Iran Agrees to Reveal Nuclear Info

Iran on Monday offered some cooperation with an International Atomic Energy Agency probe of an alleged secret uranium processing project linked by U.S. intelligence to a nuclear arms program.

The Iranian pledge was contained in a memorandum reached between Iran and the IAEA and published on the agency's Web site at the request of Tehran's mission to the agency. In it, Tehran also outlined its timetable for providing other sensitive information sought by the IAEA in its probe of more than two decades of nuclear activity by the Islamic republic, most of it clandestine until revealed more than four years ago. [via ABC News]

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62 years ago...

Today marks the 62th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb, Little Boy, on the city of Hiroshima. To learn more about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, visit our companion website, Hiroshima & Nagasaki Remembered.

We think it is time once again to reflect on this event and focus ourselves towards a more peaceful co-existence.

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Podcast: The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor

In his book `The Atomic Bazaar`, Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning global threat of nuclear weapons production. As more unstable and undeveloped nations find ways of acquiring the ultimate arms, the stakes of state-sponsored nuclear activity have soared to frightening heights. Even more disturbing is the likelihood of such weapons being manufactured and deployed by guerrilla non-state terrorists. Langewiesche also recounts the recent history of Abdul Qadeer Khan and examines in dramatic and tangible detail the chances for nuclear terrorism. Access the podcast here.

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