Tag: Nuclear

Pakistan aims to develop smaller, lighter nuclear warheads: US report

Expanding its nuclear arsenal at a rapid pace, Pakistan is now aiming to develop smaller and lighter atomic warheads more suitable for use on...

Pak, India exchange lists of nuclear installations

Pakistan and India on Monday carried out the annual exchange of lists of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the prohibition of attack agreement...

Pak, India exchange lists of nuclear installations

The governments of Pakistan and India are required to exchange lists of their respective nuclear installations and facilities in accordance with Article-II of the...

Indian Nuclear submarine facing problems with critical components: Navy

India's only Russian-made nuclear submarine INS Chakra is facing problems with its critical components affecting its operational readiness. The 8,000-tonne submarine has been facing problems...

Japanese anti-nuclear vote melts away

Eight million people signed an Internet petition demanding an end to nuclear power and hundreds of thousands joined public protests. Yet Japan handed an...

Israeli mole in US stole info on Pakistani nuclear programme

Long before Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in 1998 at Chaghai, the Pakistani nukes’ lab was one of the targets of an Israeli espionage effort...

Peaceful resolution of Iranian nuclear program still possible: Masood Khan

Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Ambassador Masood Khan told 15-member UN body that a peaceful resolution of Iran nuclear program is still possible on the basis...

UN inspectors in Iran for N-talks

Inspectors from the UN’s nuclear agency have arrived in Tehran in an attempt to seal a deal to ease international concerns regarding the country’s...

India tests nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile

India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-I ballistic missile on Wednesday. India’s Integrated Test Range (ITR) Director MVKV Prasad said, “It was a practice trial...

Chinese firm in illegal nuclear exports to Pakistan

A Chinese government-linked company has pleaded guilty to illegally exporting high-performance coatings from the US to a nuclear power plant in Pakistan. China Nuclear Industry...

Pakistan rejects nuclear double standards, says Mushahid

The Parliamentary Defence Committees of Pakistan and Iran have agreed to enhance mutual consultation and cooperation in the context of changes in the region,...

Ukraine’s Chernobyl site reaches milestone

Work to build a permanent shelter to secure the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has reached a key milestone...

America’s bid to blow up the moon with nuclear bomb

America planned to blow up the moon with a nuclear bomb in the 1950s, reports have claimed. US Military chiefs were reportedly keen on...

Anti-Israel group hacks UN nuclear agency server

The UN nuclear agency has acknowledged that one of its computer servers was hacked by an anti-Israeli group. The IAEA said a previously unknown...

UN nuclear agency reports being hacked

The International Atomic Energy Agency has acknowledged that one of its servers had been hacked after a previously unknown group critical of Israel’s undeclared...

Iran dismantling military site suspected of nuclear role

Iran is dismantling its military complex at Parchin, the suspected site of nuclear experiments, said Yukiya Amano, the director general of Iran’s nuclear agency...

South Korea shuts nuclear reactors over unapproved parts

South Korea has shut down two nuclear reactors after it was revealed that some parts used had not been properly vetted, an official says. Knowledge...