Fun with Molybdenum
Molybdenum seems to be something that just won’t go away! Most people feel it is one of the reasons Iran appears willing to ship its indigenously enriched LEU first to France to be further purified and then to Russia to…
2009
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TRR Tradeoffs
The immediate advantages of last week’s agreement-in-principle between Iran and the P5+1 / E3+3 are pretty clear. Iran gets about five years’ worth of fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR). And removing 1,200 kg of Iran’s LEU and returning…
Can CTM Bust Russian Silos?
The Russians have made a lot of noise about the possibility that advanced conventional weapons in the US arsenal place their nuclear forces at risk and, as a corollary, that certain capabilities should be included in future arms control negotiations.…
A Primer on Iran’s Medical Reactor Plans
A swimming pool-type reactor similar to the TRR in Iran whose fuel is apparently the subject of a deal between Iran and the P5+1. The eerie blue light is Cherenkov radiation given off as subatomic particles streak through the surrounding…
DF-31As on Parade
Update | 11:39 am 2 October I apologize that I cannot figure out how to turn off the autoplay. Am posting the code in the comments — suggestions appreciated. *** Well, the PRC October 1 National Day Parade came and…
DF-31As On Parade Revisited
I am unable to turn off the autoplay, so you’ll have to click here for the post on the DF-31As in the Chinese National Day Parade: https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/2485/df-31as-on-parade You’ll want to turn your volume way, way down.
ACW Happy Hour, Thursday, October 8, 6ish
As many of you know, my lovely wife Jill is taking a government job so she can be read in to intelligence compartments that I can’t even dream about. From now on, at dinner, Jill will just sit quietly, thinking…
Kenneth Waltz
The debate between Ken Waltz and Scott Sagan, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons (2nd edition, 2003) is a great teaching tool. Waltz, the academic Grinch of proliferation studies, argues that more proliferation is better than any of the alternatives —…
Geneva: The TRR and Enrichment Abroad
Long time, no speak. Time for a spot of guest blogging at this busy time. Interesting news from the meetings in Geneva today. Iran has agreed, “in principle”, to have some LEU from Natanz further enriched abroad and fabricated into…
Safeguards v. EXPO
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…