Topic: United Arab Emirates

Chairman Howard L. Berman's opening statement at hearing, "Nuclear Cooperation and Non-proliferation after Khan and Iran: Are We Asking Enough of Current and Future Agreements? The Atomic Energy Act requires that this Committee hold hearings on pending U.S. nuclear cooperation agreements with ...
US-Vietnam nuclear deal unlikely to include no-enrichment pledge; critics say US backtrackingCongressional aides say the Obama administration has told lawmakers that a nuclear cooperation deal with Vietnam is unlikely to include a promise from Hanoi not to enrich uranium.The United States calls ...

Ex-IAEA chief Blix 'to head UAE nuclear panel'

Hans Blix, a former UN nuclear watchdog head and chief weapons inspector in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, is to head an advisory board for the United Arab Emirates nuclear programme, newspapers reported on Tuesday.Blix will chair the International Advisory Board, a nine-member body ...

NATO, Gulf states face same risks: Rasmussen

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday that oil-rich Gulf states faced the same risks as countries in the military alliance, including from terrorism.The " same risks and threats increasingly affect the security of all our nations," Rasmussen told a conference ...
Emirates leader signs law clearing way for nuclear power plant to be built with US helpThe president of the energy-hungry United Arab Emirates has signed a law regulating the development of a civilian nuclear program, clearing the way for construction of a ...

Nuclear energy and its discontents

Nuclear energy and its discontents By SUNIL KEWALRAMANI CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, GLOBAL MONEY INVESTOR September 11, 2009 Chart : First electricity production by nuclear energy Experimental Breeder Reactor EBR-I, 20 Dec.1951, Arco, Idaho, USA At the outset, the Indo-US nuclear deal appears ...
US-UAE nuclear energy pact is seen as strategic option amid concerns over Iran's plansAn atomic energy deal between the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates, signed in the waning days of the Bush administration, could give Mideast nations a significant boost toward ...
US signs nuclear deal with Arab ally that supporters call a landmark on nuclear controlsThe Bush administration signed a nuclear cooperation agreement on Thursday with the United Arab Emirates a last-minute deal saddling the incoming Obama administration with a decision on helping ...
The United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday signed a deal to cooperate in civilian nuclear energy, which Washington says contrasts with Iran's defiant nuclear ambitions.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her UAE counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nayhan signed ...

Reactors for the Middle East

Novel designs for nuclear reactors, being drawn up by researchers at MIT and a new research institute in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), could decrease the risk that nuclear fuel could be diverted for use in nuclear weapons. When nuclear materials are ...