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| 3 February 2012 |
IAEA Daily Press Review |
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IAEA in the News
Little new in IAEA-Iran talks - diplomats
U.N. nuclear experts' talks in Iran appear to have made little concrete progress, diplomats said on Thursday, setting the stage for a crucial second round this month over Western fears Tehran may aim to build atomic weapons.
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AFP
Iran Atomic Tensions Get Respite After IAEA Books Tehran Return
Tension over Iran's alleged atomic-weapons work may ease in the next month after United Nations inspectors said they would return for more talks in Tehran and Israel committed to evaluate the effect of sanctions.
Bloomberg
Japan asks IAEA nuclear crisis support network to add new category
Japan has proposed that an international support network for cooperation in responding to nuclear emergencies add the category of bringing an accident under control, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday
Mainichi
10 teaching hospitals to get cancer treatment facilities
Ten teaching hospitals in Nigeria are to benefit from a N1.44 billion ($9 million) project supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to procure cancer-treating equipment.
Guardian
Kazakhstan 2011 Uranium Production Grows Moderately by 7%
Kazakhstan, the world's leader in uranium production, reported production grew 19,000 tonnes in 2011, a 6.72% increase from the 17,803 tonnes made in 2010. Meanwhile, in a report titled 'Analysis of Uranium Supply to 2050, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said certain medium economic growth and ecologically driven energy policies will prompt the world's future demand of uranium to exceed actual supply.
Nasdaq
Input from scrap experts on radiation code
Government experts at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have been working towards finalising the draft 'Code of Conduct on the Transboundary Movement of Scrap Metal and Semi-finished Products of the Metal Recycling and Production Industries that may inadvertently contain radioactive material', reports the BIR world recycling body.
Recycling international
Other Nuclear News
Nuclear accidents pose little risk to health: NRC
The risk to public health from a severe nuclear power plant accident in the United States is "very small" because reactor operators should have time to prevent core damage and reduce the release of radioactive materials, U.S. nuclear regulators said in a study on Wednesday.
Reuters
Exelon to update earthquake risk at nuclear plants
Nuclear plants throughout the central and eastern United States must be reassessed within four years to determine how well they might withstand earthquakes, including plants in Illinois and Iowa where new geological data suggest earthquakes could be more frequent and intense than previously believed, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said.
AP
Japan governor wants nuclear safety pledge in writing
Japanese governor Tokihiro Nakamura believes nuclear power is vital for the resource-poor land, but even he says the central government must put safety pledges in writing before he'll agree to restart off-line reactors -- a sign of the tough battle ahead to repair tattered public trust after the Fukushima crisis.
Reuters
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