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Alarming Unknowns About NKorea's Nuke Program

(Nov. 24) -- It isn't what the U.S. recently learned about North Korea's new uranium-enrichment plant that's so alarming. It's the questions raised by the secretive country's persistent ability to outflank U.S. and international efforts to thwart Pyongyang's nuclear weapons ambitions that have analysts on edge and the...

IAEA Suspects Iran Is Working on Nuclear Payload

(Feb. 18) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency suspects that Iran may be developing "a nuclear payload for a missile," according to a restricted report sent to the agency's board Thursday by Director General Yukiya Amano. The Vienna-based agency's suspicions come amid a global diplomatic push by the Obama...

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Pakistan in Nuclear Upswing

The world's five original nuclear weapons countries have all suspended production of fissile materials for new weapons and are negotiating cuts in their nuclear arsenals.

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05/26/12 Iran 'has uranium' for five bombs Source: The Irish Times 9 minutes ago Iran has significantly stepped up its output of low-enriched uranium and total production in the last five years would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons if refined much further, a US security institute said.
12/10/11 Was there a bombing at this Iranian nuclear site? New... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK An Iranian nuclear site might not have been the target of an explosion last month that rocked the city of Isfahan, a nuclear watchdog reported after finding no evidence of damage from a blast.
11/28/11 Image shows that an Iranian missile site was destroyed Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC (Courtesy DigitalGlobe â Institute for Science and International Security) Two weeks after a mysterious explosion at an Iranian missile base, a Washington-based research group has released a satellite image showing extensive damage to the site.
11/19/10 Experts: North Korea building new nuclear reactor Source: Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX New satellite images of a nuclear site and a recent visit by two U.S. experts suggest that North Korea has started work on a new reactor.
10/07/10 Dialogue, tensions coexist in inter-Korean ties Source: Lincoln Daily News - Lincoln IL There are signs of improving relations between North and South Korea, including plans for reunions of families divided by the Korean War and even talk of reviving a joint tourism venture, though prospects for a reduction in military and nuclear tensions remain uncertain.

Background on Institute for Science and International Security

The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) is a nonprofit institution to inform the public about "science and policy issues affecting international security." Founded in 1993, the group is led by founder and former United Nations IAEA nuclear inspector David Albright.

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