Nuclear 2010

The U.S.-Russia Nuclear Thicket

25 November 2009

In an interview with the Council on Foreign Relations, CFR nuclear arms expert Charles D. Ferguson says the United States and Russia remain gripped in difficult talks over extending the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), which expires on December 5. Read the full interview:

http://www.cfr.org/publication/20812/usrussia_nuclear_thicket.html?breadcrumb=/

Iran’s nuclear programme: a test of Obama’s sway with Hu

24 November 2009

FT.com’s China bureau chief blogs on relations between the US, China and Iran:

http://blogs.ft.com/rachmanblog/2009/11/irans-nuclear-programme-a-test-of-obamas-sway-with-hu/

The Atomic Rulebook: Iran and IAEA Safeguard Violations

22 November 2009

The Daily Kos gives an effective overview of the IAEA, safeguards rules, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and developments in Iran:

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) states, in part, that:

“Each Non-nuclear-weapon State Party to the Treaty undertakes to accept safeguards… for the exclusive purpose of verification of the fulfilment of its obligations assumed under this Treaty with a view to preventing diversion of nuclear energy from peaceful uses to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices… The safeguards required by this Article shall be applied on all source or special fissionable material in all peaceful nuclear activities within the territory of such State, under its jurisdiction, or carried out under its control anywhere.”

Read the full article here:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/11/22/806842/-The-Atomic-Rulebook:-Iran-and-IAEA-Safeguard-Violations

Plutonium Page, Daily Kos, 22 November