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Fissile Materials Working Group
Setback for WMD security
G-8 leaders' failure to renew WMD program puts the world at risk.
What is nuclear security worth in 2011?
The U.S. is the linchpin in international security efforts, and key nuclear security programs need strong congressional support.
Strengthening nuclear security: The legal agenda
Such an agenda doesn't require that international law be rewritten, it merely needs to make sure that the existing legal structures are adhered to more stringently.
Deconstructing U.S. funding for nuclear material security
President Obama's spending requests to fulfill his promise of securing all of the world's vulnerable nuclear material within the next four years haven't been nearly as ambitious as his rhetoric.
Prioritizing investment in nuclear security education
The importance of nuclear security is hard to deny, yet there are few training programs for those who wish to follow this career path--a situation that must change.
This is the year for nuclear material security
Between President Obama's upcoming Nuclear Security Summit and the May NPT Review Conference, 2010 provides some good opportunities to build international support for better safeguarding the world's vulnerable fissile material.
Reduce the civilian use of HEU now
Many countries continue to use highly enriched uranium in their civilian research reactors and medical isotope production. This dangerous material should be quickly replaced with safer low-enriched uranium.
Preventing nuclear terrorism
To keep terrorists from constructing a nuclear weapon or dirty bomb, the international community needs to make sure that its vast stocks of fissile material are as secure as possible.
Profile
Columnist Resources
Recent Work
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"U.S. must get its nuclear house in order before April Security Summit"
The Hill (March 2010) -
"Controlling nuclear materials must be top priority"
The Des Moines Register (February 2010) -
"Confronting twenty-first-century nuclear security realities"
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (November 2009)
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ReThink Media
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MIT Security Studies Program
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