The Times prints, in full, the British strategy for securing Russian and Chinese support for tougher measures against Iran. My favorite reference is to assembling a new package on Iran that could have the explicit support of the US. “Nick [Burns] will want to consider the scope of presenting this in that way. John Sawers, …
My Summer Vacation Redux
by | 2006-03-23 | 2 Comments
Some of you may remember that, over my summer vacation, I visited the first Chinese nuclear weapons design base, in Qinghai Province. (See What I Did Over Summer Vacation: China’s Los Alamos July 6, 2005). A loyal reader notes that the Chinese government is spending more than $10 million to renovate the site. Who wants …
Pu Aging
by | 2006-03-22 | 1 Comment
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that James Sterngold at the San Francisco Chronicle revealed new studies that suggest plutonium ages rather well (much like Sophia Loren, I observed). Sterngold is back with a longer article on the subject: Although the results are preliminary, some scientists who have reviewed parts of the research say the …
U.S. NSG India Proposal
by | 2006-03-22 | 1 Comment
ACA got a copy of a U.S. proposal that’s to be discussed in an NSG meeting taking place today and tomorrow. The proposal text, along with Daryl Kimball’s commentary, is below. ******* March 21, 2006 Colleagues: In my email post earlier today, I noted that the NSG will hold a “consultative group” meeting beginning tomorrow …
