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Number of nuclear weapons states could double, warns IAEA head

MAY 18, 2009
Physics Today

The Guardian : The number of potential nuclear weapons states could more than double in a few years unless the major powers take radical steps towards disarmament, warns Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency .

ElBaradei said the threat of proliferation was particularly grave in the Middle East, a region he described as a “ticking bomb.”

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