Avatar photoChris Ford Resigns

U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Chris Ford is resigning to take a job at the Hudson Institute. From: Ford, Christopher A Sent: 22 August 2008 01:59 Subject: Ford is moving on . . . . Importance: High Dear Friends: Most of you have regularly been getting mail from me on NPT issues for some …

Avatar photoWhat Does Article IV Mean?

One of the perennial debates that rages in the comments section of this blog is about the meaning of article IV of the NPT. As a quick recap, recall that article IV.1 states that Nothing in this Treaty shall be interpreted as affecting the inalienable right of all the Parties to the Treaty to develop …

Avatar photoForden on Safir-e Omid

I am back from Ithaca. Funny story: Ted Postol walks into our meeting, laughing, haven taken a phone call from a reporter. The poor man was desperate, having tried to track down Ted, Geoff Forden, David Wright, me and others — but no one is returning his calls. He can’t figure out what happened to …

Avatar photoW76 LEP Completely Baked

Mr. Braddock: Don’t you think that idea is a little half-baked? Benjamin: Oh no, Dad, it’s completely baked. Frank Munger explains that workers at Y12 turned the heat up a little too much on some subassemblies: OAK RIDGE – A federal spokesman confirmed that Oak Ridge workers overcooked some nuclear warhead components during a drying …