Dec
12
2011
Iranians need maraging steel to produce new uranium enrichment centrifuges and exhaust systems for missile engines. Was explosion at steel factory connected to nuclear program?
Ron Ben-Yishai
Does the mysterious blast in Iran‘s steel factory have any connection to attempts to sabotage the Iranian nuclear program? Foreign reports suggesting Iran received North Korean steel used for uranium enrichment and the production of exhaust systems of missile engines may indicate that there is such a connection.
Initially, the Iranians claimed that the cause for Sunday’s blast was the penetration of water into the steel’s melting pot but later said that ammunition brought to the factory had exploded.
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Less than a month ago, Germany’s Die Welt newspaper reported that North Korea had provided Iran and Syria with special maraging steel which serves for the production of facilities required to withstand high speed and heavy heat. The paper claimed that both the Iranians and the Syrians are in need of such steel for the production of new centrifuges for uranium enrichment and the manufacturing of exhaust systems for missile engines. Read more »
Nov
12
2011
The mysterious presence of low-level radiation in the Czech Republic had experts baffled yesterday as the UN nuclear agency admitted it was a mystery how the particles got there.
By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent
Elevated levels of iodine-131 were detected by the International Atomic Energy Agency in four countries on Friday, but last night officials were still trying to determine where the material had come from.
Although higher than normal, scientists said the levels of radiation were not likely to pose a health risk and were almost certainly unrelated to the Fukushima plant 8,000 miles away in Japan.
Very low levels of radiation were also detected in Hungary, Slovakia and Austria, with all three countries insisting there was no risk to inhabitants. Read more »
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Nov
10
2011
Active region wider than Jupiter could flare up at any time.
Jason Major
for National Geographic News
Published November 10, 2011
The largest active region seen on the sun since 2005 has rotated to the center of the sun’s face, as seen from Earth—which means any eruptions it produces will be aimed right at us.
Dubbed Active Region 1339, the cluster of magnetic activity was first spotted by satellites as it started making its way around the sun’s northwestern edge. The monster spot came into view of Earth-bound telescopes last week.
(Related: “Sunspots Can Now Be Predicted Days in Advance.”)
Astronomers soon realized this is not your average sunspot—it’s a giant cluster of sunspots, several of which are larger than our entire planet.
In fact, viewed from Earth, AR 1339 is large enough to be visible to the naked eye. Read more »
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