Analysis

Identifying DPRK Machine Plants

We geolocated six important sites linked to the North Korean missile program.

OP #44: Eyes on U: Opportunities, Challenges, and Limits of Remote Sensing for Monitoring Uranium Mining and Milling

Geospatial tech sheds light on secretive first step of nuclear fuel cycle.

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Jeffrey Lewis: My Thoughts on Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s Speech

Will Pyongyang succeed in widening the divide between Seoul and Washington?

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Who’s Deceiving Whom? Open Source North Korea Under the Microscope

NYT coverage of think-tank report risks credibility of open-source research on North Korea.

Le Hague nuclear reprocessing plant. (Credit: United States Department of Energy.)

OP #42: The Other Fissile Material: Strengthening National and International Plutonium Management Approaches

Recommendations to avoid risks posed by existing and potential reprocessing programs.

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New Tools to Better Monitor Eurasian Nonproliferation-Related Developments

Video: Seminar with Stephan De Spiegeleire

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Atomic Advertising as History and Imaginary

VIDEO: Martin Pfeiffer discusses nuclear semiotics: how we create meaning about, around, and through nuclear weapons

Could low-enriched uranium be used in naval reactors

Reducing Risks from Naval Nuclear Fuel

Laura Rockwood and George Moore offer insights into the nuclear security and proliferation challenges of nuclear-powered submarines.

OP#40: Monitoring Uranium Mining and Milling in China and North Korea through Remote Sensing Imagery

OP#40: Monitoring Uranium Mining and Milling in China and North Korea through Remote Sensing Imagery

Monitoring uranium mines and mills from space can provide insight into possible nuclear-weapons proliferation.

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Trump’s Punk Rock Nuclear Policy

The only reason to pull out of the INF Treaty is to give a middle finger to the world.