After three weeks of discussion, the five-yearly Preparatory Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) enters its final and most critical week at United Nations headquarters in New York. Tariq Rauf, an Atomic Reporters Board member, is tracking its course to its uncertain May 22 conclusion.… Read More Down to the wire—an uncertain finish
Atomic Reporters’ Tariq Rauf, former Head of Verification and Security Policy at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), describes the possible radiological consequences of drone and missile attacks on operating nuclear power plants.… Read More Threat of war to civilian nuclear power
By Syed Ali Zia Jaffery 14 May 2026 Representatives of the 191 member states of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) are meeting in New York (April 27–May 22 under the cloud of the ongoing Iran war. The five yearly review meeting (RevCon), the Treaty’s 11th, is reviewing progress on implementation of… Read More Attacks on Iran’s Safeguarded Nuclear Facilities: A Setback for the NPT RevCon