Sang Hyun Lee discusses the internal and external challenges facing the South Korean nuclear energy sector and measures to improve transparency and oversight. Jor-Shan Choi considers the sustainability of global strategies for managing fissile materials in the context of emerging technologies. Alexander Bychkov reflects on Russia’s experiences commercializing fast reactors and the […]
New Report: Non-radioisotopic Alternative Technologies White Paper
The counterterrorism intelligence gathered following the September 11th attacks significantly increased concerns related to the security of sealed sources and their potential use in a radiological dispersion device (RDD), which disperses radioactive material over a large area, or a radiation exposure device (RED), which could be hidden in a public area to expose people to […]
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Front and Center: October 19, 2019
OPEN SKIES TREATY Rumors are circulating that the United States might pull out of the 34-party Open Skies Treaty by the end of the month. This treaty allows all member countries to conduct military observation flights — providing transparency that creates stability in unstable times. As Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell told Vox, if the […]
Trump’s Withdrawal From the Open Skies Treaty Jeopardizes US National Security
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell was quoted in The Nation about the Open Skies Treaty. Arms control expert Alexandra Bell, who worked on the Open Skies Treaty and served as the senior adviser in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, told me that it is not even […]
