An artificial magnitude 5.1 earthquake was detected that the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) said displayed “clear explosion-like characteristics.” It will take time to ascertain important elements of the test including the yield (or size) of the explosion and the nuclear material with which it was constructed.
Fact Sheet on the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT)
By Kingston Reif and Madeleine Foley Updated by Usha Sahay Cascade of gas centrifuges used to produce enriched uranium (DOE) PURPOSE OF FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY A fissile material cutoff treaty would ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons purposes. Fissile materials, principally highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium, are the essential […]
U.N. Secretary General Inspires Students toward Increased Nuclear Non-Proliferation Efforts
On Friday, January 18th, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke before a private audience at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California. Concentrating on nuclear nonproliferation, Secretary Ban stressed the importance of escalating nonproliferation activity worldwide, and the dangers of delaying or slowing disarmament progress…
To Cut Wasteful Spending, Start With Nuclear Weapons
Published in The Huffington Post on February 5, 2013. Article summary below; read the full text here. The first “fiscal cliff” was temporarily averted through a last-minute congressional deal. The next “fiscal cliff”, the automatic budget cuts, known as sequestration, is scheduled to arrive March first. Between now and March, Congress and the president will […]
Foreign Policy OpEd: Atomic Bond
Published in Foreign Policy on January 30, 2013. Article summary below; read the full text here. Since word first leaked in mid-December that Chuck Hagel was President Obama’s likely choice for secretary of defense, opponents of his nomination have sought to paint him as anti-Israel, soft on Iran, and a supporter of sweeping defense budget […]
