Reports
The future of GNEP
The Bush administration intended for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) to jump-start a global nuclear power revival without the attendant proliferation risks. But as the administration comes to a close, the partnership has only heightened proliferation concerns, leaving GNEP's future murky. In this three-part weekly series Leonor Tomero, the director of nonproliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, explains how GNEP's stakeholders--both domestic and foreign--will likely move forward even if GNEP does not.
The future of GNEP: Next steps
Recommendations to ensure that the global expansion of nuclear energy doesn't translate into a global spread of nuclear weapons.
The future of GNEP: Domestic stakeholders
Although Congress has cut funding for GNEP, carefully cultivated U.S. constituencies are still supporting the program's goal of closing the nuclear fuel cycle.
The future of GNEP: The international partners
With or without GNEP, signatories are continuing to seek out nuclear technologies. Whatever the agreement, the international community's priority is on reducing proliferation risks.