“Nuclear” on The Daily Caller

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is warning that his country will find it necessary to build up its nuclear forces, if the United State’s doesn’t ratify a new arms reduction treaty. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Republican lawmaker is rejecting the Obama administration’s assertion that ratification of a new arms control treaty with Russia is so pressing that it must be dealt with by the lame-duck Senate. (more)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — New satellite images show construction under way at North Korea’s main atomic complex, apparent proof that Pyongyang is making good on its pledge to build a nuclear power reactor, according to a private American security institute. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate approval of President Barack Obama’s nuclear arms treaty with Russia, which once looked close to a sure thing, is now in jeopardy. (more)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russia said Wednesday that dialogue remains the only option for ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons program as Pyongyang accused South Korea and the U.S. of blocking the stalled talks. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — An equipment failure disrupted communication between 50 nuclear missiles and the launch control center at Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming over the weekend, an Air Force spokesman said Tuesday. (more)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday that his government is carrying out initial studies into starting a nuclear energy program. (more)

The nation’s ports and border crossings remain vulnerable to a nuclear 9/11 despite a $4 billion investment since 2005 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on a number of programs aimed at preventing nuclear smuggling around the world, the General Accountability Office (GAO) found in a recent report. (more)

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Iran’s president said Sunday that any Israeli attack against his nation would mean the destruction of the Jewish state. (more)

ATLANTA (AP) — Power utilities are trying to buy the next wave of nuclear reactors much like a consumer buys a light bulb: right off the shelf. (more)

BUSHEHR, Iran (AP) — Trucks rumbled into Iran’s first reactor Saturday to begin loading tons of uranium fuel in a long-delayed startup touted by officials as both a symbol of the country’s peaceful intentions to produce nuclear energy as well as a triumph over Western pressure to rein in its nuclear ambitions. (more)

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia announced Friday it will begin the startup next week of Iran’s only atomic power plant, giving Tehran a boost as it struggles with international sanctions and highlighting differences between Moscow and Washington over pressuring the Islamic Republic to give up activities that could be used to make nuclear arms. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The once smooth path for Senate ratification of a major nuclear arms control agreement with Russia is looking a little dicier. (more)

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said in a letter to the European Union that it’s ready for talks on the country’s nuclear program but that the EU must first guarantee there would be no threats against Tehran, state TV reported on Tuesday. (more)

Many might be alarmed to learn of a homemade nuclear reactor being built next door. But what if this form of extreme DIY could help solve the world’s energy crisis? (more)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Abnormally high radiation levels were detected near the border between the two Koreas days after North Korea claimed to have mastered a complex technology key to manufacturing a hydrogen bomb, Seoul said Monday. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama heralded new U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program as the toughest ever Wednesday, but still left the door open for future diplomacy. (more)

VIENNA, Austria — Secret documents and hundreds of photos smuggled out of Myanmar by an army defector indicate its military regime is trying to develop nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, a former senior U.N. nuclear inspector said Friday. (more)

VIENNA (AP) — U.N. nuclear inspectors revisiting an Iranian laboratory to follow up on activities that could be linked to a secret nuclear weapons program recently discovered that some equipment believed used in the experiments has disappeared, diplomats said Friday. (more)

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top nuclear official says that work on Iran’s first nuclear plant is on schedule and the reactor will start operation by August. (more)