Posted on 01 November 2011
2011-11-02 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to further strengthen its leading role in enhancing global nuclear safety and promoting relevant international cooperation.
Wang Min, Chinese deputy representative to the United Nations, made the remarks at an open meeting of ... READ MORE
Posted on 01 November 2011
2011-11-02 (China Military News cited from afcea.org and by Robert K. Ackerman) -- The most worrisome possibility of a nuclear war lies on the Indian subcontinent, according to the former commander of the U.S. Pacific Command. Adm. Timothy J. Keating, USN (Ret.), told the audience at the opening keynote address ... READ MORE
Posted on 27 October 2011
2011-10-27 (China Military News cited from The Australian and by Sarah-Jane Tasker) -- CHINA over the next decade is tipped to do for uranium what it has done for iron ore, with demand to rise significantly.
Interest in the energy source is increasing again after a decline due to last year's ... READ MORE
Posted on 25 October 2011
2011-10-25 (China Military News cited from wsj.com and by BRET STEPHENS) -- Shortly after the end of the Cold War, an American defense official named Phillip Karber traveled to Russia as an advance man for a visit by former Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci. "We were meeting with Russian generals," ... READ MORE
Posted on 25 October 2011
2011-10-25 (China Military News cited from world-nuclear-news.org) -- Construction of the first EPR unit at the Taishan nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province has reached a major milestone with the dome of the reactor building being lowered into place.
Plant constructor China Nuclear Engineering and Construction Corporation (CNECC) announced that ... READ MORE
Posted on 21 October 2011
2011-10-21 (China Military News cited from http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1739432">taiwannews.com.tw) -- Taiwan and China agreed yesterday to cooperate in nuclear safety and will aim to sign agreements including for investment protection when the former civil-war foes meet for the next round of cross-strait talks.
The two sides yesterday agreed to set up a nuclear ... READ MORE
Posted on 18 October 2011
2011-10-18 (China Military News cited from http://www.mysinchew.com/node/65333") -- Taiwan said Tuesday China would have to remove 1,600 missiles targeting the island as a precondition for signing a peace treaty putting a formal end to a civil war fought more than 60 years ago.
Lai Shin-yuan, Taiwan's top China policy maker, made ... READ MORE
Posted on 17 October 2011
2011-10-17 (China Military News cited from http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/MJ18Ad01.html">atimes.com and by Jens Kastner) -- Though the speed of China's military modernization regularly grabs world headlines, there are few publicized tests that prove the sophisticated new weaponry actually works. But as the leaked information on alleged breakthroughs is picked up and presented as ... READ MORE
Posted on 11 October 2011
2011-10-11 (China Military News cited from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/business/energy-environment/china-marches-on-with-nuclear-energy-in-spite-of-fukushima.html" and by KEITH BRADSHER) -- Meltdowns of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan last March have put a chill on much of the world’s nuclear power industry — but not in China.
The German Parliament voted this summer to ... READ MORE