Beyond Treaties: Immediate Steps to Reduce Nuclear Dangers
IN THIS ISSUE: Immediate steps to reduce nuclear dangers, Moscow threatens to end Nunn-Lugar program, new diplomatic push to defuse Iranian nuclear crisis, trilateral talks due over N. Korea nukes, Australia to enter into civil nuclear commerce with India, reactor 1 water level higher than expected.
Beyond Treaties: Immediate Steps to Reduce Nuclear Dangers James Acton | Carnegie Policy Outlook
The U.S. political parties are divided on nuclear weapons policy. Meanwhile, the United States and Russia have reached an arms control impasse and no new agreement is on the horizon.
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The Moscow Times
Moscow is threatening to end a billion-dollar program with Washington to dismantle nuclear and chemical weapons in the former Soviet Union. The Foreign Ministry said late Wednesday that it would not prolong the so-called Nunn-Lugar program, which expires next year, in its current form. Full Article
Julian Borger | Guardian
Six global powers will launch a new diplomatic push after the US elections aimed at defusing the Iranian nuclear crisis in the next few months and avoiding the eruption of a new Middle East conflict next year. Full Article
Kim Young-jin | Korea Times
Nuclear envoys from South Korea, Japan and the United States will hold trilateral talks in Tokyo next week to consult over North Korea, officials said Thursday, despite a diplomatic spat between the two Asian neighbors. Full Article
Sachin Parashar | Times of India
After years of denying uranium to India - even ignoring Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) waiver to India to carry out nuclear commerce - Australia is all set to enter into civil nuclear cooperation with the non-NPT signatory. Full Article
Japan Times
The water level inside reactor 1's primary containment vessel at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is higher than expected, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. Spokesman Masayuki Ono said it is difficult to accurately determine where melted fuel inside the vessel is located. Full Article
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