Writing on ACW 2006–2013 · 74 posts
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It is fun to read about powerful people, pulling the strings, making things happen, while keeping out of the limelight. Victor Cha for example, who does not say much but has been getting some headline billing in the press. I…
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After reading for the last week that North Korea is just waiting for the money, I’ve started to wonder what the big deal is; just take it already. Turns out, they haven’t been able to withdraw it from the bank,…
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GAO has released a new report on MPC&A (Materials Protection Control and Accounting). It is positive for the most part, praising DOE and DOD cooperation on work at nuclear warhead sites in Russia, which has improved since GAO’s 2003 assessment.…
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Russian press was abuzz today with rumors that the U.S. is planning to strike Iran on April 6. The military operation is supposedly called “Bite” and will take place at midnight or 4am, depending on what you read. Reuters has…
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A friend recently asked me about putting together a nonproliferation reading list. I was about to start one of those massive, far too much information emails. Then I had a much better idea. I told him to go get Bomb…
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Pavel Podvig has a good column over at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The article, “Behind Russia and Iran’s Nuclear Reactor Dispute” addresses changes in Russia’s position towards Iran, which I blogged about last week, and argues that Russia…
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On Tuesday the New York Times ran a story on Russia giving an ultimatum to Iran regarding uranium enrichment. According to the report, Russia has threatened to refuse delivery of nuclear fuel for Bushehr if Iran does not stop uranium…
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Reuters and a number of other sources are reporting the arrest of Fortunat Lumu, Commissioner General for Atomic Energy in Democratic Republic of the Congo, over suspected plans to illegally sell uranium. Basically, this is all the info: a Kinshasa…
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We have selected Елена Изотова as the ACW favorite for Miss Atom. She is #6 on the list already so we just need to bump her up a few spots. Elena is a nuclear waste reprocessing engineer at the Chernobyl…
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The Los Angeles Times reports that the Department of Energy plans to announce the reliable replacement warhead contract today: The Energy Department will announce today a contract to develop the nation’s first new hydrogen bomb in two decades, involving a…
