Given the escalation of tensions between Iran and Israel, combined with the growing calls for withdrawal within Iran, the United States and a broader coalition of concerned states would be prudent to anticipate Iran’s withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and do their best to prevent it.
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To navigate the twin problems of dealing with Iran and preventing the nuclear threshold from becoming a desirable status for others, policymakers ultimately will need to reconfigure nuclear energy and nonproliferation policy.
Canberra should push to alleviate itself of the burden of managing spent fuel while enhancing commitments to nonproliferation.
The most acute threats to Zaporizhzhia have passed, at least for now, but the West should make greater efforts to wean itself off Russian nuclear exports.
A statement from Ukraine published on February 10 would imply that, for as long as Russia occupies and controls Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the plant will not generate any electricity, and that ZNPP will not be connected to Russia’s power grid.
Following from Russia’s invasion of and ongoing war against Ukraine, Ukraine’s civil nuclear energy power infrastructure poses risks that exceed those normally associated with nuclear installations and nuclear and radiological materials.
In recent years, government and industry implemented upgrades to improve the chances that what is unfolding at Zaporizhzhia will not end in disaster. Whether they succeed will depend on the Russian occupiers.
