So Long, St. Pete
Now this is a long-term blow to the RRW and Complex 2030.
2007
344 posts
NNSA Cover Letter to Congress
. Okay, so although the original press release that NNSA sent out announcing the JASON report was not so hot, the cover letter that NNSA Administrator Tom D’Agostino sent to Congress the same day was much more forthright: The JASON…
Jason & RRW: The Plot Thickens
John Fleck sends along the original NNSA press release summarizing the Jason study suggesting that the RRW certification plan is inadequate. NNSA — before the unclassified summary leaked — was significantly more upbeat in its press release than after: *NNSA…
JASON Questions RRW
Here is the Unclassified Executive Summary of the Jason Report on RRW. As Walter Pincus reported over the weekend (Nuclear Warhead Design Hits Snag) the report basically argues that certification of the design will require more than the current certification…
Nuts and Bolts of DPRK Denuclearization
Chris Hill tells reporters that we are down to the nuts and bolts of a denuclearization agreement. But we are really into the nuts and bolts now of implementing denuclearization, and there are a lot of details that we are…
Nuclear Black and Gray Market
David Isenberg has a cool new blog devoted to the nuclear black (and gray) market — and, in particular, you know who … Check it out.
Samore, Fitzpatrick on Iran
Yesterday, we had a pretty full room and Voice of America’s Persian TV service to hear Gary Samore talk about “Countering a Nuclear-Armed Iran”. The audio for the event is online. Gary was pretty pessimistic about the current course of…
Gary Samore Today At New America
I am hosting Gary Samore today for a talk at 3:00pm, on what to do if diplomacy fails to persuade Iran to suspend enrichment. Should be a heck of a show. Countering a Nuclear-Armed Iran Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:00…
Iran Event on Thursday
Jeffrey will be participating in an event tomorrow at the New America Foundation. He and Gary Samore, Vice President and Director of Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, will be speaking about Iran’s nuclear program. More details here, and…
"Pief" Panofsky, renowned physicist and arms control advocate, dies at 88
Wolfgang Panofsky, director emeritus at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, died of a heart attack on Monday evening. He was 88. There is much to be said about Dr. Panofsky’s contributions, from his pioneering research at Los Alamos, Stanford, and…