Long time reader, first time Wonker. My thanks to the Wonk-Supreme for allowing me to contribute. The president of the negotiations for a nuclear weapons ban convention has just released her first draft of the proposed treaty. As will become…
On 2 December 2015, the International Atomic Energy Agency released its final assessment on past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program. Here in the United Kingdom, the report did not hit the front pages, as the parliament was…
According to the IAEA website, the IAEA and OECD will release Uranium 2009: Resources, Production and Demand — the “Red Book” — tomorrow with a press conference. The Red Book is an essential resource if you want a handy estimate…
With Olli Heinonen’s resignation as IAEA Deputy Director General for Safeguards, questions are naturally turning to “Why did he leave?” and “Who will replace him?” I think the answers are: Because it was time for him to move on, and…
Olli Heinonen, IAEA Deputy Director for Safeguards, resigned today, effective at the end of August, for “personal reasons.” No word yet on a replacement or how this relates to the past few years of internecine warfare between Safeguards and Expo.…
Here are the most recent Director-General’s reports on Iran and Syria. Since it is Memorial Day, I am not going to even bother reading these until tomorrow. Update | May 31, 7:59 am I’ve edited the post a couple of…
Josh Pollack happened upon this amazing video of Safeguards Analytical Laboratory at Seibersdorf. Some briefs shots of what looks like Tuwaitha, Yongbyon (inside) and Pelindaba. Which got me thinking that the IAEA must have a spectacular video library. It turns…
Well, I guess Mark Hibbs isn’t going to be getting a building pass to the VIC. That VIC, of course, is the Vienna International Center, home to the IAEA. Hibbs has a long piece on the vicious infighting within the…
There has been a lot of back-and-forth on the blog, especially in the comments, about the ongoing revelation of Iran’s enrichment facility near Qom. A couple of points: 1. Iran has unequivocally violated its safeguards obligations James Acton laid this…
Six bucks or not, Andreas Persbo and Mark Hibbs have a must read profile of outgoing IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: The IAEA after ElBaradei. As ElBaradei’s tenure reaches its close, a deep and troubling…
