What is the relationship between the economics of nuclear power and the proliferation of nuclear weapons? When security and arms control analysts list what has helped keep nuclear weapons technologies from spreading further than they already have, energy economics are rarely, if ever, mentioned. Yet, large civilian nuclear energy programs bring states quite a way towards developing nuclear weapons and it has been the poor economics of nuclear energy, more than any other force, which has hampered most states’ adoption of such projects.
September 12, 2025 CBS Eye on the World interviews Henry Sokolski on how much nuclear power will supply electricity to AI servers by 2030 & what the West has yet to do to deal with Iranian threats to leave the NPT. CBS-NPEC roundup examines how much nuclear […]
September 5, 2025 CBS Eye on the World interviews Henry Sokolski on the national security risks of endorsing the commercial use of plutonium-based fuels now being proposed by Oklo, Curio, and others that could be quickly processed a bit further to produce nuclear weapons fuel. CBS-NPEC round-up […]
In January, I shared a Bulletin of Atomic Scientists piece with you in which I recommended President Trump protect our nuclear power plants from drone strikes. In the attached piece, “It’s past time to start protecting U.S. nuclear power reactors from drones,” I return to this topic. […]
August 29, 2025 CBS Eye on the World interviews Henry Sokolski on the IAEA’s limitations on safeguarding Iran’s program, the United States’ mixed nonproliferation record, why we need a Nonproliferation Enforcement Initiative (NEI) & a STRATCOM unit to give it a real backbone. CBS-NPEC round-up: The IAEA’s […]
August 22, 2025 CBS Eye on the World interviews Henry Sokolski on U.S. policy on the “right” to make nuclear fuel, Taiwan’s risky reactors, and the risks of landing on the moon after China. CBS-NPEC round-up: U.S. policy on the “right” to make nuclear fuel, Taiwan’s risky […]
Although few noticed, last week’s bombardment of an auxiliary building at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine offered yet another glimpse into a future in which civilian nuclear plants might be hit in war. NPEC has focused on this prospect for some time. Last […]
This is an English translation of an article originally written in Japanese. You can read the original text here. June 26, 2025 Simulation of an attack on a nuclear power plant in South Korea By: Miki Aoki Part I. North Korea’s drone attack spreads radiation, […]
With President Trump’s latest announcement that Iran’s centrifuges either will “blow up nicely in a deal” or “viciously” without one, the odds of a military strike against Iran’s suspect nuclear activities just shot up. This raises the question: if negotiations fail, what would Israel or the […]
In all the peace proposals the United States, Russia, Europe, and Ukraine have made public, one item always shows up: the reopening of the damaged six-reactor Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Washington wants to rebuild and operate it, Moscow insists the plant is theirs, and Kyiv says […]
This Saturday, Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, will meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi to flesh out the details of a nuclear deal. As I explain in the attached National Interest op-ed, “Will an Iran Deal Make Nuclear Proliferation Great Again?,” […]
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