A Top-Down Approach to a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East
IN THIS ISSUE: Top-down approach to a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle East, Iran nuclear fuel move may ease war fears, Billions more needed to refurbish B61, Qatar, UAE request $7.6 B in missile defense, Canada signs nuclear deal with India, S. Korean nuclear plants used thousands of untested parts.
A Top-Down Approach to a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East Pierre Goldschmidt | EU Non-Proliferation Consortium Seminar
Initiatives taken in favour of global nuclear disarmament deserve the full support of the international community. Key international actors generally accept that achieving a world without nuclear weapons, a desirable long-term goal, will require incremental steps over an extended period of time.
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Fredrik Dahl | Reuters
A slowdown in Iran's accumulation of its most sensitive nuclear material may have helped put off the threat of a new Middle East war for now, but Tehran's expanding uranium-enrichment capacity suggests any relief could be short-lived. Full Article
John Fleck | Albuquerque Journal
The National Nuclear Security Administration, already under fire for billions of dollars of cost overruns, has underestimated by billions more how much it will cost to refurbish the nation's stockpile of B61 nuclear bombs, according to an independent cost assessment commissioned by the agency. Full Article
Al Arabiya
Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have asked to buy more than $7.6 billion in U.S. missile defense technology, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The orders for the Lockheed Martin-made equipment were detailed in documents posted online late Monday by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which said it had notified Congress of the request. Full Article
Bruce Campion-Smith | Toronto Star
Canada has finalized a deal with the Indian government that opens the door for exports of Canadian uranium and nuclear technology to the southeast Asian nation. More than two years after the original nuclear cooperation agreement was inked, the two nations resolved the diplomatic impasse that had held up its implementation. Full Article
Lee Seung-jun | Hankyoreh
Thousands of untested parts with fraudulent quality inspection certificates were supplied to South Korean nuclear power plants over the past decade, according to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy. This revelation comes amid ongoing concerns about the plants' safety. Full Article
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