Article published in Amauta with permission from the author by Harvey Wasserman Amidst utter chaos in the atomic reactor industry, Team Obama is poised to vastly expand a bitterly contested loan guarantee program that may cost far more than expected, both financially and politically. The long-stalled, much-hyped “Renaissance” in atomic power has failed to find private financing. New [...]

by Moushumi Basu October 7, 2009 “I have had three miscarriages and lost five children within a week of their births,” says Hira Hansda, a miner’s wife. “Even after 20 years of marriage we have no children today.” Now in her late forties, she sits outside her mud hut in Jadugoda Township, site of one of the [...]

The U.S., Iran, and Nuclear Terror by Anthony DiMaggio September 26, 2009 Iran’s admission that it is enriching uranium at a second nuclear site was greeted with alarm in the halls of Washington and in American newsrooms on Friday.  Obama has long warned about the “existential threat” that Iran poses to the U.S. and its allies.  Concern over [...]

por Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, 25 sep (IPS) – Al acusar a Irán de construir una central nuclear subterránea para enriquecer uranio en secreto, Estados Unidos, Gran Bretaña y Francia elevaron la tensión pocos días antes de una reunión programada entre representantes de esos países, Alemania, China y Rusia. La denuncia pública fue formulada por el presidente estadounidense [...]

Ahmadineyad rechaza crítica de EE.UU. como juego político por Al Jazeera y agencias 26 de septiembre, 2009 El presidente de Irán ha negado que su gobierno haya violado las reglas del Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) después de revelar la existencia de una nueva instalación de enriquecimiento de uranio al organismo de control de la ONU. Hablando en [...]

By Phyllis Bennis June 4, 2009 Obama’s approach toward the Muslim world may be diplomatic but there needs to be more action.

Warns Iran He Wants Results by Year’s End by Jason Ditz June 02, 2009 While the United States continues to make some efforts toward reconciliation with the Iranian government it has treated as a mortal enemy, President Barack Obama has made comments which may serve to dramatically alter US policy toward the nation’s nuclear program.