North Korea has declared the stay clear zones ( as pointed out by a number of people in the comments to my alert post). You can down load a Google Earth file of these stay clear zones here. These zones imply that North Korea is launching its rocket due East. If its fired due East, …
IAEA Legal Adviser on Arak, Darkhovin
by | 2009-03-13 | 5 Comments
Greetings from Europe! A little Euroblogging from the Thalys train — I am traveling from Den Haag to Paris. My final destination is the South of France, where I am joining a tour of France’s decommissioned fissile material production facilities at Pierrelatte and Marcoule. A colleague sent me this very interesting document — a Statement …
DPRK Sets Date Range for Launch
by | 2009-03-12 | 9 Comments
The ever alert wonk-reader, Allen Thomson, has pointed out that North Korea has stated it will attempt its satellite launch between April 4 and 8th. (Thanks Allen!) Hopefully, they will release a notification about where the stay-clear zones will be, which will give us some indication of the capabilities of their rocket. (I’ve been running …
Non-Technological Safeguards
by | 2009-03-11 | 3 Comments
Cross-posted from TotalWonkerr.com. I’ve just stumbled across a paper, almost a year old now, by one Peter Friend, the head of Safeguards and Security at Urenco. It concerns the safeguarding of a centrifuge enrichment facility. Yes, this again. It includes a short section on “new inspection techniques.” Here are the highlights: There are many organisations …
