{"id":11356,"date":"2025-03-08T10:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T10:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-freeze-on-aid-to-nuclear-inspectors-undercuts-his-iran-policy\/"},"modified":"2025-03-08T10:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T10:55:45","slug":"trump-freeze-on-aid-to-nuclear-inspectors-undercuts-his-iran-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-freeze-on-aid-to-nuclear-inspectors-undercuts-his-iran-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Freeze on Aid to Nuclear Inspectors Undercuts His Iran Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Starting in late January, President Trump suspended two programs that provide American aid to international nuclear inspectors, potentially undermining his own goal of preventing Iran from developing a nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Though one of the programs has since been restored, the outcome of the actions has been to weaken confidence in an effort that for decades has exposed Iran\u2019s strides toward the production of nuclear weapons. Some experts now worry that the disruptions will scare away talented professionals from the field of nuclear nonproliferation and hinder the global fight against the spread of nuclear arms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Overall, the freezes have thrown uncertainty and confusion into programs that have had bipartisan support for decades. And now, for the first time, the people relying on global teamwork have to contend with the possibility that other vital collaborations may be discontinued or come under fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThese are disastrous policies,\u201d said <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/person\/terry-c-wallace-jr\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Terry C. Wallace Jr.<\/a>, a former director of Los Alamos nuclear laboratory in New Mexico. \u201cThey go against science and partnerships that lift a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The specific pauses in aid, and their partial reversals, were described by current and former U.S. government nuclear experts who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The inspection unit of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is part of the United Nations and based in Vienna, has long <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/publication\/building-an-effective-nonproliferation-program-u-s-support-of-iaea-safeguards\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">received aid from Washington<\/a> to help it block, counter and respond to a wide range of global nuclear threats. Recently, at four sites in Iran, the team\u2019s sleuths <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/isis-online.org\/uploads\/isis-reports\/documents\/Analysis_of_the_IAEA%E2%80%99s_Iran_NPT_Safeguards_Report_March_4_2024_Final.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">found traces of highly processed uranium<\/a>, raising new questions around whether Tehran harbors a clandestine nuclear program to make atomic bombs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hours after taking office, Mr. Trump <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/us\/politics\/trump-rubio-foreign-aid.html\" title=\"\">signed an executive order<\/a> that halted U.S. foreign aid programs for a 90-day assessment that could lead to their restructuring or <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/27\/health\/usaid-contract-terminations.html\" title=\"\">termination<\/a>. Most notably, the freeze has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/us-foreign-aid-freeze-explained.html\" title=\"\">upended humanitarian programs<\/a> that fight disease and hunger in developing countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the U.S. government nuclear experts said the president\u2019s order also suspended aid from Energy Department labs that support the I.A.E.A. inspector corps. The two frozen programs recruit atomic inspectors, train them, supply them with equipment, teach them advanced methods of environmental sampling and use sophisticated lab devices to examine the samples they gather for clues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Overall, the two programs act as intermediaries. They connect the Vienna detectives, who inspect nuclear sites around the globe as part of the I.A.E.A\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iaea.org\/about\/organizational-structure\/department-of-safeguards\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Safeguards<\/a>, to America\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/science\/office-science-national-laboratories\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">network of nuclear labs<\/a>, including Los Alamos. In essence, they direct world-class expertise and technical aid to Vienna \u2014 or did until Mr. Trump cut off foreign aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Both American programs, though located at Energy Department labs, are funded by the State Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The I.A.E.A. declined to comment on the aid interruptions, as did federal officials. In a statement, the State Department said the Trump administration makes U.S. national security a top priority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cFor that reason,\u201d it added, \u201ccertain U.S. assistance to programs that support International Atomic Energy Agency efforts and capabilities to inspect nuclear facilities worldwide, including in Iran, are continuing. The work of the I.A.E.A. makes America and the world safer.\u201d The statement said nothing about the atomic freezes and seemed to imply that some aid programs would be discontinued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Thursday, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/pentagon-cuts-nukes-chemical-weapons-wmd\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wired magazine reported<\/a> that the Pentagon was considering parallel moves. The magazine said documents it obtained showed that the Defense Department was weighing whether to slash the number of U.S. programs that work with global partners to curb the spread of chemical, biological and nuclear arms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Countering Iran\u2019s nuclear advances is among the Trump administration\u2019s top foreign policy objectives. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during his <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/15\/us\/politics\/marco-rubio-senate-hearing-takeaways.html\" title=\"\">confirmation hearing<\/a> in January that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/transcripts\/marco-rubio-confirmation-hearing\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a nuclear-armed Iran<\/a> \u201ccannot be allowed under any circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s unclear whether administration officials understand the depth of the relationship between the United States and the I.A.E.A. American aid helps the Vienna agency develop <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iaea.org\/sites\/default\/files\/18\/09\/sg-serving-nuclear-non-proliferation.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">its inspector corps<\/a>, whose staff, in turn, can go where American government experts may be unwelcome. The inspectors have <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/25\/world\/middleeast\/25iran.html\" title=\"\">exposed Iran\u2019s hidden nuclear progress<\/a> and helped the Eastern European nation of Moldova <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iaea.org\/newscenter\/news\/heu-seizure-highlights-moldovas-strong-work-nuclear-security\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">seize an illicit shipment<\/a> of highly enriched uranium, which can fuel atomic bombs. It\u2019s a two-way street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In addition, the nuclear aid helps <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/document?repid=rep1&amp;type=pdf&amp;doi=754e725352325e4bb457e01a22a3405f4b99f8c6\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">place American citizens in jobs<\/a> at the Vienna agency. By statute, the I.A.E.A. promotes the peaceful uses of atomic energy, including nuclear reactors that light cities. It also has the responsibility to prevent those activities from being used surreptitiously to build atomic bombs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">U.S. programs that counter the global spread of weapons of mass destruction have grown steadily into a vast federal enterprise. The top players now include the departments of State, Energy, Defense and Homeland Security as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/about-nrc\/ip\/bilateral-relations.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">trains people<\/a> from more than 50 countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The programs have helped build supersensitive radiation detectors and promote the fight against atomic theft and sabotage. For this fiscal year alone, the National Nuclear Security Administration, an arm of the Energy Department, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-10\/FY25%20NPCR.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">laid out a detailed plan<\/a> to spend $2.5 billion on nuclear nonproliferation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThese programs enhance U.S. security,\u201d said <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/laura-holgate-a172294\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Laura Holgate<\/a>, a former American ambassador to the I.A.E.A. and a top adviser to President Barack Obama on nuclear terrorism. She added: \u201cThis is not charity. It\u2019s in our self-interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In recent decades, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/defense\/report\/pros-and-cons-multilateral-nonproliferation-lessons-learned-the-bush-administration\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">many Republicans<\/a> have railed against the global nonproliferation apparatus, calling it bloated and ineffective. In April 2020, during his first presidential term, Mr. Trump proposed a budget that would have <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/2020-04\/news\/budget-would-slash-nunn-lugar-program\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">slashed funding<\/a> for the Pentagon\u2019s flagship effort to counter the spread of weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Early in 2023, the Heritage Foundation published its \u201cMandate for Leadership,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/10\/22\/us\/politics\/project-2025-trump-heritage-foundation.html\" title=\"\">a force behind its Project 2025<\/a> that many Trump loyalists helped write. The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/static.project2025.org\/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">document called on<\/a> the next administration to \u201cend ineffective and counterproductive nonproliferation activities like those involving Iran and the United Nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/reevaluating-and-realigning-united-states-foreign-aid\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">executive order<\/a> that halted U.S. foreign aid, signed on Jan. 20, made no direct mention of foreign nuclear aid suspension. And since then, with one exception, no lab directors or federal officials have alluded publicly to the freeze.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In late January, the freeze hit the recruiting program, which is based at <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnl.gov\/world\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Brookhaven National Laboratory<\/a> on Long Island. Its <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnl.gov\/ispo\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">International Safeguards Project Office<\/a> not only signs up Americans to work as inspectors or associated personnel for the I.A.E.A., but also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnl.gov\/newsroom\/news.php?a=25034\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">trains inspectors<\/a> of all nationalities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In addition, the program draws on the national lab network to devise inspection gear. Early on, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/publication\/building-an-effective-nonproliferation-program-u-s-support-of-iaea-safeguards\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">it designed<\/a> a hand-held device that became an I.A.E.A. favorite.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Feb. 12, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kimberly-budil-03975523\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kimberly Budil<\/a>, director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, referred to the Brookhaven freeze in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats-science.house.gov\/from-transformative-science-to-technological-breakthroughs-does-national-laboratories\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a House hearing<\/a>. She said a nonproliferation program in her lab set up through Brookhaven had been suspended pending Trump administration review.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis is about a $1 million effort,\u201d Dr. Budil <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/emerging-tech\/2025\/02\/national-labs-have-seen-mixed-impacts-trump-spending-freeze\/402986\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told a House subcommittee<\/a> on energy. \u201cWe don\u2019t know if it will be restarted.\u201d The press affairs office at the Livermore lab gave no substantive answers to repeated queries for details on the suspended aid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As for the Brookhaven suspension, the lab\u2019s office of press affairs; <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/raymond-diaz-8a05a097\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Raymond Diaz<\/a>, the head of the lab\u2019s International Safeguards Project Office; and the Energy Department declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/group\/nacil\/cims\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">second American program<\/a> upended by the freeze is run by <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/a> in Tennessee. Unlike Brookhaven, it specializes in the use of sophisticated lab equipment to analyze swabs collected by I.A.E.A. inspectors for invisible traces of nuclear materials and readings that might point to illicit atomic work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Oak Ridge program is the U.S. intermediary for what the I.A.E.A. calls its <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.srnl.gov\/capabilities\/nwal\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Network of Analytical Laboratories<\/a>, which it relies on to double-check and confirm its findings. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/staff-profile\/brian-w-ticknor\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Brian W. Ticknor<\/a>, who runs the Oak Ridge program, declined to comment on the freeze, directing all questions to the State Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The current and former government nuclear experts said that the State Department reinstated the entire Oak Ridge lab program in late February. Similarly, they added, the Brookhaven program received a few waivers to resume work on specific efforts related to Iran, but most of its work and funding for other global nonproliferation programs remain on hold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The experts said they expected that in the coming weeks, the full Brookhaven program would be unblocked. The current holdup at the State Department for approval of that step, they said, was now administrative rather than substantive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The freeze reversals, they added, were rooted in Trump administration officials\u2019 coming to see the importance of the I.A.E.A. in monitoring Iran\u2019s secretive moves to make atomic bombs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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