The Atlantic Monthly has a long article in the December 2006 issue on How to Get a Nuclear Bomb. [Sorry, it’s subscription only past the first page, so I am putting in some good quotes from later in the article.] It seems at first glance very similar to Jeffrey’s Terror Farm article in Foreign Policy …
Technical Cooperation for Arak
by | 2006-11-22 | No Comments
Manging the Atom Quote of the Day: “A 12-inch hunting knife also could be used to spread jam on your toast in the morning.” Former director of nonproliferation at the State Department Robert J. Einhorn “conceded that the Arak reactor could have peaceful uses, though implausibly so.” Regular readers know that I’ve been somewhat annoyed …
Pu: Still Ages Like Sophia Loren
by | 2006-11-21 | 2 Comments
In January and March 2006, I blogged about stories by James Sterngold inthe San Francisco Chronicle suggesting plutonium, much like Sophia Loren, ages extremely well—remaining quite, um, fissile for at least 60 years. A new study from Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore finds plutonium ages much better than Ms. Loren, remaining viable fissile material for …
NPT Wreckage
by | 2006-11-16 | 20 Comments
That ongoing effort is being broadcast on CSPAN2. Will someone please point out that India’s population size, type of government, and economic growth don’t mean that it gets to have nuclear weapons? Anyway, ACA sponsored a related event on Tuesday. Check out the transcript for more details. I would point out that Zia Mian discussed …
