nuclear weapon proliferation

A nuclear power plant with large cylindrical and rectangular structures, exposed platforms, and a smokestack under a partly cloudy sky.

Closing the loop on Bushehr’s plutonium problem

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Workers in protective suits handle large blue cylindrical containers, moving them on a rail-mounted platform inside an industrial facility.

Why do we keep ignoring the large quantity of plutonium at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant?

By Gregory Jones | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Iranian flags wave in front of a nuclear power plant complex with a dome-shaped reactor building and a tall red-and-white smokestack in the background.

Beyond alarmism: A realistic assessment of Bushehr’s plutonium risk

By Sasan Karimi | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

A group of workers in white uniforms and hard hats oversees the lifting of a large blue cylindrical metal component by a yellow crane outside an industrial facility.

Missing from US-Iran talks: plutonium for more than 200 nuclear bombs

By Henry Sokolski | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard. Photo: CPOA(Phot) Tam McDonald/MOD accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Open Government License.

Why is the United Kingdom raising its nuclear stockpile limits?

By Matthew Harries | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Forty years of impasse: The United States, Japan, and the plutonium problem

By Masafumi Takubo, Frank von Hippel | Uncategorized