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Visitors look at the models of oil tanker shaped floating nuclear reactors and oil rigs showcased at the display booth of China's state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation during the China International Exhibition on Nuclear Power Industry in Beijing, Thursday, April 27, 2017. AP Photo/Andy Wong)
April 16, 2018, 4:43 am
Iran MP claims China in talks to build it small nuclear reactors
The mini reactors could be used in nuclear submarines, with Tehran reportedly looking to develop seaborne atomic capabilities
By TOI staff
In this photo taken on March 7, 2018 Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives for talks at 10 Downing Street, in London. (AFP PHOTO / Tolga AKMEN)
March 16, 2018, 2:03 am
Iran slams ‘simple-minded’ Saudi crown prince over Hitler jab
Tehran hits back after Mohammed bin Salman likens Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to Nazi leader in TV interview
By AFP
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman seen talking to CBS News, March 15, 2018. (Screenshot)
March 15, 2018, 3:19 pm
Saudi Arabia vows to obtain nuclear weapons if Iran does
In US interview, crown prince Mohammed bin Salman threatens atomic arms race, says the Iranian supreme leader 'very much like Hitler'
By Sue Surkes
The Nuclear Research Center NEGEV, located in Dimona. (screen capture: YouTube, via Channel 10)
September 19, 2017, 10:34 am
Government has no plans to close aging Dimona nuclear facility
Officials says reactor doesn't pose any safety concerns despite having exceeded its life expectancy by more than a decade
By TOI staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province, China, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017.(MENA via AP)
September 4, 2017, 7:39 pm
Egypt finalizes deal with Russia for first nuclear plant
President Sissi invites Putin to attend event marking start of facility's construction
By AP
In this Feb. 10, 2016 file photo, a member of the media tour group wearing a protective suit and a mask looks at the No. 3 reactor building at Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Toru Hanai/Pool Photo via AP, File)
August 10, 2017, 12:53 pm
‘Unexploded WWII bomb’ found at Japan Fukushima nuclear plant
Construction workers uncover 3-foot explosive believed dropped by US near decommissioned facility's reactors
By AFP
Mordechai Vanunu seen at a Jerusalem Supreme Court hearing on January 30, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 20, 2017, 9:03 pm
Nuclear secret spiller says Israel still ‘hounding’ him
Mordechai Vanunu, released in 2004 after 18 years jail for leaking nuke secrets to newspaper, awaits new sentence
By AFP
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
A still from a video threatening Hezbollah attacks on sensitive Israeli sites. (screen capture: alahednews.com)
March 3, 2017, 1:56 pm
Hezbollah-linked video threatens attacks on 9 Israeli nuclear, chemical sites
Propaganda clip includes pictures and details of the sensitive facilities
By Dov Lieber
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
June 7, 2016, 1:31 pm
A pilot reminisces
Watch the video, read the transcript of why the raid on Iraq's nuclear reactor 35 years ago was worth the risk
By Hillel Neuer
This photo taken on September 8, 2002, shows a partial view of the Dimona nuclear power plant in the southern Israeli Negev desert. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
April 28, 2016, 7:43 pm
Israel nuclear reactor defects spark safety concerns
Calls for new safeguards at aging atomic research center after report uncovers 1,537 flaws at aluminum core
By Joe Dyke
The Nuclear Research Center NEGEV, located in Dimona. (screen capture: YouTube, via Channel 10)
April 26, 2016, 8:47 pm
Shut Dimona nuclear reactor, urges founding scientist
Aging facility 'may be world's oldest reactor,' says Uzi Even, after 1,537 defects found at aluminum core; says Israel couldn't build new one without international help
By TOI staff
A woman cries at the Chernobyl victims' memorial in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on April 26, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Anatolii Stepanov)
April 26, 2016, 7:57 pm
Etched in their mind: Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl
World's worst nuclear accident killed thousands and spewed radiation across Europe, forcing a global rethink of atomic fuel
By DMYTRO VLASOV
The Nuclear Research Center NEGEV, located in Dimona. (screen capture: YouTube, via Channel 10)
April 26, 2016, 1:06 pm
Scientists find 1,537 defects in Dimona reactor’s core — report
Aging nuclear facility still operationally sound and presents no immediate threat, but experts warn no long-term solution in place
By Daniel Douek
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