Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 we’ve heard a lot of chatter about US and European resolve to sanction or otherwise deter cooperation between the West and Russia’s nuclear industry. A small number of vendors in Europe and the…
On February 10, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published a statement from Ukraine’s nuclear regulator spelling out that, unless Ukraine has resumed control of the station and safety examinations had been carried out, none of the six power reactors…
Last September, six months after Russian forces overran and occupied Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), and less than a month after violence threatening the site had escalated, guarded optimism suddenly broke out concerning the station’s nuclear safety prospects. Relief was at…
News media reporters can be counted on to scratch their Country X-is-going-nuclear itch whenever its armed forces burst across its borders, and this week was no exception following Turkey’s invasion of Syria. On October 22 the New York Times went…
What follows is a piece by Aaron Stein, a research associate at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and a doctoral candidate at King’s College London. Aaron has agreed to be an Arms Control Wonk “pinch hitter” and contribute posts…
