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Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tours an innovation gallery of Saudi Arabian technology, including an exhibit by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, during a visit to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., March 24, 2018. (Josh Reynolds/AP Images for KAUST)
November 6, 2018, 5:41 am
Saudi Arabia prepares to build first nuclear research reactor
Raising concerns of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, crown prince lays foundations for first of 16 planned sites to be built over the next two decades
By AFP and TOI staff
A Saudi man talks on his mobile under the shade of solar panel at a solar plant in Uyayna, north of Riyadh, on March 29, 2018. (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP)
April 3, 2018, 9:38 am
Oil to solar: Saudis push to become renewable energy powerhouse
$200 billion project aims to wean kingdom off its own exportable reserves by producing 200 gigawatts of power from the sun, but experts doubt it’s realistic
By Anuj Chopra
A panther chameleon opens the mouth in its enclosure in a zoo in Frankfurt, Germany, May 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
February 13, 2018, 1:50 pm
Iran accuses West of using lizards for nuclear spying
Adviser to Khamenei says aid collectors for Palestinians sought to deploy reptiles whose skin ‘attracted atomic waves’
By AFP and Michael Bachner
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Khalid Al-Falih speaks during a press conference in Riyadh, on December 20, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE)
December 21, 2017, 6:49 pm
Saudi-US talks on civilian nuclear program to begin within ‘weeks’
Riyadh’s energy minister insists kingdom seeks energy for peaceful purposes, but will not agree to American limitations on uranium enrichment
By TOI staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi, shake hands during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt, December 11, 2017. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/ pool photo via AP)
December 11, 2017, 5:09 pm
Cairo, Moscow sign contract for Egypt’s first nuclear plant
Site at Dabaa, on the Mediterranean coast, to be financed with $25 billion Russian loan as two countries build ties
By Agencies
Illustrative photo of the Riyadh skyline in Saudi Arabia. (Screen capture/YouTube)
November 1, 2017, 9:32 am
Oil-rich Saudi Arabia plans dramatic shift to nuclear power
Kingdom’s atomic energy chief says it will begin extracting uranium domestically, seeks as many as 17 reactors ‘for peaceful purposes’
By TOI staff
Seats for an Iranian delegation at a nuclear energy conference sit empty in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 30, 2017. (AP/Jon Gambrell)
October 30, 2017, 12:02 pm
Iran skips UN Abu Dhabi meet on nuclear power; it had been seated next to Israel
Organizers ask media to not photograph the Israeli delegation
By AP
Illustrative image of a hacker at work (Pixabay)
July 7, 2017, 9:42 am
Utilities including nuclear firms hacked: NYT
Department of Homeland Security report points the finger for recent attacks at unknown government-backed hackers
By AFP
In this Feb. 13, 2017 file photo, then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
June 20, 2017, 4:36 am
House Dems question Flynn disclosures of Middle East travel
Congressman believe former national security adviser may have lobbied effort to provide nuclear power to several countries in region in 2015
By CHAD DAY and Stephen Braun
Iran's heavy water nuclear facility, near the central city of Arak (AP/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan/File)
March 18, 2017, 8:03 am
Iran disputes cap on heavy water under nuclear deal
Tehran argues it should be allowed to hold more than the 130-ton limit as it searches for buyers for the excess material
By TOI staff and AFP
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, speaks in Tehran, Iran, on July 15, 2015. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
February 25, 2017, 11:38 am
Iran requests 950 tons of uranium from Kazakhstan
Tehran says it needs the material to help develop its civil reactor program
By AFP
International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors (2nd and 3rd left) and Iranian technicians at Natanz nuclear power plant south of Tehran on January 20, 2014 (Photo credit: Kazem Ghane/IRNA/AFP, illustrative)
September 10, 2016, 10:41 am
Iran begins construction on 2nd nuclear power plant
$8.5 billion project launched with Russia’s help will ultimately include 2 facilities expected to go online in 10 years
By AP
Iranians shop in Tehran's ancient Grand Bazaar on July 11, 2016 (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE )
July 12, 2016, 8:27 am
Tehran bazaar blends hope, caution a year after nuclear deal
While some Iranian shopkeepers say they’ve grown used to working with Asia, others look to reconnect with Europe
By AFP
US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) poses for a photo opportunity prior to a meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (left) at the UN in New York, April 19, 2016. (AFP/Don Emmert)
July 12, 2016, 8:04 am
One year on, US obstacles blunt hopes from Iran deal
Iranian hardliners are taking advantage of the landmark accord’s slow start to discredit it as an American manipulation
By Eric RANDOLPH
The Iranian flag flies in front of a UN building, Friday, July 4, 2014. (AP/Ronald Zak)
July 9, 2016, 5:16 am
Iran hopes to join project to produce nuclear fusion power
Spokesman says signing of deal with world powers last summer encouraged Tehran’s participation in the ITER initiative
By Edith M. Lederer
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