Sentences with phrase «nuclear programmes of»

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Iran, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), re-emerged as a major oil exporter in January, 2016 when international sanctions against Tehran were lifted in return for curbs on Iran's nuclear programme.

And the Chinese government will guess that the timing of the American missile strike was a blunt message that without more robust Chinese help on dismantling Kim Jong - un's nuclear programme, the next target for pre-emptive American military action might be North Korea.

After Britain decided to delay the introduction of its next - generation Trident submarines from 2024 to 2028 the two new nuclear programmes will be completed at roughly the same time, making cooperation over the CMC possible.

The US has real concerns over North Korea and its nuclear programme, over the instabilities inherent in the relationship between China and Japan, and a concern about the capacity of Southeast Asia to sustain cooperative mechanisms in terms of their own relationships.

If one is to think «rationally» in building a nuclear programme, one must first attempt to acquire the technical know - how, then demonstrate it by testing it (or at least creating enough suspicion about testing it) and once the international community «recognises» one's capability of developing a sufficient deterrent then negotiations can begin.

The White House expects Iran to finish work needed to trigger implementation of an international nuclear deal in the coming weeks, but Washington needs more time to prepare sanctions over its ballistic missile programme, a U.S. official said on Saturday.

Decides that, in order to begin to comply with its disarmament obligations, in addition to submitting the required biannual declarations, the Government of Iraq shall provide to UNMOVIC, the IAEA, and the Council, not later than 30 days from the date of this resolution, a currently accurate, full, and complete declaration of all aspects of its programmes to develop chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and other delivery systems such as unmanned aerial vehicles and dispersal systems designed for use on aircraft, including any holdings and precise locations of such weapons, components, subcomponents, stocks of agents, and related material and equipment, the locations and work of its research, development and production facilities, as well as all other chemical, biological, and nuclear programmes, including any which it claims are for purposes not related to weapon production or material;

The potential threat posed by Iran's claimed peaceful nuclear programme (going anything over 20 % uranium enrichment, defined as the «Red Line» by the Obama administration), should also be understood in the context of the unintended consequences of the norms and rules (of the regime itself) and the ways in which nations both «good» and «rogue», «rational» and «irrational» have come to define their own rights and obligations within a nuclear regime.

On the one hand, Iran succeeded in obtaining the support of the NAM countries to its nuclear programmes, despite the contemporaneous publication of the AIEA report on the Iranian nuclear programme (with increasing concerns over Tehran cooperation with the Agency).

My Oxford colleague Blake Ewing makes an engaging case in favour of the UK pursuing unilateral nuclear disarmament — that is, scrapping the planned replacement programme for the Royal Navy's Vanguard - class submarines, which currently carry the Trident D5 missile — as a solution to the country's fiscal travails.

Meanwhile, Iran won the NAM support for its nuclear programme and against international sanctions (as remarked in the final document of the summit), but failed to gather enough consent on Syria.

Although Labour's official position is to support the renewal of the controversial Trident nuclear submarine programme, Corbyn's personal opposition will not be that popular in a constituency where the nuclear industry is a major employer.

In this context, Pyongyang could at any time play with a casual intention of deactivating at least some of its nuclear programme in exchange of economic or energetic support, for instance.

Successive waves of migrants have reached Europe's shores; terrorist groups are rampant in the Middle East, menacing personal safety and regional stability; North Korea, despite warnings and sanctions from the international community, obstinately continues to develop its nuclear programme; and climate change also warrants international collective action.

The truth about Britain's current nuclear programme is that the dream of numerous new plants coming on - stream, funded by investors and assisted by favourable planning and development arrangements, is as good as dead.

No, the best argument is made by considering what we're doing currently with our programme to create 16gw of new nuclear power — about 10 reactors, on five or six sites — by 2025.

Continuation of international sanction also seems a poor option, as previous sets of sanctions have not curbed Pyongyang's nuclear programme.

One such study looked at the neuroscience of negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme.

Even though the advance of the North Korean nuclear programme helps to maintain the country's bellicose rhetoric, it does not mean, by itself, an increased chance of a war in the Korean peninsula.

The greatest nuclear fear today is that nuclear weapons find their way into the hands of terrorists or «rogue states», either through autonomous programmes of development or technology passed on, particularly from the former Soviet Union or China.

He warned that the Chinese could use their role in the programme (designing and constructing nuclear reactors) to build weaknesses into computer systems which allow them to shut down Britain's energy production at will and»... no amount of trade and investment should justify allowing a hostile state easy access to the country's critical national infrastructure.»

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said he will consider a package of incentives offered to persuade Tehran to abandon its nuclear programme.

The reason I ask is because that is the estimated initial cost of replacing the Trident nuclear programme, not even including the ongoing maintenance costs over its lifetime.

The US has imposed sanctions on a dozen Russian and Chinese companies and individuals it accuses of helping North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

At a secret meeting in January 1947, Attlee and six cabinet ministers, including Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, decided to proceed with the development of Britain's nuclear weapons programme, [34] in opposition to the pacifist and anti-nuclear stances of a large element inside the Labour Party.

A well - placed strike could set their programme back years and it would be a much needed reality check that the world will not tolerate a hostile regime's pursuit of nuclear armament.

So we will want to remain a part of agencies like Euratom, regulating nuclear materials in energy and health sectors and programmes like Erasmus that give students opportunities to study across Europe, because they serve our interests.

Meanwhile Livingstone, who is a strong opponent of the Trident nuclear weapons programme, is a co-convenor of Labour's wider International Policy Commission, working alongside Hilary Benn.

Among the issues he is considering are army numbers, the # 20bn renewal of the Trident nuclear deterrent and the # 5bn programme for two new aircraft carriers.

At a time when there are signs that the new government in Iran is taking some tentative steps towards reducing tensions over its nuclear programme, the cost of military intervention seem to outweigh any potential benefits (of which there are few and far between at best).

The other two - thirds of the firm are held by American defence firm Lockheed Martin and the British company Serco, meaning that the state no longer owns the programme which produces and maintains the country's nuclear weapons.

A very partial list includes the PAC holding the BBC to account for its staggering severance payments; exposing the billions of pounds squandered by the NHS IT programme; exposing the very poor and costly management of nuclear waste; examining the considerable weaknesses of the Charity Commission; taking Amazon, Google and Starbucks to task for their reluctance to pay Corporation Tax on their UK profits; and probing more deeply than ever before into the affairs of HM Revenue and Customs, exposing serious mistakes by the organisation that HMRC had previously kept hidden.

It is not only critics on the left who have expressed concern about the excessive and spiralling cost of the Trident nuclear submarines programme.

«Frankly I think it goes to a bigger truth, which is one day this reshuffle I suppose will be over and we will be left with the collection of politicians, be in no doubt about this, who've signed up to unilateral nuclear disarmament, racking up taxes and spending and the most left - wing programmes in living memory.»

He said: «This reshuffle will be over and we will be left with a collection of politicians - have no doubt about this - who've signed up to unilateral nuclear disarmament, who have signed up to racking up taxes, debt and spending and one of the [most] left - wing programmes in recent memory.

It could be the end of a five - year - long struggle for the Iranian scientist, who has said all along that he was punished for refusing to help a covert nuclear - weapon programme.

In a separate case, Shahram Amiri, another Iranian physicist allegedly related to the Iranian nuclear programme and accused of espionage, was executed earlier this month in Iran.

Even when nuclear inspectors turn up bad news, such as the recent discovery of what may be a secret nuclear programme in Iran, inspectors are not enforcers.

He cites the UN's investigation of Iraq's nuclear weapons programme after the Gulf War, which showed that the programme used a variety of technologies which were supposedly imported for civilian purposes.

The largest single assistance programme in nuclear safety, the Prime Minister said, is that of the European Union, through which much of Britain's contribution to the international effort is now directed.

The US used to generate the isotope as a by - product of cold - war nuclear weapons programmes.

To back up their argument, they give a succinct, authoritative account of all the fissile material produced in military and civilian nuclear programmes since 1945.

Because the government clearly wants more nuclear power, the review recommends that it set up «a new R&D programme which explicitly supports the potential deployment of future nuclear energy solutions in the UK through the creation of the necessary technology, facilities and skills.»

«This roadmap is a vital part of ensuring the UK can deliver its nuclear new build programme,» said Steven Cowley, CEO of the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority, in a statement.

Most of this material went into nuclear weapons programmes, mostly in Russia and the US.

During the Second World War, Churchill supported the development of radar and Britain's nuclear programme.

In partnership with the Universities of Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Bristol, Cardiff, and the Open University, the programme will examine issues such as the design of next - generation nuclear reactors, reactor performance, reactor monitoring, materials for nuclear reactors that can withstand high temperatures, and nuclear waste disposal.

It might help to explain his bullheaded insistence of running a programme of eight nuclear tests on Mururoa atoll over the next nine months.

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Its mission is to develop the next generation of research leaders to support the UK's strategic nuclear programmes including nuclear legacy clean - up, new build power stations, and defence and security.