IAEA Fuel Bank
I have acquired two IAEA documents relating to the establishment of an IAEA fuel bank, which I am making available to the community as a public service.\ Have at ’em. Assurance of Supply, Establishment of an IAEA Low Enriched Uranium…
Jeffrey Lewis
Operation Groundhog
One of the great things about the Wikileaks cables is that they contain a bunch of stuff that I should have known, but didn’t. For example, Operation Groundhog. One of the Wikileaks cables — a February 2010 scene-setter for a…
The Next START
What fan of the hapless Chicago Cubs doesn’t look at a sunny day and think of Ernie Banks? His “Let’s play two!” expressed optimism in the face of fatigue, off-field worries and the inevitability that a doubleheader meant the luckless…
Read Behind
An idiosyncratic survey of the arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation universe in no particular order. The first in a possibly regular installment. FACEBOOK | Mark Hibbs says “there is no Chinese reprocessing ‘breakthrough’ as announced by Chinese official media. This…
Greetings from Akumal
In Mayan, Akumal is “place of the turtles” — at least that is what Wikipedia tells me. We’re here with the Tomero-Shaws, enjoying the waves, sunshine and chili peppers. “Place of the turtles” is appropriate because, as of late, I’ve…
S is for Strategic, T is for …
Do you know why the New START treaty doesn’t deal with tactical nuclear weapons? Because it starts with a f’cking S, that’s why.
All I Want for X-Mas is New START
John Isaacs is clearly a genius: ‘Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a treaty was stirring, not even New START. The speeches were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that some amendments soon…
How Many NORK Enrichment Sites?
David Sanger and Bill Broad have a gossamer story in the New York Times about whether North Korea might have more centrifuge facilities. Unfortunately, the story sort of dissolves when you start to pick it apart. On the first read,…
2010 ACA Person of the Year
The Arms Control Association is, again, holding its annual contest for “Arms Control Person of the Year.” Richard Lugar, as always, has a strong case — but he won last year and it is tough to vote against the 11…
Britain’s Independent Deterent 2
After a visit to Aldermaston a few years ago, I noted that “no, the United Kingdom does not in any way, shape, or form have an independent nuclear deterrent.” In 2009, then-UK PM Gordon Brown announced the UK would be…