New START has been in peril for years. The first episode of the pod was about the INF Treaty being in danger, and here we are, 8 years later, with almost no arms control treaties left. Maybe it is time to rename the pod Arms Race Wonk, because the next few years are going to …
Ukraine: ZNPP Reactor Restarts
by | 2023-02-11 | No Comments
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 at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) will be permitted to generate electricity: “The State …
Another North Korean Missile Parade
by | 2023-02-10 | No Comments
Jeffrey, Aaron, and Scott say the unthinkable: we’re a little tired of the parades. But we’re glad the youthes are still ordering pizza and crowding around the computer to watch. North Korea paraded at least 15 ICBMs, including 4 that were clearly meant to look like solid-propellent ICBMs. We’ve been down this road before, they’ve …
ZNPP Risk: No Silver Bullet
by | 2023-02-06 | No Comments
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 hand, a flurry of media accounts explained, because all six reactors had been idled and …
