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Stockpile Sleuthing Reveals Nuclear Reductions
  On the radar: Paring the arsenal; Ex-hostages call for re-engagement; P5+1 developments; US’ Iran policy misses the mark; Nuclear site captured by FSA; Time to confirm Hagel; All politics are local; Smart savings; and Unlikely ambassador.   Read more »
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Posted on February 26, 2013
Rumored Iranian-North Korean Collusion Overblown
  On the radar: DPRK test really Iranian-false; Park on North Korea; Pre-negotiation posturing; Nuclear next steps; Danger of comparing to nukes; NNSA Audit; and Atomic artifacts.   Read more »
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Posted on February 25, 2013
IAEA Iran Report: Steady Production, Expanding Capacity
  On the radar: Update on Iran’s enrichment program; Talks in Kazakhstan; US & Russian perspectives on reductions; Trimming bloated nuclear budgets; Hagel confirmation; and Kim Jong-un, commercial star.   Read more »
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Posted on February 22, 2013
Realizing the Benefits of the Test Ban
  On the radar: Amb. Pickering on CTBT; Iran increasing conversion; Gallucci on North Korea; B61 budget delays; Lt. Gen. Kowalski on deterrence; Afflicted authoritarian arsenals; Dealing with radiation; and Inside Fukushima.   Read more »
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Posted on February 21, 2013
Second Chance to Secure Nuclear Materials
  On the radar: Beyond summits; Finding bombs; Monitoring meteorites; No first use; Deterrence summit; Regional views on N. Korea; and Atomic scientists on ice.   Read more »
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Posted on February 20, 2013
Rethinking the Proliferation Cascade: Iran and Saudi Arabia
  On the radar: If Iran goes, Saudis unlikely to follow; Watch for falling space rocks; Dealing with Pyongyang; Obama’s nuclear agenda; Garn and Graham on CTBT; Hanford leak; and Tracking fallout in tendons.   Read more »
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Posted on February 19, 2013
After the Test: Denuclearization and Nonproliferation
  On the radar: More tests on horizon; Future diplomatic moves; MOX to cost $2B more; De-alerting; Nukestock 2013 schedule; Russian position on reductions; and Nobody unilaterally disarms quite like Republican presidents did.   Read more »
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Posted on February 15, 2013
Congress Moving New Sanctions on North Korea
  On the radar: Sanctioning the highly sanctioned; Korb on nuclear arsenal, savings; Controlling the undefined; IAEA-Iran talks inconclusive; Iran’s magnet order; New reductions, tough sell; Interpreting the test, and WMD response capabilities in question.   Read more »
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Posted on February 14, 2013
Obama Reaffirms Nuclear Agenda
  On the radar: Nonproliferation, reductions, and fissile materials; Not just a gadget; Rep. Smith on reductions; Next steps in arms control; and World surrenders after test, says The Onion.   Read more »
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Posted on February 13, 2013
North Korea’s Test: What, How Big, and What it Means
On the radar: “Smaller and light”; Slightly more powerful than last test; Early responses; Big cut for MOX; Best adapt that 4th phase; and Deploying 1,100 warheads.   Read more »
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Posted on February 12, 2013