Muslim lawmakers praise speech; GOP critical …Feinstein responded to that by noting that nuclear inspectors under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can assuage those concerns, and that isolating countries like Iran and North Korea only encourages their nuclear ambitions. “That’s why you have the IAEA. That’s why you can have 24-hour, 7-days-a-week, 365-days-per-year supervision on-site,” she said. “Diplomacy is important in all of this. The more you isolate a nation, the more you drive that nation into the position of using nuclear prowess as a way to gain stature.” the hill/ washingtonpost

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No Radioactive Materials Found Since Nuclear Test South Korean authorities have failed to confirm the authenticity of North Korea’s May 25 nuclear test as no radioactive material has been found over the East Sea, officials said Thursday. koreatimes

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Big names and bucks back nuclear ‘bank’ Buffett’s bankroll, Obama’s clout and the partnership of a savvy ex-Soviet strongman may turn the steppes of central Asia into a nuclear mecca, a go-to place for “safe” uranium fuel in an increasingly nervous atomic age. AP

Scientists: Iran could make nuke in 1-3 years Iran could produce a simple nuclear device in one to three years and a nuclear warhead in another five years after that, a group of U.S. and Russian scientists and experts said in a report issued Tuesday. AP

U.S., Russian officials to discuss new nuclear treaty Russian and U.S officials are meeting Wednesday and Thursday in Moscow to discuss a replacement pact for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I, which is expiring in December. CNN

Grisly Video May Slow Nuclear Pact The emergence of a videotape depicting a grisly beating administered by a member of the royal family of the United Arab Emirates has complicated a U.S. effort to create the Arab world’s first nuclear energy program, officials said. WP

U.S. Removes Highly Enriched Uranium from Kazakhstan The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration today said that it had extracted 162.5 pounds of spent nuclear fuel from Kazakhstan since last December GSN

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Obama: Reducing Spread of Nukes a High Priority Preparing for a July summit on the issue with his Russian counterpart, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said it is ”absolutely imperative” that the United States take the lead in reducing the spread of nuclear weapons. AP

UN Chief: Time to Break Stalemate on Cutting Nukes U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged nations to seize on recent momentum in nuclear disarmament talks, saying they had a historic opportunity to make the world a safer place. AP

Photos show Pakistan expanding nuclear sites: institute Satellite photos released on Tuesday show Pakistan has expanded two sites crucial to its nuclear program as part of an effort to bolster the destructive power of its atomic arsenal, a US arms control institute said. AFP

Reactor shutdown ‘catastrophe’ as medical isotopes dry up A shutdown of the Canadian nuclear reactor that produces much of the world’s medical isotopes is a “catastrophe” that threatens to delay or cancel critical medical procedures both in Canada and abroad for many weeks, medical experts said Tuesday. The Globe and Mail/ Reuters

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