutionize Local Electricity Production

A remote town in Africa, an automobile manufacturing plant and the Smith family next door are among the entities that may soon be... more

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Protests in Germany as nuclear waste rolls through countryside

Thousands of anti-nuclear campaigners have assembled along a train route in Germany to protest the annual convoy carrying tons of... more

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20 Dead, 20 Injured On Russian Nuclear Sub

Twenty people died and more than 20 were injured in an accident aboard a Russian nuclear submarine in the Pacific Ocean, the navy... more

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20 dead in Russian nuclear submarine accident

More than 20 people have died in an incident onboard a Russian nuclear submarine after the fire extinguishing system unexpectedly... more

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Ahmadinejad welcomes Obama change

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, saying Tehran "welcomes basic and fair... more

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Pretty nuclear power plants

Some proposals to improve the way nuclear power plants look. At the moment, they all look like nothing more than concrete... more

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Bush EPA plans to dramatically relax radiation exposure in drinking water

Plans to greatly increase permissible public exposures from a wide range of events resulting in release of radioactivity were... more

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S. Korea: US seeks energy assistance for N. Korea

The United States has asked Australia, New Zealand and the European Union whether they could provide energy assistance to North Korea under an aid-for-disarmament deal, a South Korean official said Saturday.

Under last year's landmark six-nation pact, North Korea was promised the equivalent of 1 million tons of energy aid from the U.S., South Korea, China, Japan and Russia in return for dismantling its nuclear facilities. Japan, however, has refused to donate its part of energy shipment amid a dispute over Pyongyang's abduction of its citizens in the past.

Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said in an interview published Saturday in the Korea Times that the U.S. tapped the opinions of the three parties about taking part in the energy aid instead of Japan.

"Once agreed, the relevant parties would share energy assistance valued at some $100 million, though we don't know yet how much and in what way each party will contribute," Yu said.

South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young confirmed Yu's remarks.

Yu also said there is still a possibility that Japan would change its position, citing U.S. pressure on North Korea to resolve the abduction issue.

Calls to the U.S. Embassy, Australian Embassy, New Zealand Embassy and the EU office in Seoul for possible comments were unanswered Saturday.

In 2002, North Korea acknowledged it had kidnapped 13 Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 80s to train its spies. It sent five of them home later that year, and said the remaining eight had died. Japan, however, has demanded proof of the deaths and a full account of additional suspected abduction cases.

International efforts to resolve North Korea's nuclear threats achieved major progress last month as Pyongyang resumed disabling its nuclear facilities shortly after the U.S. removed it from its terrorism blacklist.

Washington said Pyongyang had agreed to all its nuclear inspection demands. But inspections have not yet begun because the U.S. terrorism delisting still awaits formal approval from the six-party nuclear talks.

Yu said he expected a new round of the six-party talks to reopen before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, summit is held Nov. 22-23 in Peru.

North Korea has complained that it completed eight out of 11 key measures to disable its key nuclear facilities, but has only received half of the promised aid.The United States has asked Australia, New Zealand and the European Union whether they could provide energy assistance to North... more