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Mark Schapiro
CIR's senior correspondent has been reporting on environmental and international affairs for more than two decades.
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Watch on FRONTLINE/ World and read in Mother Jones CIR's investigation into the nuclear threat of dual-use technology.
Top secret CIA documents acquired by the National Security Archive show the U.S. failed to penetrate South Africa's nuclear weapons program.
More links and resources for "Business of the Bomb"
 |  The number of nations seeking nuclear technology is rising. An hour-long documentary by CIR and American RadioWorks for public radio investigates the most serious threats of nuclear proliferation today.
Photo: Mungo Poore > LISTEN to the radio story on ARW > READ the story > More about South Africa's nuclear underground |
 |  When South African police raided the Tradefin warehouse in 2004, they found bomb-making parts and a videotape promoting nuclear kingpin A.Q. Khan's laboratory in Pakistan and advertising his bomb-building skills. CIR obtained an audio excerpt of that videotape. > Listen to the audio excerpt |
 |  A review of reported nuclear smuggling cases turns up mostly minor incidents. It's the cases we don't see that worry nuclear proliferation experts the most. > What is "weapons-grade" uranium? What does it take to build a bomb? |
 | Nuclear power is back on the table as an alternative to carbon-based energy. But some say reviving the global nuclear energy industry presents security risks: The same machinery that makes fuel for power plants can make fuel for bombs. >Read about Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" Plan |
