The New York Times Week in Review July 18, 1993 The terms of the punishment forced on Iraq since the Persian Gulf War may be most valuable for what they…
France
Listed below is a collection of the Wisconsin Project’s work on France’s role in Israel’s nuclear weapons program, including France’s re-export of Norwegian heavy water to Israel in the 1960s, and France’s supply of reactor fuel to India in the 1980s.
The Brazilian Bomb: South America goes Ballistic
NEW REPUBLIC August 13, 1990, p. 10-11 As the United States worries about missiles in the hands of Iraq and other countries in the Middle East, an egregious case of…
A Heavy Water Whitewash
Arbeiderbladet (Oslo) April 20, 1988 Seventeen months ago, the world learned of Norway’s nuclear deal with Israel. The deal was simple: Israel got 20 tons of heavy water and Norway…
New Nuclear Follies?
The New York Times November 25, 1987, p. A27 For nearly 30 years, countries have sold nuclear materials around the world with the requirements that the importing nations promise to…
Heavy Water Cheaters
Foreign Policy Winter 1987-1988, p. 100-119 Civilian nuclear exports are founded on two assumptions: No country will export a crucial item without requiring a pledge of peaceful use or use…
Stopping the Indian Bomb
The American Journal of International Law July, 1987, 81 A.J.I.L. 593 South Asia is now poised for a nuclear arms race. Pakistan has learned how to make enriched uranium —…
Israel’s Answer a Fabrication
Arbeiderbladet May 11, 1987 In 1965, Kirk Douglas led a group of courageous Norwegians across the silver screen to Telemark. Their objective? Norwegian heavy water. They would — and did…