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Plutonium is a heavy, radioactive, man-made, metallic element used in the production of nuclear energy.

… and plutonium, to apply pressure to difficult regimes or to provide other countries with assurances of nuclear-fuel services (both providing and removing the fuel needed for civilian nuclear energy), Russia plays a central role. …

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Today, the world produces as much electricity from nuclear energy as it did from all sources combined in 1960. Civil nuclear power can now boast over 12600 reactor years of experience and supplies 16% of global needs, in 30 countries. …

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According to information obtained by Die Welt, the secret nuclear programme is known only to President Bashar al-Asad’s closest circle and is headed by Ibrahim Uthman, director of the Syrian Nuclear Energy Commission. …

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France, China, Russia, Finland, and Japan all perceive the enormous opportunity that nuclear energy promises for reducing carbon emissions and relieving the world’s energy problems as reflected in recent soaring oil prices. …

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During the 1990s, early developers of nuclear power such as Italy and Germany promised to phase out their nuclear energy altogether, while the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority became a decommissioning body. …

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In recent years the nonproliferation effort has been stymied by Russia’s insistence that the plutonium program mesh with the country’s expanded civilian nuclear energy programs. Whenever explorers reach some sort of point that no one …

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Last fall, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said “Nuclear energy is not an option. It is a necessity.” By 2015, Turkey plans to build two nuclear power stations, with further plants expected to follow. But nuclear energy is not …

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An international storage system for excess separated plutonium would have advantages, both with respect to non-proliferation and also assurance of supply, if for this model certain reservations could be suspended or their effects …

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The nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty states the following: ‘In return for renouncing the option of acquiring nuclear weapons for themselves, ‘non-nuclear-weapons’ states were promised, first, unimpeded access to nuclear energy for …

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Acquiring nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is an international trend that all countries are rightfully pursuing. In Syria, we want this to be done within an Arab context, which was discussed and agreed during the Arab Summit in …

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