Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Iran has made headlines this week due to the news of a trilateral deal to transfer 1200 kg of LEU with Turkey and Brazil.  The deal could signal real progress in clarifying the nature of Iran's nuclear program, or it could be another instance of Iran dangling cooperation in front of the international community, only to rip it away at the last minute.   Read more >>

The uranium swap agreement reached by Brasil, Turkey, and Iran threw the politics into disorder surrounding Iran's nuclear program in advance of sanctions debates at the UN Security Council and in Congress.  

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Amid congratulatory statements about a new "win-win" era in U.S.-India relations, nuclear weapons experts warned that a new agreement giving India the right to reprocess spent nuclear fuel presents proliferation dangers.   "At a time when nuclear terrorism and proliferation concerns are only increasing, the United States should be doing everything it can to stop existing reprocessing, not facilitate more," said Read more >>

The Newshour's Margaret Warner turned to Ploughshares Fund board member Reza Aslan and grantee David Albright for analysis of the week's events in Iran.  While both agreed that some of President Ahmadinejad's claims of progress on the nuclear front were "laughable," they differed on the signfic Read more >>

Ploughshares Fund board member Reza Aslan writes in the Daily Beast that as Iran prepares for massive pro-reform demonstrations this week to mark the anniversary of the Islamic Republic, "Ahmadinejad is trying everything in his power to change the subject.  The president announced on Sunday that Iran will begin enriching uranium from between 3.5 percent and 5 percent to 20 percent, a move that experts believe would put the count Read more >>