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 …
Shooting Down DPRK’s Satellite Launch
by | 2009-03-09 | 43 Comments
With all the talk about shooting down a possible North Korean satellite launch, I wanted to see just where the legal authority for such an action would come from. It turns out that its clear: it’s legal under Chapter VII of the UN Charter to shoot it down. Let me just review some of the …
Bypassing safeguards
by | 2009-03-09 | 8 Comments
Cross-posted from Verification, Implementation and Compliance At the present, I believe that the likelihood of an Iranian break-out is slim. The principal reason for this argument is that Iran’s installed capacity at the uranium enrichment plant in Natanz is still low, and that a break-out would entail significant political and security risks for the country. …
A Freudian Slip?
by | 2009-03-06 | 2 Comments
From yesterday’s Global Security Newswire: The United States and India removed an “albatross across our necks” by sealing a civilian nuclear trade deal and can now look forward to cooperation in other sectors, New Delhi’s departing envoy to Washington said yesterday. The relationship “still has to reach a certain critical mass,” said Ambassador Ronen Sen, …
