The Federation of the American Scientists posted the recently declassified JASONS report Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) for Potential Naval Nuclear Propulsion Application and highlight a new LEU fuel concept that has higher uranium loading to limit the increase in reactor size that would otherwise result from a change from HEU to LEU.” This addresses a major […]
In the News: Russia Expresses Concern over Terrorist WMD Material Efforts
Yuri Kokov, Russia’s Deputy Security Council Secretary, expressed concern over terrorist efforts to access WMD materials. In Ufa, Kokov highlighted “continued attempts to get access to data about the manufacturing of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons” by terrorist groups, focusing on terrorist tactics.
Nuclear weapons: experts alarmed by new Pentagon ‘war-fighting’ doctrine
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to The Guardian about a Pentagon document made public in error touting nuclear weapons. Alexandra Bell, a former state department arms control official said: “This seems to be another instance of this administration being both tone-deaf and disorganised.” Bell, now senior policy director at the Centre for Arms Control […]
Center’s affiliated Scientists Working Group works to fight pandemics
By Lynn Klotz, Member, Scientists Working Group The five-minute film “Hey, let’s fight global pandemics by maybe starting one… Say WHAT?” is a well-produced and an entirely accurate portrayal of the risk of creating in the lab deadly avian flu viruses that might spread from human to human through the air. We all know of […]
Summary: FY 2020 Senate National Defense Authorization Bill (HR 1790)
Top Line Funding Totals Total funding: $750 billion (House Armed Services Committee level: $733 billion) $642.5 billion: Department of Defense discretionary base $23.3 billion: Department of Energy discretionary base $75.9 billion: Overseas Contingency Operations $8.4 billion: Other defense-related activities Select Nuclear and Related Weapons Programs A. Ohio Replacement Strategic Submarine (Columbia Class) $1.8 billion: […]
