Tag: Uranium

Vice President Biden. AP Photo

Biden makes Grand Canyon national monument, ending uranium prospecting

Washington Examiner · August 9, 2023 11:43 am

FILE - This Oct. 2, 2013, file photo, shows a view seen on the way to Glacier Point trail in the Yosemite National Park, Calif. Sexual harassment, bullying and other misconduct is rampant among employees at national parks across the country, including at iconic sites such as Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, a congressional committee was told Sept. 22, 2016. At Yosemite, at least 18 employees have come forward with allegations of harassment or other misconduct so severe that a recent report labeled working conditions at the park "toxic."

Energy and Environment

Biden increasing reliance on Russia by blocking Grand Canyon uranium, GOP and industry say

Nancy Vu · August 8, 2023 9:38 pm

FILE - This Oct. 5, 2013 file photo, the Grand Canyon National Park is covered in the morning sunlight as seen from a helicopter near Tusayan, Ariz. An effort by the Grand Canyon to make a lucrative contract more attractive to bidders means the park will defer planned spending on new lighting, cave monitoring, building a composting toilet and tracking an endangered fish that recently reappeared in the canyon, it was announced Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Energy and Environment

Biden to designate Grand Canyon area as national monument to block uranium mining

Nancy Vu · August 7, 2023 3:26 pm

Beltway Confidential

Decades of Western influence evaporate in the Sahel

Aidan Springs · August 7, 2023 9:40 am

2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya, UN nuclear watchdog agency says

Breanne Deppisch · March 16, 2023 4:12 pm

Rebuilding America’s energy security one mineral at a time

Rebuilding America’s energy security one mineral at a time

Reps. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and August Pfluger (TX-11) · June 17, 2022 12:00 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

As window closes on reviving Iran deal, door opens on military options

Jamie McIntyre · January 27, 2022 11:00 pm

FILE - In this June 6, 2018, file frame from Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran. Iran plans to start using a new array of advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium, the country's nuclear chief said Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, according to state television, in a move likely to intensify pressure on Europe to save Tehran's collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. Ali Akbar Salehi told Iranian state TV that an array of 30 IR-6 centrifuges will be inaugurated in the coming weeks.

Iran to enrich uranium at highest-ever levels after Natanz attack

Carly Roman · April 13, 2021 6:03 pm

A Ghadr-H missile, center, a solid-fuel surface-to-surface Sejjil missile and a portrait of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are displayed at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, for the annual Defense Week which marks the 37th anniversary of the 1980s Iran-Iraq war. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

White House says Biden did not change Iran policy with a nod of his head

Rob Crilly · February 8, 2021 7:08 pm

FILE - In this June 6, 2018, file frame from Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran. Iran plans to start using a new array of advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium, the country's nuclear chief said Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, according to state television, in a move likely to intensify pressure on Europe to save Tehran's collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. Ali Akbar Salehi told Iranian state TV that an array of 30 IR-6 centrifuges will be inaugurated in the coming weeks.

Iran claims it’s installing 1,000 centrifuges after announcing expanded uranium enrichment

Zach Halaschak · January 6, 2021 12:40 am

FILE - In this June 6, 2018, file frame from Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran. Iran plans to start using a new array of advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium, the country's nuclear chief said Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, according to state television, in a move likely to intensify pressure on Europe to save Tehran's collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. Ali Akbar Salehi told Iranian state TV that an array of 30 IR-6 centrifuges will be inaugurated in the coming weeks.

National Security

Iran to enrich uranium to 20% as anniversary of Soleimani killing approaches

Zach Halaschak · January 2, 2021 5:26 pm

Iran Parliament passes bill to increase nuclear enrichment

Tyler Van Dyke · December 2, 2020 10:22 pm