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Iraq to create nuclear energy commission
Baghdad (AFP) April 9, 2009 Iraq plans to create an atomic energy agency nearly three decades after Israeli bombers destroyed a reactor being built by the late dictator Saddam Hussein, the government spokesman said on Thursday. "The government has decided to create a national nuclear energy commission that will be responsible for controlling nuclear activities in the country and assuring they are in line with international regulations," Ali al-Dabbagh said. "It will also deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAE) and other institutions, make suggestions on the peaceful use of atomic energy and be charged with disposing of nuclear waste," he added. In 1976, Iraq and France signed an accord to build a nuclear reactor. Five years later, as the Iraq-Iran war raged and amid fears the nearly completed reactor might be loaded with nuclear fuel, it was bombed and heavily damaged by Israeli warplanes. There is still nuclear waste at that plant, 19 kilometres (12 miles) south of Baghdad, which must be disposed of. In February, Iraqi Electricity Minister Karim Wahid asked France to help the country build a new reactor. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Major powers in delicate balancing act over NKorea: diplomats
United Nations (AFP) April 6, 2009Major powers are engaged in a delicate balancing act to get some form of UN censure of North Korea's long-range rocket launch while also reviving stalled nuclear disarmament talks, diplomats and experts said. |
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