Japan’s nuclear regulator decided nuclear power plants must suspend operations if their new mandatory anti-terror facilities are not completed & have not passed inspections. “Operators of 13 reactors at seven nuclear power plants nationwide have said they will not be able to keep the deadlines, or that they do not know when they will be […]
Front and Center: June 15, 2019
WHAT’S GOING ON IN IRAN? Is this a new Gulf of Tonkin incident? Reports of Iran bombing a Japanese tanker while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was visiting Tehran surfaced Thursday morning, with the United States offering no proof that Iran was, indeed, behind the attacks. Why does proof matter? […]
In the News: Sendei Reactor will Halt Operations in March 2020
Sendei Reactor in Kagoshima Prefecture Japan will halt operations next March because of delays in upgrades to protect the plant from terror attacks. Work continues 24 hours/day on the plant but the project will be delayed at least a year.
Seventeen years post-ABM Treaty withdrawal, where are we?
Today marks 17 years since the United States withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. What’s happened since then? Nothing good!
In the News: Morocco Elected IAG of GICNT
On Friday, Morocco was unanimously elected on Friday as Coordinator of the Implementation and Assessment Group (IAG) of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT), a position the country will hold from 2019-2021. This marks the first time an Arab and African country has assumed such a responsibility within GICNT framework.