Nuclear-ring inquiry widens in South Africa
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VANDERBIJLPARK, South Africa An inquiry into a global nuclear smuggling ring widened Thursday as two Germans were charged by a South African court with illegally exporting equipment to enrich uranium, a key ingredient for making bombs.
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Libya has offered conflicting information about whether North Korea or Pakistan was the supplier of uranium for its nuclear weapons program and has been unable to account for some equipment that could be used to make a bomb, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, which released a report yesterday on its investigation of Libya and the nuclear blackmarket that supplied it.
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Sweden's top nuclear officials on Friday decided U.N. experts should be invited to inspect the country's atomic power plants after a string of malfunctions raised concerns about safety. The relatively minor incidents have not posed any threat of radioactive leaks. But the frequency of the problems have sparked calls for a review of the safety controls at the power plants, which generate about half of Sweden's electricity.
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Hanover prosecutor general Manfred Knothe said on Tuesday that an investigation is underway to determine the facts about an attempt to export four generators from Germany to Iran.
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WASHINGTON: The United States praised South Africa on Friday for acting against alleged Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khanâs secret nuclear network after a businessman was charged in South Africa with nuclear trafficking.
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The reported move renews concerns in the West over possible plans in Tehran to enrich uranium to build nuclear weapons
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Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have been investigating South Koreaâs nuclear-related facilities after learning that its government secretly produced small quantities of nuclear material, apparently in violation of its IAEA
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa  - South African  authorities have arrested one person in an investigation into  contraventions of laws on weapons of mass destruction and  nuclear energy, the government said Thursday.
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DR Congo's top atomic energy official is held after allegations that a large quantity of uranium is missing.
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The U.N atomic watchdog has discovered plutonium particles near an Egyptian nuclear facility and is trying to determine if they are evidence of a secret weapons program or simply the byproduct of peaceful research, diplomats said Friday.
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Police have confirmed that two suspects were arrested yesterday for contravening the Nuclear Energy Act. Police spokesperson Sally De Beer said one suspect was arrested in Randburg, Johannesburg and another
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South Africa is considering a request by Equatorial Guinea to question Mark Thatcher about his alleged involvement in a foiled coup plot in the oil-rich west African nation.
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Days before Jacob Zuma was expected to become the next leader of South Africa's ruling ANC, legal authorities have filed court documents they say contain new evidence against him in a corruption case.
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UK experts probing the death of Alexander Litvinenko have found radioactive traces at 12 locations, a UK minister says.
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Police in South Africa question nine people accused of running an illegal abortion centre in Johannesburg.
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Two more London addresses are found to have traces of radiation in the wake of Alexander Litvinenko's death.
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South Africa has dropped charges against a man suspected of selling nuclear equipment in exchange for him to tell all, the Washington Times reports.