Here they are: Iran and Syria. The Iran report has lots of details on Qom site (also known as Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant), which the IAEA places at 20 km north of Qom.
The Blue and Yellow Bomb (Part 1)
by | 2009-11-16 | 8 Comments
Jeffrey and I have something in common. I’m Swedish. In his youth, Jeffrey went to some Swedish school (Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois). And we’ve both developed an interest in nuclear weapons issues. But what do Madonna and nuclear weapons have in common? Nothing except that Nothing Really Matters was shot on the site …
Fuel Swaps v Escrow: Compromise Possible?
by | 2009-11-15 | 16 Comments
The Iran-IAEA LEU-for-TRR-fuel deal is running out of time, President Obama says. And as the LEU–TRR deal goes, it’s pretty safe to say, so goes the West’s preferred strategy of engagement and de-escalation of tensions. This is just the latest episode in the month-long miniseries, “Negotiating over the Airwaves.” Matters are actually looking up a …
Votkinsk Portal Monitoring Facility
by | 2009-11-12 | 15 Comments
Credit: Otto Stokes Within the community, we have been going back and forth on whether the United States is still present at Russia’s Votkinsk Machine Building Plant. As far as I can tell, the US still staffs the Votkinsk Portal Monitoring Facility, which basically allows the United States to count mobile missiles leaving the Votkinsk …
