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Nuke victims forum opens in Hiroshima

The two-day World Nuclear Victims Forum begins in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2025. About 40 people from Japan, South Korea, the United States and Pacific island nations affected by nuclear accidents, nuclear bomb tests and uranium mining attended the forum, co-sponsored by the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition.

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Nuke victims forum opens in Hiroshima

The two-day World Nuclear Victims Forum begins in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2025. About 40 people from Japan, South Korea, the United States and Pacific island nations affected by nuclear accidents, nuclear bomb tests and uranium mining attended the forum, co-sponsored by the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition.

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Nuke victims forum opens in Hiroshima

The two-day World Nuclear Victims Forum begins in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2025. About 40 people from Japan, South Korea, the United States and Pacific island nations affected by nuclear accidents, nuclear bomb tests and uranium mining attended the forum, co-sponsored by the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition.

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Nuke victims forum opens in Hiroshima

The two-day World Nuclear Victims Forum begins in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2025. About 40 people from Japan, South Korea, the United States and Pacific island nations affected by nuclear accidents, nuclear bomb tests and uranium mining attended the forum, co-sponsored by the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition.

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President Pezeshkian Holds A Press Conference - Tehran

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran, on September 16, 2024. Pezeshkian asserted on Monday that his country has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, pushing back against international concerns over its uranium enrichment program. Photo by Shadati/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Pezeshkian Holds A Press Conference - Tehran

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran, on September 16, 2024. Pezeshkian asserted on Monday that his country has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, pushing back against international concerns over its uranium enrichment program. Photo by Shadati/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Pezeshkian Holds A Press Conference - Tehran

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran, on September 16, 2024. Pezeshkian asserted on Monday that his country has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, pushing back against international concerns over its uranium enrichment program. Photo by Shadati/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Pezeshkian Holds A Press Conference - Tehran

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran, on September 16, 2024. Pezeshkian asserted on Monday that his country has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, pushing back against international concerns over its uranium enrichment program. Photo by Shadati/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Pezeshkian Holds A Press Conference - Tehran

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran, on September 16, 2024. Pezeshkian asserted on Monday that his country has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, pushing back against international concerns over its uranium enrichment program. Photo by Shadati/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Pezeshkian Holds A Press Conference - Tehran

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran, on September 16, 2024. Pezeshkian asserted on Monday that his country has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, pushing back against international concerns over its uranium enrichment program. Photo by Shadati/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-CHINA-EURASIA EXPO-EQUIPMENT (CN)

(240629) -- URUMQI, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Visitors look at a model showing uranium production techniques at the booth of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) at the 8th China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 27, 2024. The 8th China-Eurasia Expo, held at the Xinjiang International Convention and Exhibition Center at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, have showcased China-developed heavy machinery, intelligent construction and production technologies. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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Chinese investment strongly promotes Namibia's economic development: minister

STORY: Chinese investment strongly promotes Namibia's economic development: minister SHOOTING TIME: June 18, 2024 DATELINE: June 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:24 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch of Rossing's 2023 Sustainability and Performance Report 2. SOUNDBITE (English): TOM ALWEENDO, Namibia's Minister of Mines and Energy 3. various of the event STORYLINE: Namibia's mining industry is one of the largest contributors to the country's economy, with Chinese investment playing a significant role in the development of the uranium mining sector, Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo has said. In 2023, the mining sector contributed up to 14.4 percent of Namibia's gross domestic product, Alweendo said Tuesday at a press conference held in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. He noted that Chinese investment has been instrumental in establishing Namibia as one of the world's largest producers of uranium. "I am honored to be here today to recognize the Rossing uranium min

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NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-MINISTER-CHINESE INVESTMENT

(240620) -- WINDHOEK, June 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Namibia's Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo delivers a speech at a press conference held in Windhoek, Namibia, on June 18, 2024. Namibia's mining industry is one of the largest contributors to the country's economy, with Chinese investment playing a significant role in the development of the uranium mining sector, Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo has said. (Photo by Musa C Kaseke/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-MINISTER-CHINESE INVESTMENT

(240620) -- WINDHOEK, June 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Namibia's Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo delivers a speech at a press conference held in Windhoek, Namibia, on June 18, 2024. Namibia's mining industry is one of the largest contributors to the country's economy, with Chinese investment playing a significant role in the development of the uranium mining sector, Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo has said. (Photo by Musa C Kaseke/Xinhua)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240515) -- BEIJING, May 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden is pictured at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 13, 2024. U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law Monday a bill that will prohibit U.S. imports of unirradiated low-enriched uranium from Russia. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-JOE BIDEN-RUSSIAN URANIUM-BAN BILL

(240514) -- WASHINGTON, May 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden (L) is pictured at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 13, 2024. U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law Monday a bill that will prohibit U.S. imports of unirradiated low-enriched uranium from Russia. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-JOE BIDEN-RUSSIAN URANIUM-BAN BILL

(240514) -- WASHINGTON, May 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden is pictured at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 13, 2024. U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law Monday a bill that will prohibit U.S. imports of unirradiated low-enriched uranium from Russia. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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Chinese-invested Husab mine marks 10 years of sustainable growth in Namibia

STORY: Chinese-invested Husab mine marks 10 years of sustainable growth in Namibia SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 8, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: SWAKOPMUND, Namibia CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 10th anniversary celebration 2. SOUNDBITE (English): SAM NUJOMA, Namibia's founding president 3. various of the Chinese-invested Swakop Uranium's Husab mine STORYLINE: Chinese-invested Swakop Uranium's Husab mine in Namibia on Friday celebrated its 10th anniversary since its commencement of operations at an event held at the mine, near the town of Swakopmund in the Erongo region of west-central Namibia. Addressing the ceremony, Namibia's founding President Sam Nujoma said Swakop Uranium's investment and development of the Husab mine stands as a shining example of friendly cooperation, infusing new vigor into Namibia's sustainable development. SOUNDBITE (English): SAM NUJOMA, Namibia's founding president "I am amazed at the transformation of the mine, and to see a small village flo

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NAMIBIA-ERONGO-CHINESE-INVESTED-HUSAB MINE

(231209) -- ERONGO, Dec. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Namibia's founding President Sam Nujoma addresses the ceremony celebrating the 10th anniversary of Chinese-invested Swakop Uranium's Husab mine since its commencement of operations at the mine, near the town of Swakopmund in the Erongo region of west-central Namibia, Dec. 8, 2023. TO GO WITH "Chinese-invested Husab mine marks 10 years of sustainable growth in Namibia" (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)

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U.S.-UTAH-URANIUM MILL-PEACE RALLY

(231009) -- UTAH, Oct. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a peace rally held near the White Mesa uranium mill to draw attention to the mill's environmental and health impacts, in Utah, the United States, Oct. 7, 2023. The White Mesa mill has been processing uranium ore next to the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation in southeast Utah for more than four decades. The mill, the only operating conventional uranium mill in the United States, has sparked increasing concerns for its impacts on the environment and public health. (Photo by Bradley Angel/Xinhua)

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U.S.-UTAH-WHITE MESA URANIUM MILL-PEACE RALLY

(231008) -- UTAH, Oct. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a peace rally held near the White Mesa uranium mill to draw attention to the mill's environmental and health impacts, in the U.S. state of Utah, Oct. 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Peace rally held in U.S. to protest uranium mill's impacts" (Xinhua)

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U.S. announces 1 bln USD in new aid for Ukraine as Blinken visits Kiev

STORY: U.S. announces 1 bln USD in new aid for Ukraine as Blinken visits Kiev DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): KARINE JEAN-PIERRE, White House Press Secretary 2. various of the White House 3. various of the Pentagon STORYLINE: U.S. Department of State announced 1 billion U.S. dollars in new aid for Ukraine on Wednesday while Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Kiev to show support. The State Department said in a fact sheet that the new package includes an additional drawdown of up to 175 million dollars worth of weapons and equipment from the Department of Defense's inventories. What's notable among the capabilities in this round of security assistance is the 120mm depleted uranium tank ammunition for Abrams tanks, according to a list issued by the Pentagon. This is the first time Washington sends Kiev this type of ammunition, which is radioactive. SOUNDBITE (English): KARINE JEAN-PIERRE,

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Terrafame mine in Sotkamo

Terrafame uranium recovery plant in Sotkamo, Finland, on August 3, 2023. Terrafame plans to start recovering natural uranium by the summer of 2024. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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AUKUS nuclear submarine deal poses risk to global security: think tank report

STORY: AUKUS nuclear submarine deal poses risk to global security: think tank report DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:31 LOCATION: Vienna CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of outside view of the seminar 2. various of the seminar 3. various of speakers STORYLINE: The AUKUS nuclear submarine deal poses a serious risk to regional and global security, according to a joint report released on Wednesday by a Chinese and a Russian think tank at a seminar here. The report, called "The AUKUS submarine deal: risks for the nuclear non-proliferation regime and global security", was published by the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association and Russia's Center for Energy and Security Studies. Under the trilateral AUKUS alliance, announced in September 2021, Australia can build nuclear-powered submarines with technology provided by the United States and the United Kingdom. The AUKUS deal involves the transfer of up to four tons of weapons-grade highly enriched uranium from the United States and Britain,

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Britain fully responsible for supplying depleted uranium weapons to Ukraine: Kremlin

STORY: Britain fully responsible for supplying depleted uranium weapons to Ukraine: Kremlin DATELINE: April 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Moscow STORYLINE: Britain will have to bear full responsibility for its decision to supply depleted uranium shells to Ukraine, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday. Peskov pointed out that when such weaponry was previously used by NATO in Yugoslavia, it resulted in devastating consequences, including a rise in oncological and other diseases. Those who use this ammunition must understand that they will "cause irreparable harm to themselves and their citizens" and ultimately bear full responsibility for their actions, he added. The spokesman made the remarks one day after British Minister of State for the Armed Forces James Heappey confirmed that Britain had already sent "thousands of shells for Challenger 2 tanks, including depleted uranium munitions" to Kiev. Xinhua News Age

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Navajo woman tells of radioactive damage

ALBUQUERQUE, United States, May 1 Kyodo - Navajo woman Edith Hood talks in Church Rock, New Mexico, the United States, on April 24, 2015, about radioactive contamination. A large release of liquid radioactive waste occurred at a uranium mill near Church Rock when the retention dam for a tailings pond failed in July 1979.

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Flowerbeds made of recycled uranium fuel containers

OKAYAMA, Japan - The Japan Atomic Energy Agency's Environmental Engineering Center shows to the press flowerbeds made of cylindrical aluminum containers once used for uranium fuel-enriching centrifuges in Kagamino, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 1, 2014.

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Hakodate city suit over MOX reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiki Kudo (front), mayor of the city of Hakodate in Hokkaido, heads to the Tokyo District Court on April 3, 2014. The city filed a lawsuit against the Japanese state government and Electric Power Development Co. seeking suspension of construction of a plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel reactor at the Oma nuclear power plant in Aomori Prefecture due to safety concerns.

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Hakodate city suit over MOX reactor

TOKYO, Japan - A June 2013 photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Oma nuclear power plant (bottom) under construction in Aomori Prefecture. At top is the city of Hakodate, Hokkaido, across the Tsugaru Strait. The city of Hakodate filed a lawsuit on April 3, 2014, against the Japanese state government and Electric Power Development Co. seeking suspension of the construction of a plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel reactor at the Oma plant due to safety concerns.

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Protest against nuclear facility in China

JIANGMEN, China - Demonstrators protest a planned uranium processing plant over fear of radiation leaks in Jiangmen, China's Guangdong Province, on July 12, 2013. The following day, the official Xinhua News Agency said authorities have canceled construction of the nuclear facility following massive protests against the project.

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Protest against nuclear facility in China

JIANGMEN, China - Demonstrators gather in front of the municipal government offices in Jiangmen, China's Guangdong Province, on July 12, 2013, to protest a planned uranium processing plant over fear of radiation leaks. The following day, the official Xinhua News Agency said authorities have canceled construction of the nuclear facility following massive protests against the project.

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Protest against nuclear facility in China

JIANGMEN, China - Demonstrators protest a planned uranium processing plant in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, on July 12, 2013.

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Protest against nuclear facility in China

JIANGMEN, China - Demonstrators protest a planned uranium processing plant in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, on July 12, 2013.

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Protest against nuclear facility in China

JIANGMEN, China - Demonstrators gather in front of the local government building in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, on July 12, 2013, in a protest against a planned uranium processing plant.

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Protest against nuclear facility in China

JIANGMEN, China - Demonstrators protest a planned uranium processing plant in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, on July 12, 2013.

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Antinuclear power rally in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia - About 300 people take part in a demonstration in Melbourne, Australia, on March 11, 2012, against nuclear power and uranium mining in Australia. The event was held on the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, which triggered a nuclear crisis at a power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.

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U.S. Undersecretary of State Sherman in South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman (L) and South Korea's first vice foreign minister Park Suk Hwan shake hands prior to holding talks in Seoul on Nov. 22, 2011. Sherman told reporters after the talks that North Korea should meet all of its commitments, including ending its uranium enrichment program, for the six-party talks on Pyongyang's denuclearization to resume.

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British MOX plant to be closed

LONDON, Britain - File photo taken in March 2011 shows facilities related to nuclear power in Sellafield, Britain. Ten Japanese electric power companies that operate nuclear power plants jointly covered the cost of renovating a Sellafield-based plant to produce plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel. Now the British government-affiliated Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which runs the facility, has determined Japan will no longer need MOX fuel in the wake of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, and has decided to close the reprocessing plant, industry sources said Oct. 18, 2011.

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Nuclear fuel unloaded in Fukui Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel is unloaded from a ship in the town of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, in June 2010, to be transported to the Takahama nuclear power plant operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. Japan held 30.1 tons of fissile plutonium at home and abroad as of the end of 2010, down 0.9 ton from a year earlier for the second consecutive yearly decline, the government said Sept. 20, 2011.

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N. Korea's 1st vice foreign minister at Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan speaks to reporters in Beijing on April 11, 2011, after meeting with Wu Dawei, China's chief nuclear envoy and special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs. Kim showed the North's position that Pyongyang's uranium enrichment program can be discussed at the six-way talks, while the United States, South Korea and Japan have been calling for the issue to be taken to the U.N. Security Council.

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U.S. envoy blasts N. Korea uranium enrichment program

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac (R) and Robert Einhorn, U.S. State Department special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control, talk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on March 2, 2011. Einhorn told reporters that North Korea's uranium enrichment program is a violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution and an agreement reached under the six-party talks after the meeting.

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S. Korea, U.S. suspect more N. Korean enrichment sites

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Dec. 14, 2010, commenting on a newspaper report that South Korea and the United States are trying to find out if North Korea is clandestinely operating more undisclosed uranium enrichment facilities, in addition to a plant at Yongbyon that the North recently showed to a visiting U.S. expert. Kim said the report is unconfirmed.

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Bosworth speaks to reporters in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Stephen Bosworth (R), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks to reporters after meeting with senior Chinese officials in Beijing on Nov. 23, 2010. Bosworth condemned North Korea's firing of artillery rounds at a South Korean island and nearby waters and also said the North's uranium enrichment activity is in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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Bosworth speaks to reporters in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, is seen at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 23, 2010. Bosworth told reporters that the stalled six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing the North will not resume while Pyongyang is engaged in a uranium enrichment program.

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Bosworth speaks to reporters in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2010. Bosworth said the stalled six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing the North will not resume while Pyongyang is engaged in a uranium enrichment program.

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U.S. envoy in Seoul over N. Korea nuke program

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (R), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and South Korean foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan shake hands ahead of their meeting in Seoul on Nov. 22, 2010. Bosworth describes North Korea's purported uranium enrichment program as a disappointing development but not a crisis.

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U.S. envoy in Seoul over N. Korea nuke program

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks with South Korean foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan during their meeting in Seoul on Nov. 22, 2010. Bosworth describes North Korea's purported uranium enrichment program as a disappointing development but not a crisis.

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Mongolian president at Japan parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj delivers a speech at the plenary session room of Japan's House of Councillors, or upper chamber, in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2010. The president expressed hope that Japanese businesses will join a project to develop natural resources such as rare earths and uranium.

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Japan's 1st MOX plant

AOMORI, Japan - Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. Executive Vice President Koichi Ikeda (R) orders a loading shovel to start operations during a groundbreaking ceremony for Japan's first commercial plant to produce plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel, an integral part of the nation's nuclear fuel cycle policy, in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Oct. 28, 2010.

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MOX fuel power generation starts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - This October 2008 file photo shows the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Power generation using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel started at the plant's No. 3 reactor (2nd from L) on Sept. 23, 2010.