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...today, we still live in a world made ever more dangerous by the increased proliferation, rather than planned reduction, of nuclear technology and weapons. Iran, the provocateur in the most recent nuclear controversy, has been “banned” by an international treaty from enriching uranium. Many international bodies have stressed the importance of preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons, with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) scheduled to consider referral of Iran to the United Nations (UN) Security Council today. With all of this in mind, one must wonder what IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, winner of last...
...program as a bargaining step in negotiations with other countries over its nuclear program and that the threat of sanctions will have no influence. In this interview conducted in his Tehran office before Sunday's announcement of an Iranian-Russian agreement on a Russian proposal to establish a joint uranium enrichment program in Russia for Iran's future nuclear power plants, Larijani says such a deal would not in itself end the standoff...
...comeback because it is a one-stop nuke shop, with revenue last year of $13.5 billion and earnings of $513 million--almost a one-third share of the worldwide market. Unlike its key competitors, Westinghouse and General Electric, Areva spans all aspects of the business. It mines and enriches uranium ore to make nuclear fuel; it designs and constructs reactors and helps operate them; and it recycles the spent fuel and packages the remaining waste...
...before joining the Lazard investment bank. In the late 1990s, the government asked her to take over Cogema, a state-owned nuclear reprocessing company. Convinced that nuclear power had a big future, she orchestrated a merger with the other state-owned nuclear company, Framatome, which built plants and mined uranium, to create a French colossus. She has sought to create a positive image for the firm and for nuclear power in general by sponsoring the French yacht in the America's Cup race and by launching a worldwide corporate-branding campaign that uses animated figures set to the 1980 disco...
...showing a degree of solidarity with the American-led pressure on Iran? Ahmadinejad, who came to power in an upset election victory last year, is a hard-liner. But not even moderate Iranian leaders accept Western demands that Iran completely abandon the right, guaranteed under the NPT, to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. After six months in office, Ahmadinejad has concluded that no Iranian compromise will satisfy Washington. By restarting enrichment, says one Tehran analyst, Iran is simply saying that it will not permit the West to determine the timetable for its nuclear development...