A new analysis article from
Leonard Spector, deputy director of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies
(CNS), details how Iran and North Korea procured the materials needed to
develop their nuclear programs. Spector recommends actions to forcefully condemn
state-sponsored smuggling of nuclear goods and set the stage for punishing the
next country that pursues this strategy.
The article includes a detailed interactive story map, tracking
the journey of pressure transducers –equipment necessary for uranium enrichment
that is highly regulated by U.S. export controls – from Massachusetts to Iran’s
Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility.
View the article and story
map here.
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IAEA and the Gov't of Kazakhstan today signed an agreement that will allow the country to host an international LEU bank that will provide countries with an LEU supply.
A new CNS issue brief by Jessica C. Varnum examines whether stricter nonproliferation preconditions for "123" nuclear cooperation agreements would help or hurt U.S. nonproliferation policy.
New YouGov polling commissioned by NTI and ReThink Media finds that nearly 80 percent of registered voters, across party lines, say it is in the interest of U.S. national security to work with China to mitigate catastrophic threats associated with nuclear risks, AI development, and bioterrorism.
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