A copy of the administration’s legislative proposal regarding the US-India nuclear agreement landed on my desk. Basically, the administration wants Congress to change the Atomic Energy Act so the US and India can conclude a nuclear cooperation agreement. Here’s the text: Authority relating to U.S.-India nuclear cooperation. This provision facilitates civil nuclear cooperation with India …
Tender Mercies: ISIS on India
by | 2006-03-10 | 7 Comments
ISIS has released a report, India’s Gas Centrifuge Program: Stopping Illicit Procurement and the Leakage of Technical Centrifuge Know-How, arguing that the Indian system of using tenders to acquire export controlled technology raises concerns about proliferation. Since at least 1984, IRE has regularly placed inconspicuous lists of items in Indian newspapers, such as the Times …
Forden and Thomson in JIR
by | 2006-03-10 | 2 Comments
Take a look at the article in Jane’s Intelligence Review (subscription only) by Geoff Forden and John Thomsen expanding on a proposal to develop a multinational consortium to operate a five million SWU-kg a year enrichment facility at Natanz. I wondered about the self-destruct mechanism, the longer article has an explanation. As I suspected, the …
One *billion* dollars
by | 2006-03-08 | No Comments
Maybe that’s more impressive if you say it in Austin Powers’ voice. I realize that Capitol Hill’s attitude toward money is a billion here, a billion there – you add it up in order to start getting real money. But in certain cases, $1 billion can actually mean something. In the FY 2007 budget request, …
