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Nuclear Nonproliferation

  • NRC Nixes Bid for Proliferation Reviews
    Arms Control Today
    June 3, 2013

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) last month rejected a petition from the American Physical Society (APS) that would have required a “nuclear proliferation assessment” from applicants seeking a license to use new technologies for uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing.
  • Egypt Protests Inaction on WMD Meeting
    Arms Control Today
    June 3, 2013

    Egypt walked out of a meeting of member states of the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to protest the failure to schedule a conference on creating a zone free of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East.
  • U.S. Considers More Sanctions on Iran
    Arms Control Today
    June 3, 2013

    The Obama administration and Congress are considering measures to expand sanctions against Iran, as negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program appear to have stalled again.
  • Nuclear Powers Urge Progress on FMCT
    Arms Control Today
    May 2, 2013

    The five countries that the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) recognizes as nuclear-weapon states last month “expressed their shared disappointment” that the Conference on Disarmament (CD) has not agreed to negotiate an international ban on the production of fissile material for use in nuclear weapons and “reiterated their support for the immediate start of negotiations” in the CD.
  • NNSA Nonproliferation Budget Is Cut
    Arms Control Today
    May 2, 2013

    The Energy Department’s nuclear nonproliferation efforts would receive $2.1 billion under the Obama administration’s fiscal year 2014 budget request, a drop of $161 million from fiscal year 2012.
  • Brazil Moves Toward Nuclear Submarine
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    Brazil is planning to develop a nuclear-powered submarine by 2023, the country’s Ministry of Defense said Feb. 28. The statement came a day before a ceremony in the state of Rio de Janeiro marking the inauguration of a key facility for building submarines.
  • Amano Endorsed for Second IAEA Term
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on March 6 endorsed Yukiya Amano to serve a second four-year term as the agency’s director-general.
  • Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What at a Glance
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    April 1, 2013

    April 2013
  • UN Security Council Resolutions on North Korea
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    March 14, 2013

    March 2013
  • The U.S. Atomic Energy Act Section 123 At a Glance
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    March 14, 2013

    March 2013