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Well, the Nuclear Suppliers Group has given India a cleanish waiver. It’s a good day for France and Russia — well, AREVA and Atomstroyexport. (I have my doubts about the future of Westinghouse in the Indian market, but oh well.)…
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Indian Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar tells the Indian Express that whether India tests or not will depend on the consquences: Asked about the right to conduct nuclear tests, he said, “in terms of consequences, of course, when we…
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There is a lot of hullaballo about North Korea reversing the disablement procedures at Yongbyon. I take the measures seriously as a signal by Pyongyang, but it is important to keep in mind that the substance of the reversal is…
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Howard Berman has released the long-awaited State Department responses to more than 40 questions the House Foreign Affairs Committee asked about the US-India Nuclear Debacle in October 2007. You can find them on the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center website. Glenn…
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Conversations about a recent news report in the Dutch paper De Telegraaf — that Netherlands has recalled a spy/saboteur from Iran’s nuclear program in fear of an impending attack — are filling my inbox. Here is the crucial bit of…
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While I am Seoul, Busan and other interesting places, my friend Josh Pollack is going to pick up the slack on the blog this week. Josh prefers to be known as “a consultant to the U.S. Government on arms control,…
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Greetings from the Atlanta Airport — I am off to the Republic of Korea this week. Before I go, I wanted to share another great talk I heard from the meeting George Lewis hosted at Cornell. Yousaf Butt, now at…
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U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Chris Ford is resigning to take a job at the Hudson Institute. From: Ford, Christopher A Sent: 22 August 2008 01:59 Subject: Ford is moving on . . . . Importance: High Dear Friends:…
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I am back from Ithaca. Funny story: Ted Postol walks into our meeting, laughing, haven taken a phone call from a reporter. The poor man was desperate, having tried to track down Ted, Geoff Forden, David Wright, me and others…
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Mr. Braddock: Don’t you think that idea is a little half-baked? Benjamin: Oh no, Dad, it’s completely baked. Frank Munger explains that workers at Y12 turned the heat up a little too much on some subassemblies: OAK RIDGE – A…
