Proliferation Experts News Today

The trump inaugural committee, tom barrack, along-time friend and adviser to the president, was also pushing a plan to help saudi arabia acquire nuclear reactors. we know all this thanks to the aforementioned 50-page house overcommittee report that detailed how barrack used to push for this new power plant deal with the saudis. he was quoted as advocating on behalf of foreign interests seeking to obtain this u.s. nuclear technology. those foreign interests happen to be saudi arabia, specifically...

Third parties like north korea and pakistan weve seen a lot of nuclear technology go to the iranians from china this has been a partnership thats gone on for more than a decade and its a very dangerous trade. >> elon what is the affect on irans attempt to build a nuclear weapon? >> no, i think the attempt has been pronounced. if you talk to knowledgeable proliferation experts in the u.s. government theyll tell you that the type of corruption that china is providing to iran has a tremendous affec...

Enrichment capability if the intentions are for a peaceful nuclear program. >> not only does iran not need fuel for the reactor but according to proliferation experts it cant even manufacture the fuel. >> only russia can produce the fuel for that reactor, iran does not have a fuel production line. it does not have the specifications from russia for the reactor. >> iran pledged they will build their own nuclear reactor but experts wonder how feedsible that is. >> they need foreign assistance. and...

Nuclear program. >> not only does iran not need fuel for the reactor but according to proliferation experts it cant even manufacture the fuel. >> only russia can produce the fuel for that reactor, iran does not have a fuel production line. it does not have the specifications from russia for the reactor. >> iran pledged they will build their own nuclear reactor but experts wonder how feedsible that is. >> they need foreign assistance. and i am not sure russia would want to go ahead with a project...

The arab neighbors have been concerned about iran having a nuclear problem. they have specific concerns about this because it sits on the persian gulf and they worry about the environmental impact of any potential disasters or accidents given that this plant has had a long and checkered history of its construction, jon. jon: why are the russians supplying fuel for the reactor, i thought they were one of the group of nices that were supposed to be trying to stop irans nuclear ambitions. >> report...

Medical research reactor, jon. jon: why is this proposal causing such snrobs. >> well, irans declaration, jon, that its going to just do it on its own, go up to 20 percent, is causing a lot of concern, because there are internationally renowned, nonproliferation experts who say iran simply cant make that fuel into -- or take that uranium and put it into the form of a fuel rod for any civilian use at all so theyre going to be further enriching uranium and theres going to be more of that lying aro...