'Nuclear Family Vacation'

" The United States and Iran have resumed this morning in Vienna if history is our guide it proves that Iran has continuously back out. On agreements to open their nuclear facilities and even shipped their uranium out of the country to Russia. For instance this time so why should the world expect headway in the new talks."

" Sharon Weinberger is the international reporting project fell Johns Hopkins university and co author of the book. A nuclear family vacation travels in the world of atomic weaponry Sharon. You did something almost no one I know has done and that is seen our -- nuclear plants what did you see how did you get in. Well basically in 2007."

" My husband I Nathan's hot wheel working on this book and we have an invitation to come visit. -- Iran's uranium conversion facility it is stuck on which is one of its nuclear facilities. And this followed -- 2006. Announcement by president Ahmadinejad that he would open. Allegedly all of Iran's nuclear sites to tourists young Americans who -- European tourists. Exactly right so what did you say. Well we got a guided tour. Along with a group of other journalists of basically just that -- conversion facility in Isfahan. And they we did some interviews in Tehran but that was it we were not allowed -- any other nuclear sites normally given free -- even it's a hot it was a very you know tightly scripted tour your city vacation was and over. It was off to Georgia. Where you say there's some real reasons to worry there about Georgia's nuclear arsenal. It's not -- nuclear arsenal basically after the fall of the Soviet Union you hide you know Russian facilities that were unsecured. And George as one of the former Soviet republics kind of acumen nuclear highway -- thoroughfare for smugglers. Who we're taking nuclear materials. It from Russia or should the bandage and -- topics sources. On their way perhaps to Turk -- the Middle East so we have invested a lot of money and trying to help secure Georgia's borders."

" Exactly right and you write about how there these gamers who are. You don't appear to be offering up nuclear material on the black market and stuff like that but let's go back to Iran for just a moment so they say okay well. This could possibility we'll send all this stuff off to Russia have them do it -- come back for peaceful process. Purposes what's the main thing it bug you about this whole suggestion."

" Aren't on which suggested I'm basically an opening their sites yet just the whole thing you know because suddenly there cooperative. Well it. It's it's not cooperative I mean in the case of our tour it you know it -- it was certainly it was better than not doing it but it with the dog and pony show if you're gonna claim. That you're gonna open your nuclear facilities. Then open your nuclear facilities to kind of take journal lists or or whomever you into one facility. And they don't look for being open ended but -- even this was in the middle of the dramatic standoff over the contents of you don't allow access to -- the facility a little bit of you know it's a nonstarter."

" Erica check share you're good starter in this case that Sharon Weinberger co author of a nuclear -- indication banks. Thank you we always went to Disney down your old fashioned."