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A security incident has occurred at a French nuclear site already under scrutiny because of a series of safety scares over the summer, France's ASN nuclear safety authority said on Monday. ASN said two fuel units became snagged in a reactor at Tricastin in southern France on Monday morning when site workers were attempting to remove them during maintenance work.

Two unclaimed sealed containers with radioactive material were reportedly found in the Korangi area of Karachi. According to inspectors of the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA), the containers were found buried in an area owned by the Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC). The PNRA is now making efforts for the safe disposal of the material, reported the Daily Times.

Recent reports that blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon could have been sold to "some of the most treacherous regimes in the world" are pretty frightening. But is there less to the story than meets the eye? It seems the only thing really new is the suggestion that the designs are for a bomb small enough to suit Iran's requirements - so is the story more about politics than proliferation?