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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.

Published on October 11, 2012
 

Beyond Treaties: Immediate Steps to Reduce Nuclear Dangers

James Acton | Carnegie Policy Outlook

Medvedev and Obama

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.

Confidence-building measures could help reduce nuclear risks between the United States and Russia, advancing the goals of both countries and both U.S. presidential candidates.  Full Article



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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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