NRDC’s Tom Cochran has released a pretty compelling rebuttal of David Albright’s estimate of the capacity of Pakistan’s new plutonium production reactor. Albright, writing with Paul Brannan, estimated the capacity of the new reactor in excess of 1000 MW; NSC Spokesman Frederick Jones called the estimate “wrong” and other officials told Bill Broad and David …
Kang on North Korean Nuclear Test
by | 2006-10-03 | 1 Comment
Dave Kang—Associate Professor in the Government Department at Dartmouth and Managing the Atom Research Associate—sends along his thoughts on North Korea’s announcement of an impending North Korean nuclear test: Will North Korea actually test? What do they hope to get out of it? I think there are two issues to keep in mind. First, the …
North Korean Nuclear Test?
by | 2006-10-03 | No Comments
By now, you’ve probably heard that the DPRK has announced its intention to conduct a nuclear test. (The BBC has a translation of the Korean statement; the original is here.) The money line is: The DPRK Foreign Ministry is authorized to solemnly declare … the DPRK will in the future conduct a nuclear test under …
Norks Threaten Nuke Test
by | 2006-10-03 | 6 Comments
Nice to wake up to. Reuters, via CNN, has part of of the North Korean FM statement. Here’s the scary part: Firstly, the field of scientific research of the DPRK will in the future conduct a nuclear test under the condition where safety is firmly guaranteed. Interestingly, the statement seems to make an effort to …
