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Non-Proliferation as a Strategic Imperative | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

NEW: ROK Foreign Minister CHO Hyun writes for @apln.network: South Korea's pursuit of enrichment, reprocessing, and nuclear subs does not signal nuclear weapons ambitions. Non-proliferation is "a logical strategic imperative."
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(Live) Reflections on Season 1 of my Substack film club, ahead of Season 2: following the film threads from the atom to autism... Did you know I run a film club right here on Substack?

It's come around super quick but in just a couple of days I'll be kicking off the second season of my lovingly curated, algorithm-free film club and to mark the occasion I looked back over the 6 films (plus a few of the shorts) I programmed in our first season on #atomic movies #filmsky #nukesky

Whitehouse Files Comment on Department of Energy’s Ill-Conceived “Categorical Exclusion” that Threatens to Undercut Nuclear Progress “American nuclear innovation, including the development of new advanced reactor technologies, can achieve improved safety and efficiency. But the delivery of such performance improvements shoul...

Thank you @whitehouse.senate.gov for being the only member of Congress to challenge DOE categorical exclusion for unproven advanced nuclear reactors. Exempting first-of-a-kind technology from NEPA review is not streamlining — it’s reckless. #NoNukes #NukeSky

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Special Ops To Get The Uranium - Lawyers, Guns & Money There are folks out there dreaming about a daring raid by special ops forces to grab Iran’s stock of enriched uranium. Trumpies would like to grab the Ayatollahs’ goodies. People concerned about proli...

When I wrote my critique of a possible special operation to take Iran's enriched uranium, I had to guess at the containers that might be used for the UF6, which would constitute a significant part of the load. 1/

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Analysis: Iran likely transferred highly enriched uranium to Isfahan before the June strikes Satellite imagery shows that Iran could have transferred to Isfahan up to 540 kilograms—possibly all—of its highly-enriched uranium inventory before the June strikes last year.

Le Monde informed the Bulletin about the image on March 19. I wrote a detailed visual and technical analysis supporting my assessment that the cargo may have been highly enriched uranium. (8/n)

@thebulletin.org #Iran #nuclearweapons #uranium #OSINT #nukesky

Analysis: Iran likely transferred highly enriched uranium to Isfahan before the June strikes Satellite imagery shows that Iran could have transferred to Isfahan up to 540 kilograms—possibly all—of its highly-enriched uranium inventory before the June strikes last year.

But the timing of the image, the type of load, and other indirect evidence suggest that Iran may have placed a significant quantity of highly enriched uranium—possibly all of its inventory—at the facility ahead of the June 2025 strikes. (4/n)

#Iran #nuclearweapons #uranium #nukesky @thebulletin.org

Satellite view of a tunnel entrance with a blue truck, several smaller vehicles, and surrounding sandy terrain.

Here's why I believe Iran could have transferred to Isfahan up to 540 kilograms—possibly all—of its highly-enriched uranium inventory before the June strikes last year. 👇

#Iran #nuclearweapons #uranium #OSINT #nukesky

#OperationCastle #nukesky

A stealth bomber aircraft flies with landing gear extended, with snow-capped mountains and a blue sky in the background.

Nordic countries have generally welcomed France's proposed new concept of ‘forward deterrence.’ They appear willing to participate in joint nuclear exercises, potentially allowing French nuclear weapons on their territories. (1/4)

#nuclearweapons #deterrence #nukesky

DOGE Operative Behind Nuclear Safety Rollbacks Sat on Industry-Backed VC Board A key architect of Trump’s nuclear safety rollbacks simultaneously served on the board of a venture firm backed by nuclear industry investors.

No big surprise they are all corrupt.

DOGE Operative Behind Nuclear Safety Rollbacks Sat on Industry-Backed VC Board

#NoNukes #NukeSky

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UNM Nuclear Engineering summer camp for 2026: https://experiencenuclearengineering.totalcamps.com/About%20Us

I'm pleased to announce the 2nd annual UNM nuclear engineering camp for HS students (see alt text or QR for website link). Come operate our nuclear reactor, get a free scintillation detector, play with plasma, and more. Message me with questions! Registration is filling up quickly. #NukeSky

Pursuing Both Denuclearization and Risk Reduction in North Korea Engagement • Stimson Center Efforts at “risk reduction” should be pursued together with maintaining the goal of complete denuclearization of North Korea.

APLN member Michiru Nishida @michirunishida.bsky.social wrote for @stimsoncenter.bsky.social and argued that efforts at “risk reduction” should be pursued together with maintaining the goal of complete #denuclearization of North Korea.
Read here ⤵️
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A fascinating visit to Dungeness A & B (photo) with colleagues from the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management & DESNZ this week. Thanks to Nuclear Restoration Services for hosting & describing the challenges of decommissioning a plant that may be inundated by sea level rise within 100y #nukesky

Hey #nukesky!

Friday night I saw a person interviewed on NBC, identified as an Israeli intelligence specialist, who said that the Iranium enriched uranium is in the form of a granular solid.

Presumably he means uranium oxide.

This doesn't make sense to me, more likely UF6, but does anyone know?

Asking the #nukesky hivemind: is there any good and accurate book about the Able Archer 83 mess that you would recommend?

The “Nuke Bros” are taking over and gutting safety regulations to build “advanced” reactors as fast as possible to power AI with a Silicon Valley ethos “move fast and break things”

“When SpaceX started building rockets, they sort of expected the first ones to blow up,” he said.
#NoNukes #NukeSky

Revisionism at Fordow: Why the WSJ is wrong about the history—and future—of Iran's nuclear program The Wall Street Journal thinks Iran can't make rational choices in its strategic calculus. But Tehran has done so for nearly 25 years.

Former director for Iran at the National Security Council, Richard Nephew (@richardmnephew.bsky.social), responds to @wsj.com.

The Wall Street Journal thinks Iran can't make rational choices in its strategic calculus. But it has done so for nearly 25 years.

#Iran #Trump #nuclearweapons #nukesky

What the attack on Iran’s nuclear sites means for the non-proliferation regime The comfort of international law and collective security is giving way to the reality that in a world where principles are sacrificed at the altar of interests, survival depends on self-help measures,...

Full article here ⬇️

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What the attack on Iran’s nuclear sites means for the non-proliferation regime The comfort of international law and collective security is giving way to the reality that in a world where principles are sacrificed at the altar of interests, survival depends on self-help measures,...

My latest in Dawn:

"What the attack on Iran’s nuclear sites means for the non-proliferation regime."

#NukeSky

1/13

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Testament: In the Twilight In her first and only theatrical feature, director Lynne Littman presents an unbearably intimate vision of apocalypse, focusing on the effects of a nuclear blast on one suburban American family.

Great companion essay to accompany the new Criterion release of the 1983 nuclear war film Testament. I hope more people will take the time to see this quietly haunting, heartbreaking movie - an essential watch now more than ever #nukesky #filmsky
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At the brink: How Moscow's ‘dirty bomb’ disinformation campaign risked a NATO-Russia war in October 2022 In October 2022, Russian forces were on the brink of collapse in Ukraine, and it was unclear if major Russian army units could even evacuate back across the Dnipro River to safety. Discontent was risi...

Read Polina Sinovets's full article in @thebulletin.org (Premium article) (7/7)

#Russia #Ukraine #disinformation #nuclearrisk #nukesky

A military drill by Ukrainian tank crews in eastern Ukraine, prior to the latest hostilities with Russia. File photo courtesy of Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

For the Bulletin's March magazine issue on disinformation, I invited Polina Sinovets to revisit the Fall 2022 nuclear crisis and the Moscow 'dirty bomb' disinformation campaign that risked a NATO-Russia war. (1/n)

#Russia #Ukraine #disinformation #nuclearrisk #nukesky

Does Macron's nuclear upgrade mark the end of France's 'strict sufficiency' principle? Despite the increase, the underlying spirit of strict sufficiency—maintaining only what is necessary to protect France's vital interests—remains present in Macron's speech.

Read @csis.org's Astrid Chevreuil analysis in @thebulletin.org. (5/5)

#Macron #France #nuclearweapons #deterrence #nukesky @erep.csis.org

An overhead view of a submarine traveling on the surface of the ocean with a military jet flying nearby.

I asked @csis.org expert Astrid Chevreuil to assess whether Macron's announced increase in France's nuclear arsenal means abandoning its long-standing principle of "strict sufficiency." 👇 (1/5)

#Macron #France #nuclearweapons #deterrence #nukesky

United States nuclear weapons, 2026 The United States has embarked on a wide-ranging nuclear modernization program. We estimate that it maintains a stockpile of approximately 3,700 warheads—an unchanged estimate from the previous year.

The United States has embarked on a wide-ranging nuclear modernization program. The @scientistsorg.bsky.social's Nuclear Information Project team estimates that, in 2026, it maintains a stockpile of approximately 3,700 warheads—unchanged from last year.

#UnitedStates #nuclearweapons #nukesky

What is your favorite nuclear war movie, and why?
#filmsky #moviesky #nukesky

Counting the dead at Fukushima To say that “No one died from radiation at Fukushima” or “There have been no deaths or cases of radiation sickness from the nuclear accident” misses the point, considering what the Japanese call saiga...

His piece was published today in @thebulletin.org. (9/9)

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#Fukushima15 #NukeSky #NuclearEnergy

Ghost town in Fukushima, 2016. Image courtesy of Maxime Polleri

In a second piece, Maxime Polleri (@maximepolleri.bsky.social) offers a critique of the narrative that "No one died from radiation at Fukushima."

He unpacks three specific shortcomings.

(5/n)

#Fukushima15 #NukeSky #NuclearEnergy