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Nuclear weapons plant improving fire safety

Pantex - the country's only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly plant - has completed main construction on a $35 million project that will beef up fire protection at the facility.

Manhattan Project can help explore today's moral dilemmas

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Think tank: China boosts nuclear arms arsenal

"There is little to inspire hope that the nuclear weapon-possessing states are genuinely willing to give up their nuclear arsenals," SIPRI researcher Shannon Kile said in a statement.

UN nuke agency's Iran probe driven by US-led intel

"There is no evidence right now that suggests that Iran is producing nuclear weapons," said Blix, who headed the team that combed Iraq in the vain search for weapons of mass destruction.

Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts

Russia's top military officer has voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should require parallel cuts in non-nuclear precision weapons.

Obama says Iran a year away from nuclear weapon

President Barack Obama says it would currently "take over a year or so for Iran to actually develop a nuclear weapon."

Park: NKorea must give up nukes or face isolation

South Korean President Park Geun-hye is urging North Korea to abandon its drive for nuclear weapons or face deepening isolation and deteriorating ties with Seoul.

NKorea brandishing nukes to get US to talk peace

North Korea has long cited the U.S. military presence on the Korean Peninsula, and what it considers a nuclear umbrella in the region, as the main reason behind its need for nuclear weapons.

Obama administration embraces major new cut in nuclear weapons

Obama administration embraces major new cut in nuclear weapons

Hagel supports nuclear arms cuts, then elimination

"We will have, if he's confirmed, a secretary of defense who's committed to the sharp reduction of nuclear weapons, leading down a path toward their elimination," Blair said in an interview last...

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WASHINGTON: US wants `credible negotiations' with North Korea

They have to be based on them living up to their obligations, to include on proliferation, on...

North Korea proposes high-level talks with US

Washington's top worry is North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

NKorea proposes talks with Washington

Pyongyang is estimated to have a handful of crude nuclear devices.