Toward a Successful NPT Review
November 2021By Daryl G. Kimball Twenty-six years ago, as states-parties negotiated the terms for the extension of the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the future of the treaty was not assured. UN Deputy…
Ramana, Makhijani: Look before you leap on nuclear
The Cowboy State is weighing plans to host a multi-billion dollar “demonstration” nuclear power plant — TerraPower’s Natrium reactor. The long history of similar nuclear reactors, dating back to 1951,…
The new Australia, UK, and US nuclear submarine announcement: a terrible decision for the nonproliferation regime
By Sébastien Philippe | September 17, 2021 On September 15, US President Joe Biden, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison launched a new major strategic partnership…
Australia’s Nuclear-Powered Submarines Will Risk Opening a Pandora’s Box of Proliferation
After first suffering a seeming “brain snap” to acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) some years back, at long last Australia has been promised a fleet of eight SSNs…
An Expert Explains: Why China seems to be building three missile silos
Satellite pictures have revealed what appears to be an ongoing Chinese project to prepare vast new fields of missile silos that could possibly be used to launch nuclear weapons at…