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AP - Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site built to withstand possible airstrikes, a leading hard-line newspaper reported Sunday in another show of defiance against Western pressure to rein in Tehran's nuclear program. More...

AP - Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site well protected from possible airstrikes, a leading hardline newspaper reported Sunday. More...

A S. Korean commuter watches Kim Jong Un, son of the N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il, on TV, October 10, 2010. North Korea claimed Tuesday that it is has "thousands of centrifuges" working to create nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The claim printed in North Korea's state-run KCNA news...

DOE seeks home for depleted uranium SALT LAKE CITY, (UPI) -- The U.S. government is looking for even a temporary storage site for 10,000 drums of depleted uranium from a South Carolina nuclear plant, Utah officials said. The waste was supposed to have been stored permanently in Utah by...

Iran produced 37 pounds of 20% uranium TEHRAN, (UPI) -- Iran has produced 37 pounds of 20 percent enriched uranium and is capable of producing as much as it needs, the country's nuclear agency leader said. Ali Akbar Salehi , head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said production would...

Iran to ship uranium to Turkey in nuclear deal AP TEHRAN, Iran – Iran agreed Monday to ship most of its enriched uranium to Turkey in a nuclear fuel swap deal that could ease the international standoff over the country's disputed nuclear program, just as pressure mounts for tougher sanctions...

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran said Wednesday it will enrich uranium to a higher level on its own, the latest indication the country was rejecting a U.N.-backed proposal aimed at thwarting any effort by Tehran to make material for a nuclear weapon. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the comment after...