Nuclear Security

Nuclear Kingdom: Saudi Arabia’s Atomic Ambitions

By Olli Heinonen and Simon Henderson

Iran Begins To Fuel The Country's First Nuclear Power Station

Although Iran’s nuclear potential will likely dominate talks between President Obama and King Abdullah on March 29, Riyadh’s own nuclear plans should also be part of the discussion. A major probable consequence of Iran achieving a nuclear weapons capability is that Saudi Arabia will seek to match it. With President Obama currently rating the chances… Keep reading →

 /  Published March 31, 2014 at 2:00 PM

Advancing Global Nuclear Security

By US Department of Energy

World Leaders Gather For Nuclear Security Summit 2014

Editor’s note: This blog post originally appeared on whitehouse.gov.  Today the world’s leaders gathered at The Hague for the third Nuclear Security Summit, an opportunity to compare notes on how far we’ve come and chart the course ahead as we work to keep sensitive materials — the building blocks of nuclear weapons — from falling into the… Keep reading →

 /  Published March 26, 2014 at 5:00 PM