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The IAEA's dilemma with Syria's Al Kibar nuclear site

The International Atomic Energy Agency wanted U.S. and Israeli intelligence about Syria's secret nuclear site sooner. But what would it have done with that information?

The upside to FutureGen's demise

Redistributing the government's multibillion-dollar investment in a single clean-coal demonstration plant to smaller, private projects would benefit the carbon-capture-and-storage industry.

Kazakhstan's nuclear ambitions

With the world's second largest uranium reserves, Kazakhstan wants to become the planet's largest uranium supplier by 2010.

Republicans, missile defense, and the Reagan legacy

For many in the GOP, the true test of their commitment to former President Ronald Reagan is how strongly they support national missile defense.

Improving infectious disease surveillance

In the places around the globe where new diseases are most likely to emerge, the infrastructure to detect outbreaks is severely lacking.

Twenty-five years after Reagan's Star Wars speech

The legacy of the former U.S. president's speech and the continued attempts to realize its dream remain strong today.

The U.S. nuclear weapons complex: Pushing for a new production capability

While prominent members of the U.S. policy community make public calls for disarmament, Los Alamos National Laboratory continues to quietly pursue the infrastructure necessary to build the next generation of nuclear weapons.

Reducing emissions in transportation fuels

California's low-carbon fuel standard demonstrates to the rest of the world how markets can lead the way toward cleaner fuel sources.

The U.S. satellite shootdown: China's response

Officially, Beijing offered a muted reaction to Washington's decision to destroy an errant spy satellite. But there's a definite anxiety in China about what the event could portend.

Behind Iran's nuclear weapons "halt"

The recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iran suggests that the best way to curtail Iran's nuclear pursuits is to address its political motives.

IAEA special inspections after Israel's raid on Syria

Israeli intelligence supported an attack on a Syrian desert location, but the IAEA would have needed better information to investigate the site's activities.

Fixing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

If the United States is serious about adding more nuclear power to its energy portfolio, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must improve the way it does its business.

The need for an international moratorium on coal power

Unless we drastically reduce emissions from coal power plants, all other efforts to stabilize climate change will be nearly fruitless.

When could Iran deliver a nuclear weapon?

Although the Bush administration is campaigning for ballistic missile defense in Europe, it's unlikely Iran will possess any time soon a nuclear-armed missile capability such a defense would combat.

Setting the nanotech research agenda

When re-upping nanotech R&D funding, Congress should account for the positive impact sound risk and safety assessments would have on the field and the public.

Where the presidential candidates stand on nuclear issues

What are the most important issues of the presidential campaign? They're the ones no one is talking about--nuclear weapons and nuclear power. An analysis of what they did say and what it means.

Reflections on the U.N. climate change negotiations in Bali

The elusive road map to a global climate agreement begins with science--which is exceedingly clear about what our targets must be.

Nuclear safeguards for a new nuclear age

The International Atomic Energy Agency should re-examine its program of nuclear safeguards as many more countries express an interest in pursuing peaceful nuclear programs.

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