IAEA Daily Press Review
The objective of the DPR is to present a general overview of international, English-language, media coverage of the IAEA and nuclear issues, that does not purport to be exhaustive. The following articles are obtained from external news sources for whose content the IAEA takes no responsibility.
November 9, 2009
IAEA in the News
ElBaradei Suggests Turkey as Compromise on Iran Nuclear Impasse Iran’s enriched uranium could be shipped to Turkey as a means of easing U.S. and European concerns over the Persian Gulf country’s nuclear ambitions, the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency said. Bloomberg/ Press TV
Iran Is Said to Ignore Effort to Salvage a Nuclear Deal The Obama administration, attempting to salvage a faltering nuclear deal with Iran, has told Iran’s leaders in back-channel messages that it is willing to allow the country to send its stockpile of enriched uranium to any of several nations, including Turkey, for temporary safekeeping, according to administration officials and diplomats involved in the exchanges. NYT
Iran’s first priority is buying uranium for Tehran reactor Iran will only exchange its low-enriched uranium after it receives the 20 percent enriched uranium promised in the latest nuclear deal, a leading lawmaker said on Sunday. Tehran Times/ AlJazeera
Iran’s Jalili wants nuclear enrichment deal ‘quickly’ Tehran’s chief nuclear negotiator said Sunday he wants to reach agreement “as quickly as possible” on a UN-brokered plan to provide Iran with enriched uranium for a Tehran reactor, state television said. AFP
Medvedev Says Russia May Back Sanctions on Iran if Deal Falls Apart President Dmitri A. Medvedev said Russia might back sanctions against Iran if the Iranians did not take a “constructive position” on an international plan to temporarily diminish their stockpile of enriched uranium. NYT/ Der Spiegel
Iran, North Korea top Clinton’s overseas agenda Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall. AP
Other Nuclear News
Defending the Arsenal In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear warheads be kept safe? The New Yorker
Pakistan rejects unsecured nukes report Pakistan angrily defended the security of its nuclear arsenal Sunday after a U.S. magazine reported that the Obama administration wants Pakistan to let Washington help secure its weapons in a crisis. CNN
Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be reached Russia and the United States have a good chance of reaching a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year’s end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday. AP
U.S. officials optimistic about new nuclear treaty with Russia After months of negotiations with Russia, Obama administration officials are hopeful about a breakthrough — possibly this week — that would enable the two sides to sign a successor to their most extensive nuclear weapons treaty before it expires Dec. 5. WP
Germans press for removal of US nuclear weapons in Europe Pressure is growing within Nato for the removal of the remaining US nuclear weapons on European soil, and for a new doctrine for the alliance that would depend less on nuclear deterrence. The Guardian
Labour backs nuclear option on energy Plans for a huge expansion of nuclear power were to be set out by the government on Monday, as it publishes an energy strategy designed to smooth the way for new power stations and other large infrastructure projects. FT
Britain’s nuclear strategy threatens destruction of Kalahari The hidden cost of Britain’s new generation of nuclear power could be the destruction of the Kalahari desert in Namibia and millions of tonnes of extra greenhouse gas emissions a year, the Observer has discovered. The Observer
Radioactive waste to be put in £18bn hole Radioactive waste from a new generation of British nuclear power stations will be buried deep underground in a storage facility that could cost up to £18 billion to build, under plans to be announced by the Government today. The Times
Swiss Open Probe of al-Qaida Nuke Physicist Case Switzerland has opened its own investigation into the case of a nuclear physicist France suspected of al-Qaida links, an official said Sunday. AP
Opinion and Analysis
Matter of compromise Gulf News
Iran’s ‘Great Satan’ addiction WP