China Lays Bare its Military Might with an Attack on U.S. Ambition Tom Phillips | Telegraph
The white paper alludes to China's powerful "Second Artillery Force". Described as "the country's core force for strategic deterrence", the force oversees China's nuclear arsenal and is tasked with "deterring other countries from using nuclear weapons against China".
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Mark Hibbs | Arms Control Wonk
On the occasion of Chung Mong-joon's appearance at the 2013 Carnegie Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington last week, I doubt that Dr. Chung had scheduled audiences with either John Kerry or Yukiya Amano, but it would be a fair guess that both the U.S. Department of State and the IAEA paid very close attention to what MJ had to say on April 9. Full Article
Jeff McMahon | Forbes
In January The U.S. Department of Energy adopted a new policy for the storage of nuclear waste, embarking on a plan to build two new interim storage sites and a new permanent storage facility. On Thursday, a General Accounting Office official told Congress this policy may be illegal. Full Article
Eric Johnston | Japan Times
In a key decision likely to affect efforts to restart the nation’s nuclear power plants, the Osaka District Court ruled Tuesday that two reactors in Oi, Fukui Prefecture, are operating under rational safety standards and that it is not clear there is a concrete danger posed by their location near active faults. Full Article
Armin Rosen | Atlantic
In the second part of our interview, Mark Hibbs, a Bonn-based senior associate with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discusses whether he thinks Iran will get nuclear weapons. Full Article
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | Telegraph
The Japanese group Hitachi is increasingly reluctant to build Britain's next wave of nuclear reactors and may pull out of its deal with the Government unless terms are improved, with devastating effects on UK energy policy. Full Article
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