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Gernot Wagner

Wagner is an economist with the Climate and Air Program at the Environmental Defense Fund where he works on developing and applying economically sound climate policy in the U.S. and internationally.

Nathaniel Keohane

An economist, Keohane is director of economic policy and analysis at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) where his research focuses on the design and performance of market-based environmental policies.

Janet E. Milne

A lawyer and professor at Vermont Law School, Milne teaches environmental taxation and land use law and is the founding director of the school's Environmental Tax Policy Institute.

Opinion
5 September 2008
Nuclear WeaponsNuclear Energy

Japan's struggle to limit illegal dual-use exports

Masako TokiStephanie Lieggi

Recent revelations of illegal transfers of sensitive materials by Japanese companies has again highlighted the fact that controlling the spread of dual-use materials remains a daunting challenge--even for a country with an advanced export-control system such as Japan.

Stephanie Lieggi

Lieggi is a research associate in the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS).

Masako Toki

Toki is the project manager and research associate in the Nonproliferation Education Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, where she studies Japan's nonproliferat

James E. Goodby

James Goodby is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Opinion
4 September 2008
Nuclear WeaponsNuclear Energy

Internationalizing the nuclear fuel cycle

James E. Goodby

The rising demand for energy, especially in Asia, has made it all but inevitable that a surge in the construction of new nuclear reactors will occur over the next 20 years. That will pose issues regarding the building of new uranium enrichment and reprocessing facilities or the expansion of existing facilities.1

Columnists
3 September 2008
Biosecurity

How to update the biological weapons treaty

Malcolm Dando

In late August, I travelled to Geneva for an intersessional meeting of the States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC). The meeting, which included representatives from the expert level, considered biosafety, biosecurity, and issues such as awareness raising, education, oversight of scientific activities, and codes of conduct for life scientists. (Concise daily accounts of these proceedings are available through the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy).

Agree to Disagree
2 September 2008

Focus on first principles, then technology

The original goals of the Bush administration's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) were worthwhile--enabling the global expansion of nuclear energy while limiting the spread of uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing technologies.

Agree to Disagree
2 September 2008

Cognitive science research calls for new security initiatives

Margaret E. Kosal

My colleagues have provided much for me to respond to. I'll take up a few ideas: global cognitive science research and development, differentiating offensive from defensive research, and expanding the concept of technical security studies.

Opinion
2 September 2008
Nuclear Energy

Cleaning up Serbia's nuclear legacy

Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova

The Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, located 9 miles from Belgrade, is Yugoslavia's oldest nuclear research institute. Established in 1948 as the Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, its efforts supposedly included an attempt to build a Yugoslav nuclear bomb. For almost 45 years, it collected Yugoslavia's and Serbia's radioactive waste.

Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova

Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova is a research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. She is currently working on future trends in nuclear proliferation.

1 September 2008

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 64 Issue 4

1 September 2008
It Is 5 Minutes To Midnight: From the Bulletin

Sorting Out Nuclear Waste

1 September 2008
Interview

Interview: John Rowe

1 September 2008
Feature

Why Go Nuclear?

Abdullah bin Zayed Al NahyanKamal J. ArajNabil FahmySomporn Chongkum
Much has been made of the global expansion of nuclear power. While experts discuss the pros and cons, countries are moving forward with their plans to build new plants. Of all the energy technologies available, why nuclear?
1 September 2008
Feature

How Not to Build Nuclear Reactors

Michelle M. Smith
The hype about building new nuclear power plants could backfire if suppliers and labor make big plans today on a future that is far from assured.
1 September 2008
Feature

Nurturing Nuclear Neophytes

James M. Acton
Thinking of starting a nuclear power program? Good luck. A review of the capabilities and infrastructure of three Mideast efforts reveals what governments are up against.
1 September 2008
Feature

Can Nuclear Plants Be Safer?

Edwin S. Lyman
Nuclear proponents cite new, safer reactor designs to assuage fears about accidents. Yet safety features may lose out to economics, and new plants could be little safer than the current fleet.
1 September 2008
Feature

The Campaign to Sell Nuclear

Diane Farseta
The current effort to rebrand nuclear as green is only the latest in a series of PR efforts to convince the U.S. public that fission is the ticket to a clean, efficient, and safe energy future.
1 September 2008
Feature

A Frightening Nuclear Legacy

Zia MianAlexander Glaser
Early expansion of nuclear energy resulted in dangerous dispersal of fissile material and weapons proliferation–threats that persist today. Is it possible to prevent history from repeating itself?
1 September 2008
Feature

Uranium Markets

Jeff Combs
1 September 2008
Nuclear notebook

French Nuclear Forces, 2008

Robert S. NorrisHans M. Kristensen
1 September 2008
Turn back the clock

A Nuclear Revival Needs New Cooperation

Matthew BunnMartin B. Malin

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