North Korea kicked out U.N. weapons inspectors from a plant that previously produced weapons-grade plutonium and notified the nuclear watchdog that it would restart operations as early as next week, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday. ...more

September 25, 2008

Fifteen years after it was signed, an agreement between the United States and Russia to convert "megatons into megawatts" has done enormous good: More than 325 metric tons of highly enriched uranium from Russian nuclear warheads have been diluted into low-enriched uranium and used as fuel in U.S. nuclear power plants to produce electricity for American homes, business and industry. ...more

July 20, 2008

The military is looking for a few good acres - very, very dark ones. ...more

December 26, 2007

Leaders of the two Koreas opened formal talks today at the first summit between the divided countries in seven years, after a chilly reception for the South Korean president from North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. ...more

October 3, 2007