Douglas Birch
Center for Public Integrity
Baltimore, MD, United States
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The fuel for a nuclear bomb is in the hands of an unknown black marketeer from Russia, U.S. officials say
The presence of identical fissile materials in three smuggling incidents indicates someone has a larger cache and is hunting for a buyer. → Read More
Bury excess plutonium, don't turn it into fuel, study says
Expert team recommends burying excess weapons-grade plutonium over construction of costly plant that would convert it to fuel. → Read More
A historic deal with Iran?
The agreement to constrain Iran’s nuclear work mixes the language of a treaty with the details of a technical paper → Read More
Obama steps back from sweeping nuclear security goal
The administration seeks incremental gains in nuclear security, rejecting demands by outsiders for a major new international agreement → Read More
Everything You Hate About Washington Confirmed by One Simple Job Change
The revolving door is alive and well in the age of Obama. Here’s the latest example from the Department of Energy. → Read More
Former Energy Department official wins huge pay raise after moving to firm with deep ties to DOE
His new employer is seeking a $2 billion loan guarantee from his former employer → Read More
The projected cost of the government's most expensive nonproliferation effort rises again
Remember that startlingly cost estimate for the MOX plant last year? It was still billions of dollars short, according to a new DOE study → Read More
Navy should develop new ship and sub reactors that don’t use weapons-grade uranium, experts say
Tons of weapons uranium used in naval reactors each year are vulnerable to theft or diversion, a task force warns → Read More
A break-in at a South African nuclear complex alarms Washington and strains relations years later
Two teams of raiders penetrated a site holding enough explosives to fuel six nuclear bombs, but no one was ever caught → Read More
South African who attacked a nuclear plant is a hero to his government and fellow citizens
President’s spokesman lauds his “tremendous initiative.” → Read More
Surprise at the diplomatic discord between Washington and Pretoria
The “fingerprint reader that didn’t work” and other odd tales from a visit to the storage site for South Africa’s nuclear explosives → Read More
The assault on Pelindaba
South African officials shrug off a 2007 break-in at South Africa's nuclear research site that still spooks Washington. → Read More
South Africa rebuffs repeated U.S. demands that it relinquish its nuclear explosives
A U.S. deal with Iran would still leave South Africa as the most obstinate, non-nuclear holder of weapons-grade uranium → Read More
U.S. efforts to stem "extreme threat to global security" far from complete
A global lockdown of nuclear explosive materials remains an elusive U.S. goal → Read More
Secrets got loose at nuclear weapons laboratory, an auditor says
The Energy Department's inspector general blames sloppy workplace practices at Los Alamos → Read More
Obama proposes to boost spending for nuclear armaments
Warhead spending alone would grow faster than the overall military budget → Read More
Advisory panel tells Congress the nuclear weapons complex is too big and too old
A congressional advisory panel says the nuclear weapons complex can be scaled down and modernized with less regulation → Read More
The 47-year-old nuclear elephant in the room
A growing number of U.S. experts say that feigning ignorance about Israel’s nuclear arsenal creates more trouble than it averts → Read More
DOE official seeks probe of dissident analyst’s dismissal by nuclear weapons laboratory
The overseer of U.S. nuclear weapons production requests an Inspector General’s review of the firing of Los Alamos analyst James Doyle → Read More
Fired Los Alamos nuclear expert files appeal
Former Los Alamos lab employee argues that DOE abused its powers, retaliated against him for expressing views. → Read More