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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04AMMAN6341 |
DIMONA RADIATION FEARS HEIGHTENED BY VANUNU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Comments made by Israeli nuclear scientist Mordechai Vanunu to a UK paper have inflamed public concerns in Jordan regarding Israel's Dimona reactor. The GOJ quickly countered Vanunu's claims that Jordanians - and others in the region - are at risk from leaks or other environmental [...] |
2004-07-26 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL PGOV KRAD JO |
| 05NEWDELHI1248 |
INDIA READY FOR REGIONAL RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a trilateral meeting with USG and IAEA officials on February 9, the GOI agreed to join the Regional Radiological Security Partnership (RRSP); identified a lead technical contact within the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE); offered to serve as a venue for radiological securi [...] |
2005-02-17 09:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TRGY KNNP KRAD IN NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI1305 |
MISSION INTEREST IN DEVELOPING RADIOLOGICAL [...] (S) Taking advantage of the February 8-10 visit by DOE and Department officials seeking to engage the GOI in the Regional Radiological Security Partnership (reftel), we sought more information about the impact of a hypothetical radiological attack on Mission facilities. DCM noted that GOI su [...] |
2005-02-18 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | ASEC PREL PTER KRAD IN |
| 06KUWAIT71 |
KUWAIT'S COUNTRY-WIDE RADIATION MONITORING SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. businessman told Ambassador on January 8 that the Kuwaiti company he works for had just been awarded a contract by Kuwait's Ministry of Health to install fifteen radiation monitoring systems throughout Kuwait. He said that these systems could be used to monitor for any [...] |
2006-01-08 13:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ENRG MNUC TRGY KRAD IR KU |
| 07MAPUTO1399 |
RESOURCES MINISTER ON URANIUM, EITI, INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Minister of Mineral Resources Esperanca Bias told the Charge on 11/21 that the GRM isn't interested in participating in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) since she believes that the laws and oversight mechanisms that the GRM has in place already achiev [...] |
2007-11-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EPET EINV KNNP SENV KRAD ENRG MZ |
| 07MOSCOW4466 |
RUSSIAN RADIATION MEDICINE EXPERTS IDENTIFIED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KRAD RS |
| 07THEHAGUE1386 |
ROTTERDAM PORT RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEM IN PLACE [...] Summary: The port of Rotterdam recently completed the installation of 40 new radiation portal monitors (RPMs) at all container terminals. Dutch Customs, which operates the monitoring program, demonstrated the new system July 10 for officials from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Megaport [...] |
2007-07-20 15:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KHLS KRAD PTER NL |
| 08BAGHDAD3565 |
ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY GETS BOOST FROM NEW LAW [...] (C) Minister of Environment Narmin Othman told EmbOffs on November 3 the Council of Representatives (CoR) had ratified the new law establishing the Ministry of Environment (MoEnv). She claimed the Prime Minister told the Cabinet to enlarge MoEnv funding, "even if it means taking money away fro [...] |
2008-11-12 04:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EPET EWWT ECIN KHDP KRAD KSCA IZ |
| 08LONDON3181 |
IMO: LONDON CONVENTION REPORT ON MARINE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) annual meetings for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the "London Convention") and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the "London Protocol") made progre [...] |
2008-12-19 16:22:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PHSA SENV KGHG KRAD UK |
| 08MOSCOW1597 |
FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-05 10:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KRAD PREL PTER RO RS TBIO |
| 08THEHAGUE397 |
GUIDANCE REQUEST: DISCUSSING ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request - please see para 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Post seeks guidance regarding policy on the discussion of remediation issues in the context of the Netherlands United States Operational Group (NUSOG). Post understands from ISN/WMDT that the USG position is t [...] |
2008-05-09 16:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MARR MNUC PARM TRGY KRAD NL |
| 08THEHAGUE565 |
NETHERLANDS/NUSOG: REMEDIATION STILL AN ISSUE [...] (S) Summary and action request: The issue of whether to discuss remediation under the Netherlands - United States Operational Group (NUSOG) auspices once again proved contentious at the NUSOG Plenary on June 18-19. The Dutch argued that environmental remediation in the event of an incident i [...] |
2008-07-01 13:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MNUC PARM TRGY KRAD NL |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1163 |
UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY FOR CENTRAL ASIA SRSG [...] (SBU) Head of the Ashgabat-based UN Regional Center for Preventative Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) Ambassador Miroslav Jenca delivered a well-received statement on December 10 to the Security Council on UNRCCA activities and outlined plans for the future. In response to questions from [...] |
2008-12-11 23:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KRAD PREL ENRG SENV ZK AF |
| 09ABUJA696 |
NIGERIA TO HEAD THE FORUM OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY BODIES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 10, ESTHOff met with the Director General of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), Professor Shemsiden Elegba, who reported that he has been elected to chair the newly-formed Forum of Regulatory Bodies in Africa (FORBIA). The forum aims to harmonize and str [...] |
2009-04-23 08:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG ECON PARM TRGY PTER PGOV KRAD NI |
| 09MADRID432 |
INTERAGENCY DECISION NEEDED ON PALOMARES RESPONSE TO GOS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-30 14:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KGCN KRAD PARM PGOV PREL SENV SP |
| 09MOSCOW1449 |
RUSSIA'S ROSATOM AND ENVIRONMENTAL/NUCLEAR WATCHDOG GROUPS [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Forum-Dialogue on "Nuclear Power, Society and Safety" held April 21 and 22 hosted by Rosatom State Corporation in Saint Petersburg featured Rosatom Director General Kiriyenko's affirmation the current Federal Targeted Plan (FTP) will continue as planned, but [...] |
2009-06-03 08:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL MNUC ENRG KRAD SENV PGOV KDEM RS |
| 09THEHAGUE329 |
INVITATION TO ATTEND U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE-HOSTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy The Hague is conducting a tabletop exercise (TTX) on July 14th, 2009 with the primary goal of training Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) in the procedures and expectations following a simulated U.S. nuclear accident on Dutch soil. Post invites addressee posts [...] |
2009-06-02 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MNUC PARM TRGY KRAD NL |
| 09TRIPOLI1022 |
LIBYA HEU UPDATE [...] (S/NF) After raising a sensitive proposal on another topic (septel) during their hastily-called late Friday evening meeting, and only in response to the Ambassador's insistence that the HEU issue be raised, Foreign Minister Musa Kusa told the Ambassador on December 18 that there would be "no p [...] |
2009-12-20 15:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MNUC PARM PINR RS KGIC KNNP KRAD ENRG LY |
| 09TRIPOLI1025 |
FINAL HEU SHIPMENT DEPARTS LIBYA REF: A) TRIPOLI 938 B) TRIPOLI 966; C) TRIPOLI 941 [...] (S/NF) On December 21 at 0515, a Russian-chartered plane took off from Tripoli with the seven casks containing Libya's final Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) spent fuel stocks. Department of Energy (DOE) staff in Tripoli confirmed that the flight arrived in Russia at 11:15 local time. Today's flight m [...] |
2009-12-21 16:26:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS MNUC PARM PINR RS KGIC KNNP KRAD ENRG |
| 09TRIPOLI938 |
LIBYA HALTS HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM FUEL TRANSFER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Following a four-day standoff, the Russian plane scheduled to remove Libya's last remaining HEU spent fuel stores departed Libya without its cargo. Despite bilateral agreements with the U.S. and Russia -- and intensive outreach efforts by the U.S. and Russian Ambassadors -- Libyan [...] |
2009-11-25 13:59:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS MNUC PARM PINR RS KGIC KNNP KRAD ENRG |
| 09TRIPOLI941 |
LIBYANS SEEK RENEWED COMMITMENT FROM U.S. IN RETURN FOR [...] This is an action request; see para 13. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi told the Ambassador November 27 that Libya had halted the shipment of its final HEU stockpiles because it was "fed up" with the slow pace of bilateral engagement. Saif claimed that Libya had not received the "comp [...] |
2009-11-30 17:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MNUC PARM PINR RS KGIC KNNP KRAD ENRG |
| 09TRIPOLI943 |
LIBYAN MFA BRIEFED ON HEU SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) Pol/Econ Chief met MFA Americas Acting A/S-equivalent XXXXXXXXXXXX December 1 to convey our serious concerns about the security of the seven HEU-filled casks at the Tajoura Nuclear Facility. XXXXXXXXXXXX dismissed U.S. concerns, stating there was "no one sophisticated enough" in Libya [...] |
2009-12-01 17:28:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MNUC PARM PINR RS KGIC KNNP KRAD ENRG |
| 09TRIPOLI950 |
LIBYAN HEU SHIPMENT SECURE; NO DECISION YET REGARDING NEXT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Visiting DOE experts confirmed December 6 that the Libyan Government had taken the requisite steps to increase the security of the seven casks of HEU, and that the contents -- and IAEA seals -- remained unchanged since the shipment was halted November 25. The Libyan Government ha [...] |
2009-12-07 16:14:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MNUC PARM PINR RS KGIC KNNP KRAD ENRG LY |
| 09TRIPOLI966 |
LIBYA HEU UPDATE: LETTER SENT TO RUSSIANS APPROVING SHIPMENT REF: TRIPOLI 950 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MNUC PARM PINR RS KGIC KNNP KRAD ENRG LY |
| 10PARIS212 |
G8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: FRENCH CLAIM INTERAGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lack of engagement by relevant French ministries and political buck-passing of responsibilities appear to be the primary impediments to greater French political support for extension of the G8's Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GP [...] |
2010-02-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ENRG SENV TRGY KNNP KRAD |
| 10STATE5725 |
IMO: LONDON CONVENTION REPORT ON MARINE [...] (U) The annual meetings of Contracting Parties to the London Convention (LC) and the London Protocol (LP) on ocean dumping were held concurrently 26-30 October at the International Maritime Organization in London (LC31/LP4). The U.S. delegation consisted of representatives from seven USG agenc [...] |
2010-01-20 21:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT IMO PHSA SENV UK KRAD KGHG |
| 10TRIPOLI8 |
KOREA SEEKS U.S. VIEWS ON CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH LIBYA CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, U.S. Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. (C) The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Libya, Dong Hee Chang recently told the Ambassador that his country was interested in advancing its civil nuclear cooperation with Libya and wanted to know if the U.S. had any objections. He said [...] |
2010-01-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS MNUC PARM PINR RS KGIC KNNP KRAD ENRG |