I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about multinational fuel cycle facilities in South Korea lately, which means I am reading a lot about Eurochemic — a multinational reprocessing facility among thirteen European Countries. When you crack open a dry tome like Jean-Marc Wolff’s Eurochemic 1956-1990, European Company for the Chemical Processing of Irradiated …
War and Proliferation
by | 2011-08-02 | 4 Comments
After twelve years as the Co-director of Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, Scott Sagan is stepping down, ostensibly to have more time for writing. Given how prolific Scott was during his Co-directorship, I think he’s just trying to embarrass the rest of us. Scott’s essay, “Why Do States Build Nuclear Weapons? Three Models …
Reverse-Engineering the Grimmett Reports
by | 2011-07-28 | 8 Comments
Since giving a presentation on North Korea’s missile trade last month in Seoul at the Asan Plenum, I’ve had a couple of requests to explain the data sources more precisely. Much of the curiosity stems from an article in the English-language online edition of the Chosun Ilbo that attributed the data to “a report by …
I Still Call It The JAEC
by | 2011-07-26 | 5 Comments
A couple of months ago, Mark Hibbs wrote a nice little post here about China’s interest in commercial-scale reprocessing for its spent nuclear fuel. If you recall, a few reporters got unnecessarily excited about China’s announcement of initial operations at its pilot reprocessing facility in the Gobi Desert. Mark reminded everyone that the facility was …
