UN nuclear watchdog has “serious concern” about North Korea
Zurich, Switzerland Reuters The UN nuclear watchdog has “serious concern” about North Korea’s atomic program, it said in an annual report to members on Wednesday, urging the country to comply with Security Council resolutions. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi had sounded the alarm in June, noting that building work expanding key facilities at […]
Essay: What countries have nuclear weapons, and where are they?
With the spectre of nuclear weapons raised by the war in Ukraine, MILES A POMPER and VASILII TUGANOV, of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, look – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what countries have them…
Japan to release contaminated Fukushima water into sea after treatment
Tokyo, JapanReuters Japan will release more than a million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, the government said on Tuesday, a move China called “extremely irresponsible”, while South Korea summoned Tokyo’s ambassador in Seoul to protest. The first release of water will take place in about two years, […]
Judge sentences 80-year-old Catholic activist for breaking into nuclear submarine base
RNS A US District Court judge has sentenced an 80-year-old Catholic peace activist to time already served for trespassing onto the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in St Marys, Georgia, more than two years ago as part of a symbolic nuclear disarmament action. Elizabeth McAlister, a former nun with the Religious of the Sacred Heart […]
Pope says no more nukes – even possessing nuclear weapons is “immoral”
Aboard the papal planeRNS Pope Francis’ view on nuclear weapons can be summed up in a few simple words. Just say no. The use and possession of weapons should be made “immoral” under official Catholic teaching, Francis told reporters aboard the papal plane Tuesday taking a new step in terms of the Vatican’s position on […]
North Korea breaks off nuclear talks with US in Sweden
StockholmReuters North Korea’s top negotiator said late on Saturday that working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington had broken off, dashing prospects for an end to months of stalemate. The North’s chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Myong-gil, who spent much of the day in talks with an American delegation, cast the blame […]
Pope backs nuclear weapons ban treaty
RNS Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with European Union leaders at the Vatican on 24th March, 2017. PICTURE: Reuters/Andrew Medichini/Pool Pope Francis says nuclear weapons offer a “false sense of security” and are an ineffective deterrent to 21st century threats like terrorism, conflict and cybersecurity. The Pontiff spoke as talks on a proposed global […]
UN report recommending negotiations begin on treaty banning nuclear weapons a “high point”, says WCC
A UN working group report recommending a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons be negotiated next year has been hailed as the “highest point” in a campaign to outlaw nuclear weapons on humanitarian grounds, according to Peter Prove, international affairs director of the World Council of Churches. The final report, which was adopted on 19th August […]