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Iran is an ever more 'relevant' problem, nuclear watchdog chief says

Iran is a problem that is ever more "relevant", the U.N. nuclear watchdog's chief, Rafael Grossi, said on Friday, in an apparent reference to the growing number of advanced centrifuges the Islamic Republic is using to enrich uranium.

Reuters

America's new nuclear power industry has a Russian problem

U.S. firms developing a new generation of small nuclear power plants to help cut carbon emissions have a big problem: only one company sells the fuel they need, and it's Russian.

Reuters

Dave Woodhead: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

You can use the internet to buy uranium on the dark web or laugh at this list, which includes Aunty Donna, a bad Drake cake and a sketch so funny that Dave thought he might die

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Iran Racing to Expand Enrichment at Underground Plant, IAEA Report Shows

Iran is rapidly expanding its ability to enrich uranium with advanced centrifuges at its underground plant at Natanz and now intends to go further than previously planned, a confidential UN nuclear watchdog report seen by Reuters showed on Monday. While indirect talks between Iran and the United States on reviving…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran racing to expand enrichment at underground plant

(This Oct. 10 story has been refiled to clarify last inspection mentioned in quarterly report was on Sept. 6 (not Aug. 31), and the third IR-6 cascade had come online then.)

Reuters

‘Walk away’: traditional owners defend Kakadu against a new push from uranium miners

The resurrection of the push to tap into Jabiluka has pitted the Mirarr people and Rio Tinto against investors who trumpet uranium’s green credentials

The Guardian - AU

Madison Metals Announces Novel Decentralized Uranium-Backed NFT To Challenge Forward Contract Markets

Madison Metals (OTC: MMTLF) Executive Chairman and CEO, Duane Parnham, has always been known as an innovator in the mining space. His latest gambit linking pounds-in-the-ground with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is his latest idea which is attracting attention in the generally-stodgy world of uranium mining.

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Energy Resources of Australia's chairman, two directors, say they'll resign after pressure from Rio Tinto and traditional owners

The chairman and two directors of a company responsible for the clean-up of a uranium mine on the edge of Kakadu say they'll resign, after pressure from Rio Tinto and traditional owners.

ABC News

Directors of firm responsible for clean-up at Kakadu uranium site will resign amid fight with Rio Tinto

Miner wants Energy Resources Australia chair to resign after minority shareholders threw doubt over Ranger mine rehabilitation

The Guardian - AU

Kakadu uranium site clean-up in limbo amid calls to revive mine

Rio Tinto wants to fund rehabilitation but Ranger mine owner’s minority shareholders are pushing for further development

The Guardian - AU

How Iranian Informants Were Failed by the CIA

The spy was minutes from leaving Iran when he was nabbed. Gholamreza Hosseini was at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran in late 2010, preparing for a flight to Bangkok. There, the Iranian industrial engineer would meet his Central Intelligence Agency handlers. But before he could pay his exit tax to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia's nuclear trade with Europe flowing amid Ukraine war

European Union nations are continuing to import and export nuclear fuel that is not under EU sanctions on Russia

The Independent UK

Mirarr traditional owners furious over suggestion Jabiluka uranium could be mined

An independent report commissioned by ERA suggests that the company could pay for the rehabilitation of one mine site by establishing another.

ABC News

World Heritage-listed Naracoorte Caves 500,000 years older than previously thought, research reveals

Uranium, pollen and charcoal trapped in speleothem have helped scientists uncover the true age of these South Australian caves.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Nuclear Watchdog, Iranian Officials Meet in Vienna

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said he met with his Iranian counterpart in Vienna for talks about an ongoing investigation into man made uranium particles found at undeclared sites in Iran. “Dialogue has restarted with Iran on clarification of outstanding safeguards issues,” Rafael Grossi, director general of…

The Independent UK

UN nuclear watchdog, Iranian officials meet in Vienna

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says he met with his Iranian counterpart in Vienna for talks about an ongoing investigation into manmade uranium particles found at undeclared sites in Iran

Reuters

Iran's Raisi questions worth of a nuclear deal without an end to IAEA probes

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday stuck to his position regarding nuclear talks with world powers, saying he saw no point in a deal that did not close investigations by the U.N. nuclear watchdog on uranium traces in the country.

Reuters

France's ASN: Fire at uranium site under control, no radiation found

France's nuclear watchdog ASN on Wednesday said it had found no traces of nuclear radiation after a fire broke out at a plant containing uranium in southeastern France run by EDF unit Framatome.

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Reuters

Iran, West at odds, U.S. sees no breakthrough on nuclear deal at U.N.

Iran and the West remained at loggerheads on Tuesday over U.N. probes of uranium traces at three Iranian sites as the United States said it did not expect a breakthrough on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal at this week's U.N. General Assembly.

The Conversation

1,000-year-old stalagmites from a cave in India show the monsoon isn’t so reliable – their rings reveal a history of long, deadly droughts

In a remote cave in northeast India, rainwater has slowly dripped from the ceiling in the same spots for over 1,000 years. With each drop, minerals in the water accumulate on the floor below, slowly growing into calcium carbonate towers known as stalagmites.

Asharq Al-Awsat

No Better Offer on the Table for Iran, Says France

France's foreign minister said on Monday that there would not be a better offer for Iran to revive a nuclear deal with world powers and it was up to Tehran to decide now because the window to find a solution was closing. Months of indirect talks between Iran and the…

Reuters

Two-thirds of IAEA board backs Western statement pressuring Iran

Two-thirds of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors endorsed a non-binding statement by the United States, Britain, France and Germany on Wednesday pressing Iran to explain why uranium traces were found at three undeclared sites.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Western Powers Unite Against Iran at IAEA, No Resolution Yet

Western powers are lobbying other states on the UN nuclear watchdog's board to jointly pressure Iran to give the agency the answers it has long sought on uranium traces found at three undeclared sites, diplomats said on Tuesday. At its last quarterly meeting in June the International Atomic Energy Agency's…

Reuters

Western powers seek unity against Iran at IAEA but no resolution -sources

Western powers are lobbying other states on the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board to jointly pressure Iran to give the agency the answers it has long sought on uranium traces found at three undeclared sites, diplomats said on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

IAEA Has Four Options to Exert Pressure on Iran

European sources in Paris said that the fate of the negotiations to revive the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement would largely depend on the outcome of the meeting of the IAEA Council of Governors in Vienna this week. The three undeclared Iranian nuclear sites, in which IAEA inspectors found traces of…

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