I wanted to talk about Joby Warrick’s story, Iran Easing Aspects Of Nuclear Program, Report Cites Lag at Centrifuge Facility. A senior UN official told journalists that Iran has slowed installation of a second module of 3,000 centrifuges: “The pace of installing and bringing centrifuges into operation has slowed quite considerably since August,” a senior …
Safeguards in Iran. And Elsewhere.
by | 2009-02-22 | 15 Comments
Partial schematic of Iran’s planned fuel cycle, once facilities currently under construction have been completed. I was travelling on Friday and got back to the internet to observe the aftermath of the s*!t storm over material accountancy in Iran. The story that seems to be emerging is that Iran understated the quantity of low enriched …
A Correction
by | 2009-02-21 | 2 Comments
Yesterday, my cynicism got the better of me. I expressed doubt that anyone in the press compared the two IAEA reports, concluding that someone in either the IAEA or one of the missions was putting a little pressure on the Iranians. I was wrong. One of the reporters has contacted me to clarify that it …
Wohlstetter Event at Hudson
by | 2009-02-21 | 1 Comment
I failed to mention Bob Zarate is having an event for his Wohlstetter book at the Hudson Institute on Monday: The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC) and Hudson Institute invite you to participate in a seminar panel presentation “Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter’s Writings and the Future of U.S. National Strategy” Monday, February 23, 2009 10:00 …
