US renews its call for dialogue with NoKor The US on Tuesday renewed its call for dialogue with North Korea and said Washington has no hostile intent toward Pyongyang, according to local media. Duterte ‘concerned’ over AUKUS nuclear submarine deal President Rodrigo Duterte has raised concern over the new trilateral security pact among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (AUKUS), Malacañang said on Tuesday. Neighbors condemn 'outrageous' North Korea ballistic missiles test North Korea fired a pair of ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, September 15, South Korea's military said, ratcheting up regional tensions just days…

House panel OKs bill creating PH Atomic Regulatory Commission The House Committee on Ways and Means on Monday approved the fiscal provisions of a bill creating the Philippine Atomic Regulatory Commission (PARC). North Korea developing nuclear, missile programs in 2021 North Korea continued developing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the first half of 2021 in violation of international sanctions and despite the country's worsening economic situation, according to an excerpt of a confidential United Nations report seen by Reuters on Friday, August 6. Biden to Israeli PM: US has options if Iran nuclear diplomacy fails President Joe Biden…

Macron promises transparency over French Polynesia nuclear tests French President Emmanuel Macron promised transparency around decades of nuclear tests in French Polynesia and changes to compensation procedures on Tuesday when he stopped to talk to a group of protesters on his first official trip to the territory. US accuses Iran of trying to deflect blame for nuclear talks impasse The United States on Saturday, July 17, accused Tehran of an "outrageous" effort to deflect blame for the impasse in Iran nuclear talks and denied that any agreement had been reached on a prisoner swap. IAEA Hosts Virtual Workshop on Nuclear…

UN nuclear watchdog sees indications of plutonium work in North Korea The UN atomic watchdog has seen indications in North Korea of possible reprocessing work to separate plutonium from spent reactor fuel that could be used in nuclear weapons, the head of the agency said on Monday, June 7. What happened at China's Taishan nuclear reactor? French energy company EDF is investigating a potential issue linked to a build-up of inert gases at its nuclear plant in China's southeastern province of Guangdong. Iran says nuclear talks to be adjourned for consultations in capitals Negotiators for Iran and six world powers…

  Russian Iran nuclear negotiators hope for result in three weeks Parties to the Iran nuclear agreement on Saturday adjourned the third round of negotiations in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States back into the accord, with the Russian side expressing "cautious and growing optimism" and saying they hoped to achieve concrete results within three weeks. ITER's mission to fuel the future of humanity From a childhood fascination with "what small means" to simulating the power of the sun to bring affordable energy to all of mankind. This is the journey described by Sergio Orlandi, head of the Central…

India, Pakistan sign historic Kashmir peace deal The Line of Control, a highly militarized de facto border that divides the disputed region between the two nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan, and a site of hundreds of deaths, is unusually quiet after the two South Asian neighbors last month agreed to reaffirm their 2003 ceasefire accord. Iran calls on South Korea to release funds frozen under US sanctions Tehran urged Seoul on Sunday to release billions of dollars of Iranian funds frozen in South Korea under US sanctions over its nuclear program, during a visit by the South Korean premier Japan…