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Iran on a Quest For F6 in its UF6

IN THIS ISSUE: Iran's quest for F6 in its UF6, the secret treachery of A.Q. Khan, Paris considers 'bad signal' Iran's missile tests, Pakistan rejects Indian proposal to join FMCT talks, Israel to shut down Dimona 'should war break out,' nuclear watchdog urges French plants to boost safety.

Published on January 3, 2012
 

Iran's Quest For the F6 in its UF6

Mark Hibbs | Arms Control Wonk

Ahmadinejad

In the old days before the first Gulf War, most nuclear export controls were pretty cut-and-dried: Exporters checked for items on a short "trigger list" that could be used for making nuclear bomb fuel.

But after they learned what Iraq had secretly been up to for about a decade before 1991, the Nuclear Suppliers Group came up with a second list, Infcirc/254/Part 2, and it got into the tricky business of policing a panoply of dual-use goods sought by proliferators.

The stream of dual-use goods is virtually endless, and so has been the internal debate at the NSG about whether items should be listed or not. That's even more so right now, because as I explained in this report published by Carnegie last month, the NSG has launched a comprehensive review of both its lists, and the decisions it makes about what to control and how to do it will profoundly impact how we attack procurement threats in years to come.     Full Article



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