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	<title>FAS Strategic Security Blog &#187; Nuclear Proliferation</title>
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		<title>Letter Urges Super Committee to Reduce Nuclear Weapons Spending</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2011/10/letter-urges-super-committee-to-reduce-nuclear-weapons-spending.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2011/10/letter-urges-super-committee-to-reduce-nuclear-weapons-spending.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hans Kristensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/?p=4972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FAS joined 48 organizations in signing a letter to United States Representatives asking them to cosign Representative Markey’s letter to members of the Super Committee. Markey’s letter urges Super Committee members to increase U.S. security by reducing spending on outdated and unaffordable nuclear weapons programs. Additionally, this support letter offers specific suggestions to Congress on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul: Achieving Sustainable Nuclear Security Culture</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2011/08/nuclear_security_culture.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2011/08/nuclear_security_culture.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IAEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Security Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Igor Khripunov According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), nuclear security culture is “the assembly of characteristics, attitudes and behavior of individuals, organizations and institutions which serves as a means to support and enhance nuclear security.”[1]  The concept of security culture emerged much later than nuclear safety culture, which was triggered by human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New START Delay: Gambling With National and International Security</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/11/newstart-2.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/11/newstart-2.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans M. Kristensen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hans Kristensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few Senators are preventing US inspectors from verifying the status of Russian nuclear weapons. By Hans M. Kristensen The ability of a few Senators to delay ratification of the New START treaty is gambling with national and international security. At home the delay is depriving the U.S. intelligence community important information about the status [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Fuel Deal with Iran: Getting Back to Basics</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/11/new-fuel-deal-with-iran-getting-back-to-basics.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/11/new-fuel-deal-with-iran-getting-back-to-basics.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ioelrich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivanka Barzashka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonproliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear fuel cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium enrichment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/?p=4159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Ivanka Barzashka After a year-long stalemate, Iran and the P5+1 seem to have agreed on a day for holding political talks – December 2. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed last week that the meeting “will not include discussions on fuel swap” – the deal with France, Russia and United States, also known as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s New Dual Track: A Challenge to Negotiations?</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/07/irans-new-dual-track-and-prospects-for-a-fuel-swap.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/07/irans-new-dual-track-and-prospects-for-a-fuel-swap.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ioelrich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivanka Barzashka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonproliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium enrichment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/?p=3384</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Ivanka Barzashka and Thomas M. Rickers Coaxed by Turkey and Brazil, Iran seems to be actively pursuing fuel talks. France, Russia and the U.S. (also known as the Vienna Group) claim that they, too, are interested in a deal, even as the U.S. and EU passed their own tougher sanctions against the Islamic Republic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Iran Give Up Twenty Percent Enrichment?</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/07/will-iran-give-up-twenty-percent-enrichment.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/07/will-iran-give-up-twenty-percent-enrichment.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ioelrich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivan Oelrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivanka Barzashka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/?p=3345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Ivanka Barzashka In response to sanctions, Iran’s parliament adopted the Nuclear Achievement Protection Bill on July 18. Among other things, the law requires the government to continue 20 percent enrichment and provide fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR). Although this aspect of the legislation has largely fallen below the news radar, it raises [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPT RevCon ends with a consensus Final Document</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/06/npt-revcon-ends-with-a-consensus-final-document.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/06/npt-revcon-ends-with-a-consensus-final-document.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Godsberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alicia Godsberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arms control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disarmament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[npt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Review Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/?p=3233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Alicia Godsberg The NPT Review Conference ended last Friday with the adoption by consensus of a Final Document that includes both a review of commitments and a forward looking action plan for nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and the promotion of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.  In the early part of last week it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Beat Us to It.</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/05/iran-beat-us-to-it.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/05/iran-beat-us-to-it.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 20:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ioelrich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivan Oelrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivanka Barzashka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/?p=3206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ivan Oelrich and Ivanka Barzashka Back in October, when Iran put in a request to the IAEA for a new load of fuel for its medical isotope reactor in Tehran, the United States proposed that Iran ship out an equivalent amount of its low enriched uranium (LEU) in exchange. It turns out, purely coincidentally, that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAS side events at the RevCon</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/05/fas-side-events-at-the-revcon.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/05/fas-side-events-at-the-revcon.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 17:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Godsberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alicia Godsberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arms control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTBT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivan Oelrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New START]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Alicia Godsberg Yesterday FAS premiered our documentary Paths To Zero at the NPT RevCon.  The screening was a great success and there was a very engaging conversation afterward between the audience and Ivan Oelrich, who was there to promote the film.  As a result of some suggestions, we are hoping to translate the narration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking at the NPT-Review Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/05/speaking-at-the-npt-review-conference.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/05/speaking-at-the-npt-review-conference.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 17:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans M. Kristensen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hans Kristensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/?p=3143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference is Underway in New York By Hans M. Kristensen I gave two talks at the review conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, both on non-strategic nuclear weapons. The first was an FAS/BASIC panel on May 10 on Prospects for a shift in NATO&#8217;s nuclear posture. The second was a panel organized [...]]]></description>
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