Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 62 Issue 6

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November
2006
Volume: 62
ISSN: 0096-3402
Page count: 64
Issue external URL: Link

Opinion

1 November 2006
Opinion

Divided From Within

Paul Kerr
Does Tehran seek nuclear weapons or an international agreement? It's not clear whether even the Iranians know for sure.
1 November 2006
Opinion

Batteries Included

Gerald E. MarshGeorge S. Stanford
How to spread nuclear power without sharing nuclear know-how.

On Topic

1 November 2006
On Topic

Europe: On Its Borders, New Problems

Michael Flynn
1 November 2006
On Topic

Pakistan: Balancing Act

Scott Atran

Feature

1 November 2006
Feature

Where Is The Justice?

Kenley ButlerSammy SalamaLeonard S. Spector
“We busted the A. Q. Khan network,” President George W. Bush declared in 2004. Yet, two years later, most of Khan's accomplices remain free. And Henk Slebos, one of Khan's key European operatives, got off with a reduced sentence. The
1 November 2006
Feature

The Unmaking of a Nuclear Smuggler

Mark Hibbs
For more than 25 years, Dutch businessman Henk Slebos played a key role in A. Q. Khan's procurement network. Last year a court convicted him–but the damage was already done.
1 November 2006
Feature

Nuclear Lockdown

Nick SchwellenbachPeter Stockton
Poorly secured nuclear materials at sites across the United States present a grave risk. So why hasn't the Energy Department taken its own advice and consolidated operations?

The Big Picture

1 November 2006
The Big Picture

Mining the Gap

Jonas Siegel
Australia possesses nearly a quarter of the world's known recoverable uranium. With the price of uranium at a 15-year high, it's no wonderthe national government eagerly wants to ramp up production.

Review

1 November 2006
Review

Embracing Junk Science

Imaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld, by Sharon Weinberger. Nation Books, 276 pages, 2006, $26.
1 November 2006
Review

Feeling the Heat

William J. Burroughs
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change, by Elizabeth Kolbert. Bloomsbury, 192 pages, 2006, $22.95.
1 November 2006
Review

Toying With the Bomb

Scott C. Zeman

Nuclear notebook

1 November 2006
Nuclear notebook

Where the Bombs are, 2006

Robert S. NorrisHans M. Kristensen

Index

1 November 2006
Index

Index 2006

Turn back the clock

1 November 2006
Turn back the clock

Watching While They Work