Two weeks ago, a story broke involving the arrest in Slovakia of two Hungarians and one Ukrainian for allegedly trying to peddle around 1 pound of weapons-grade highly-enriched uranium. Days later, the incident was reported as involving 481.4 grams of a substance containing uranium 235, with a Slovak lab technician saying “Preliminary examinations showed it …
The Onion On Sha Zukang
by | 2007-12-13 | 1 Comment
For many years, Sha Zukang was a fixture on the disarmament circuit representing China during CTBT negotiations and making the odd statement here or there to cause an international kerfuffle — like when implied that China’s no-first use pledge might not apply to Taiwan. Now that he is UN Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, …
Silence is highly enriched uranium
by | 2007-12-13 | 3 Comments
I have to admit I’m quite surprised that my “long weekend“ post generated quite as much heated comment as it did. But that, I guess, is the pleasure of blogging on the Wonk. Anyway, now for something completely different: highly enriched uranium (HEU) elimination. At a meeting in London a few weeks ago, a UK …
NCRI Still Didn't Discover Natanz
by | 2007-12-12 | 5 Comments
I hope readers are enjoying having James and Andy around — with Iran on the front burner and Jane knee-deep in textbooks and problems sets, I figured I could use the help. Among other things, this frees me up to focus on my pet peeves — if one can one have multiple pet peeves. Former …
