Anti-Satellite Technologies Piggybacking on Ballistic Missile Defense
IN THIS ISSUE: Piggybacking anti-satellite technologies, Areva delivers water-treatment unit to Fukushima, the nuclear industry's trillion dollar question, nuclear reactors generation to generation, Ukraine to seal Chernobyl under new 'shell,' Iran will not hinder nuclear-free world.
Piggybacking Anti-Satellite Technologies on Ballistic Missile Defense Bharath Gopalaswamy and Gaurav Kampani | Proliferation Analysis
In January 2007 China successfully tested an anti-satellite missile system. That test, although primarily meant as a warning shot across America's bow, also helped concentrate New Delhi's mind to begin fashioning policy responses to the militarization of space.
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Yuji Okada, Michio Nakayama, and Tsuyoshi Inajima | Bloomberg
Areva SA (CEI) will deliver a decontamination unit to Japan's crippled nuclear power plant, where Tokyo Electric Power Co. is removing radioactive water so it can start repairing cooling pumps and power systems. Full Article
Muriel Boselli and Geert De Clercq | Reuters
In the inbox of Petr Zavodsky, director of nuclear power plant construction at Czech power group CEZ are three sets of proposals from American, French and Russian consortiums, all angling for a $30 billion contract to build five new reactors. Before Fukushima, more than 300 nuclear reactors were planned or proposed worldwide, the vast majority of them in fast-growing developing economies. Full Article
Stephen M. Goldberg and Robert Rosner | American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The devastating earthquake, tsunami, and consequent multi-reactor damage in Japan will have a significant impact on the future use of nuclear energy, the nuclear industry, and the global nuclear order. To make wise choices about the future of nuclear power, we need improved knowledge of the safety, safeguards, and security features of both existing and new nuclear energy plants. Full Article
John Vidal | Agence France Presse
Governments from around the world today pledged $785m to seal the stricken nuclear reactor at Chernobyl within a 20,000-tonne steel shield that would be large enough to enclose St Paul's Cathedral in London. The huge arch is designed to prevent any further radiation from escaping for 100 years. Full Article
Tom Donilon | Financial Times
Two years ago this month in Prague, President Barack Obama proposed steps to advance the goal of "a world without nuclear weapons." In the 24 months since, we have laid the foundation for these next steps in arms control. But now new action is needed. Full Article
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