A Race Against Time
NEWSWEEK: You’ve called for international authorities to oversee production of fissile materials–highly enriched uranium and plutonium. But given their potential to be used in nuclear weapons, why should the IAEA continue to countenance them in the first place? Mohamed ElBaradei: We are working on a plan to clean up the use of highly enriched uranium in civilian programs. In fact, I talked to President Bush about that and he suggested that we have a comprehensive plan to clean up all highly enriched uranium in the world....