…  nuclear chief Ali Larijani has told the European Union there was no chance …  uranium enrichment, which is necessary to produce nuclear energy but can also be used to make an atomic bomb at highly refined …  to develop a nuclear weapon covertly under the guise of a civilian energy programme. Iran says it simply wants to generate electricity …

…  on Monday and flew it to Russia for processing. Anti-nuclear protesters forced a convoy carrying the material to stop briefly …  stored, U.S. and German officials said. Moscow’s atomic energy agency Rosatom said in a statement on its website that the shipment had …  a global cleanout of HEU (highly enriched uranium) in the civilian sector,” said Arnaud Atger, a senior official at the …

…  to India last month, the two countries agreed to deepen civilian nuclear cooperation, although there were no firm commitments on the mechanics …

…  pursue talks that would facilitate Canadian exports to the nuclear weapons state. But Canada is lagging Australia, its main competitor …  other uranium exporters that they are selling only for the civilian purposes of nuclear energy. The imported uranium allows military …

…  that Iran is moving forward, full steam ahead with its nuclear program. “And I think this underscores the importance of the …  sources, a stumbling block to drafting the resolution is a civilian nuclear power plant in Bushehr, a billion-dollar project Russia would …

…  up uranium enrichment centres under UN control to end nuclear disputes like the one over Iran. Steinmeier said such centres could …  like Iran could in this way obtain nuclear fuel for civilian use under strict control,” Steinmeier told the newspaper. “It could …

…  emphasised that the initiative to enrich uranium was for civilian purposes only - aimed at meeting the country’s long-term energy …  have neither the intention nor any reason to develop nuclear weapons. In developing the proposal, the government will ensure full …

…  in Angarsk in southeast Siberia’s Irkutsk Region, Russia’s nuclear chief said Saturday. Sergei Kiriyenko said Russian and U.S. experts …  to be put under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and that Russian legislation would be amended …  the Islamic Republic with opportunities to develop its civilian nuclear industry. …

…  be combined into a single, purely state-owned enterprise, nuclear energy chief Sergei Kiriyenko said Wednesday, scotching hopes that …  Putin’s approval on June 9 of a plan to gather all civilian nuclear sector enterprises into a single, market-driven corporation …

…  offer to Tehran conditioned on its suspension of nuclear activities, according to a report released yesterday by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The timing of the nuclear work, which Western diplomats …  it into fissile material, which can either be used for civilian purposes or, if more highly purified, to make a bomb. Western …