Pakistan is moving towards a nuclear weapons program that is more destructive and deliverable, a US think tank said today.
"Pakistan is likely supplementing or replacing its current uranium-based ..Read More
United States Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta says that while the CIA has been scrupulously tracking the whereabouts of Pakistan's nuclear weapons arsenal, it has no intelligenc..Read More
The US works "very closely" with India on the issue of Pakistan's nuclear security, an American think-tank said Wednesday."New Delhi is a key source of intelligence on the status of that security..Read More
India could soon receive up to 2500 tonnes of uranium from Kazakhstan as an agreement in this regard is set to be signed between the two sides by the month-end.Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limit..Read More
Russia signed more than $700 million in deals on Wednesday to supply India's nuclear reactors with fuel pellets, Russia's state-owned nuclear company said in a statement.Major nuclear powers..Read More
French nuclear heavyweight Areva signed a preliminary deal to provide India with up to six next-generation nuclear reactors, expanding the list of countries that are adopting the technology in respons..Read More
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Canadian based Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for co-operation on Advanced CANDU Reactor ACR1000.The Agreement was signed by..Read More
Scientists and engineers at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) are hoping to save around Rs.5 billion (Rs.500 crore or $104 million) by modifying the design of four fast breeder reac..Read More
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Chief Guest for this year's Republic Day, will undertake a four-day visit here from January 23 during which the two countries are expected to sign a civ..Read More
China had tested for Pakistan its first nuclear bomb as early as in 1990, enabling Islamabad to respond within weeks to the Indian atomic tests eight years later, a top US nuclear expert has claimed. ..Read More
India and Russia would sign an agreement to build four reactors at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, the Russian nuclear power chief said Tuesday. The bilateral agreement, initialled in February 200..Read More
France today indicated that it can go ahead with a bilateral nuclear agreement with India even if the US Congress does not ratify the Indo-US nuclear deal by the year end.In an interview to a televisi..Read More
France will become the first country to conduct nuclear business with India. Both countries will sign a previously agreed text for bilateral civil nuclear cooperation on September 30 during Indian Pri..Read More
The 45-country Nuclear Suppliers Group postponed a decision on Saturday on whether to drop a ban on nuclear trade with India, diplomats in the meeting said.They said amendments proposed by the United ..Read More
For the first time, an Indian Army General is set to take over command of the country's strategic forces and nuclear arsenal.
Lt-Gen Balraj Singh Nagal will take over command of the country&#..Read More
Expecting the nuclear deal with US to go through, India's largest defence electronic company Bharat Electronic Ltd (BEL) is looking at tapping the lucrative business potential in the atomic energ..Read More
With the government winning the trust vote, India is all set to launch a full blast lobbying among the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group from later this week. A number of ministers and officials will ..Read More
The draft nuclear safeguards pact India submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency on Wednesday contains ambiguities that must be clarified before the U.N. watchdog approves the deal, a leadi..Read More
India needs to establish a sufficiently large installed capacity of nuclear power by fast breeders if it has to sustain nuclear power generation for hundreds of years using its large reserve of thoriu..Read More
The command and control system for Pakistan's nuclear weapons will stay unchanged under the country's new government, made up of opponents of President Pervez Musharraf, an official said on ..Read More
Pressing for conclusion of the civil nuclear agreement during the Bush administration, the US has suggested that it was almost "now or never" for India to get such a deal as non-proliferation groups m..Read More
Union External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday said that nuclear proliferation continues to be a serious challenge for mankind. They were speaking at the t..Read More
Visiting French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has said that Paris is willing to carry forward the agreement on nuclear matters withndia. "We are working towards agreement on civil nuclear power an..Read More
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday termed the proliferation of weapons of mass destructions (WMDs) as the world's most critical challenge, and expressed concern over the poss..Read More
While India is still debating how to make the Indo-US nuclear deal work, an American company, anxious to enter the Indian market, has offered to build commercial nuclear power reactors in the country...Read More
The project to build the 500-MW prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam was well on schedule, and the safety vessel for it will be lowered into the reactor vault early November. The safety ..Read More
A decision to offer uranium to India to fuel its nuclear reactors is perhaps Australia's best gift to the country on the 60th anniversary of its independence.With the US signing a civilian nuclea..Read More
Australia, an influential member of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group which was earlier skeptical of the India-US civil nuclear deal, Tuesday 'congratulated' India on the 123 bilateral a..Read More
The American President, under the US Atomic Energy Act, has the right to ask for the return of nuclear fuel and nuclear technologies if there is a nuclear test by India, said US Under Secretary for Po..Read More
FOREIGN Minister Alexander Downer will ask cabinet to approve the export of Australian uranium to India in a submission to be considered by the Government within weeks.The Australian reports that cabi..Read More
After four days of intensive negotiations between teams lead by Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and US Undersecretary of State Nicolas Burns, wire reports are indicating that a breakthrough has b..Read More
Seeking to strengthen their ties in defence, security and economic fields, India and Vietnam today established a strategic partnership and decided to cooperate in the civil nuclear sector.After wide-r..Read More
The cabinet Thursday approved India's participation in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project that aims to demonstrate the scientific and technical feasibility of fus..Read More
A team of scientists at a premier Indian nuclear facility has made a theoretical design of an innovative reactor that can run on thorium - available in abundance in the country - and will eventually d..Read More
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice believes that the 'path-breaking' India-US civilian nuclear deal could be completed by the end of the year 'with will and determination and more h..Read More
USS Nimitz will be anchoring off Chennai during its scheduled port call from 01 to 05 JuIy 2007. This is not the first visit by a nuclear powered ship to an Indian port. In fact, The Indian navy has o..Read More
Amid growing opposition to the proposed visit of American warship 'USS Nimitz' to the port here, the United States Consulate General in the city today sought to allay apprehensions over poss..Read More
Pakistan has announced its plans to join the International battle against Nuclear Terrorism. However analysts do not believe in the claims of Pakistan as it is an established nuclear proliferator and ..Read More
India has made a new proposal for a dedicated facility to safeguard spent nuclear fuel, seeking to give a new push to its talks with the US on the 123 pact to resume civil nuclear commerce, officials ..Read More
In a significant development, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has indigenously developed state-of-the-art equipments to face any eventualities arising out of modern warfare l..Read More
Pakistan is preparing its next-generation of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles for deployment, a Federation of American Scientists (FAS) report has claimed. According to the Dawn, India's nuclea..Read More
The A Q Khan network may have been "rolled up" but elements of that outfit are still lying low waiting to strike and several individuals involved in the nuclear racketeering are yet to be imprisoned o..Read More
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President George W. Bush "reviewed developments" pertaining to negotiations on the civilian nuclear deal during a telephone conversation on Monday.A statement f..Read More
As the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) begins its plenary meet in Cape Town Monday, India will make a strong pitch to the doubters in the nuclear cabal to back its civilian nuclear deal with ..Read More
Transcripts of a Press Interview of Assistant Scretary Richard Boucher given to 'DNA' released by the U.S. Embassy, New Delhi.QUESTION: What's with the deal?
A..Read More
Indian scientists Monday said that in 2007 uranium production in the country would double. According to the officials of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), only four imported reactors - two at Tar..Read More
As diplomats in India and the United States work to chalk out the Indo-U.S. Nuclear 1,2,3 Agreement, some heavy water is quietly flowing between the two countries. For the first time, India exported ..Read More
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has expressed his willingness to sell uranium to India provided New Delhi adhered to strict safeguards, and said he would also back the India-U.S. nuclear deal.Au..Read More
Officials of India and the United States, who are discussing the civilian nuclear deal in New Delhi, have narrowed down the differences.With both sides aiming to conclude the bilateral agreement, call..Read More
Claiming that the nature of warfare facing India had changed, the Opposition today demanded in Parliament a national debate on whether the country's nuclear and missile arsenal needed re-orientat..Read More
The Department of Atomic Energy(DAE) will simultaneously construct four more breeder reactors of 500 MWe each including two at Kalpakkam, said Baldev Raj, Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atom..Read More
Russia today signed an agreement with India for construction four more nuclear reactors in Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu.Announcing this, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told a joint press conference..Read More
Unidentified persons kidnapped four officials of Pakistan's Atomic Energy Commission from their office.Five employees of the Commission were in their office at Banda Daud Shah tehsil in Karak dis..Read More
The US and Japan are developing a joint nuclear energy plan to collaborate on research and construction of new nuclear power plants, US and Japanese officials said in Washington.US secretary of energy..Read More
India and Pakistan on Monday exchanged lists of nuclear installations and facilities through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad.The lists were exchanged under the Agreement ..Read More
With the law on the India-US civil nuclear accord in place, Washington hopes to win the agreement of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) including China and get the deal going in six months."The major h..Read More
Boeing [NYSE: BA] Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney today commented on the U.S. Congress passing the US-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement legislation (HR 5682).McNerney said, "The Bo..Read More
Australia could sell uranium to India without increasing the risks of weapons proliferation, a nuclear industry report tabled in the federal parliament has said.The report, from a bipartisan committee..Read More
A slew of American companies today indicated their keenness to invest over 50 billion dollars in India's nuclear programme once the civil nuclear deal between the two countries is approved by the..Read More
American uranium mining major W M Mining has agreed on a contract with India's Nuclear Fuel Complex to sell 500 metric tonnes of uranium a year and is waiting for the Indo-US civil nuclear deal t..Read More
Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar will head the Strategic Forces Command thereby ending the monopoly hitherto of the Indian Air Force over the tri-service defence arm created some four years ago to "manage a..Read More
A North Korean freighter, MV-Omranili, which was on its way to Iran 'found itself' in Indian waters after an 'engine failure' and has been detained in Mumbai. The Coast Guard, the ..Read More
The US considers the civilian nuclear deal with India its 'top concern, top objective and top legislative priority' and is determined to move forward with their strategic relationship in an ..Read More
Determined to move forward with its strategic relationship with India, a top US state department official will be visiting India in November with a large delegation to fulfil the direction given by th..Read More
The Soviet-era intelligence agency had regularly updated Kremlin about the atomic technology transfer by Pakistan and China to North Korea, which has conducted its first nuclear test, a top Russian nu..Read More
India today joined the world in deploring North Korea's first nuclear test in defiance of the international community, saying the action was "provocative," "completely irresponsible" and highligh..Read More
North Korea said today it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test. The country's official Korean Central News Agency said the test was performed and that there had been no radioactive l..Read More
Russia, an influential member of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), has said it is keen to expand civilian nuclear cooperation with India, but underlined that issues regarding the Nuclear No..Read More
The US Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C. Crocker said Tuesday that his country and the international community wants to know more about the proliferation activities of rogue nuclear scientist Abdul Qadee..Read More
The White House said on Monday it was disappointed the U.S. Senate failed to approve a landmark U.S.-India nuclear deal before adjourning but expressed optimism it would be approved during a "lame duc..Read More
Airports in India could be targeted by terrorist using "dirty bombs", a lethal cocktail of conventional explosives and low-grade radioactive material designed to spread radiation over a wide area.A re..Read More
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Durban on Saturday on his first-ever visit to South Africa, a country that was highly critical of India's nuclear tests, but now appears to be willing to ..Read More
Responding to Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf's charge that New Delhi's uranium enrichment technology "could be a copy" of Islamabad's centrifuge design, India asserted its ent..Read More
India has set up 18 radiation emergency response centres in different parts of the country to deal with any nuclear emergencies which can occur due to an act of terror, nuclear attacks, transporation ..Read More
President George W. Bush's vaunted nuclear cooperation deal with India is facing new difficulties which may prevent it taking effect this year, U.S. officials and experts said on Tuesday. Caught ..Read More
The French offer of cooperation in civilian nuclear energy development is likely to figure prominently in defence dialogue with India tomorrow as Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said today that New ..Read More
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari Tuesday met senior Indian officials, including Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and National Security adviser M.K. Narayanan here in New Delhi on Tuesday.Iran..Read More
A prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) that can produce 500 megawatts of electricity is said to begin functioning at Kalpakkam before 2010, Baldev Raj, Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Resear..Read More
A newspaper considered the Communist regimes mouth piece said on Saturday that North Korea would not rule out a nuclear test if what it labeled a hostile U.S. policy continues, amid growing concerns t..Read More
South Korea's chief of Defence today said North Korea is believed to have one or two nuclear weapons, according to a news report, amid growing concerns the communist regime may be preparing to te..Read More
Japan said on Friday that a nuclear test by North Korea would pose a grave threat to the whole of Asia Pacific, amid reports Tokyo is said to be boosting surveillance of the communist nation after see..Read More
Over 16,000 tonnes of Uranium deposits have been found in the North Eastern state of Meghalaya, Prime Minister's Office informed Lok Sabha today.In Meghalaya, the uranium deposits were found in W..Read More
Iran said on Sunday it would not suspend uranium enrichment, ruling out the main demand in a nuclear package backed by six world powers that aims to allay Western fears that Tehran is seeking to build..Read More
According to Reuters North Korea may be preparing for an underground nuclear test. US Intelligence have been quoted as saying they have observed suspicious vehicle movement at a suspected nuclear site..Read More
As the Indo-US Nuclear Deal debate enters the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Beijing and Islamabad are moving towards deeper bilateral nuclear cooperation.Latest reports from Pakistan indicate a deal on buy..Read More
Pakistan and China are close to finalising a landmark deal on nuclear energy cooperation, through which Islamabad will acquire upto six reactors of 300 megawatts each from China.The accord, which expo..Read More
As part of new measures to speed up forces' preparedness to fight in nuclear war scenario, Army has set up nuclear quick reaction teams in all commands and a special unit for the capital, and arm..Read More
The United States House of Representatives passes the 'United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006' by an overwhelming majority House Resolution 5682.The bill, authored..Read More
Washington: Pakistan is building a reactor that could produce enough plutonium for 40 to 50 nuclear weapons in what would be a major expansion of its nuclear program, The Washington Post report..Read More
New Delhi: Terming the 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests as a "push-button" affair for the previous NDA government, former Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, has said the nuclear tests ..Read More
New Delhi: Officials of India and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met here today to negotiate the proposed Safeguards Agreement which is required to be put in place to allow the i..Read More
Taking a big leap forward, the Indian government will spend $5 million to lobby for the safe passage of the Indo-US nuclear deal.The government has identified three US lobbying firms but their funding..Read More
Washington: During President George W. Bush's administration, North Korea has gone from having enough plutonium for one or two nuclear weapons to having enough for as many as 13, a study r..Read More
Washington: With the Bush administration pulling all stops, a lower house panel of the US Congress is expected to Tuesday clear a bipartisan bill supporting the US-India nuclear deal giving New..Read More
On May 18, 2006 the United States presented a draft Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT) proposal as well as a draft mandate to establish an Ad Hoc Committee at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) pl..Read More
New Delhi: A top former intelligence official has said India would have the capacity to make about 50 nuclear warheads a year as it would be able to retain six reactors outside safeguards envis..Read More
Moscow: Russia will construct its first floating nuclear power station by 2010, the acting chief of Russia's Rosenergoatom nuclear power producer said late Tuesday as quoted by the RIA-Nov..Read More
New Delhi: Launching formal talks on bilateral nuclear agreement, India and the US today held negotiations here aimed at narrowing differences on issues like possibility of future nuclear testi..Read More
Beijing: Fast reactors are expected to enter the Chinese nuclear power market by 2035, a leading scientist has said. Wang Naiyan, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and director of..Read More
New York: Former chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix said that Israel is 'assumed' to have 200 nuclear weapons - a figure that Israeli officials and its allies have rarely, if ever, ..Read More
