FMWG Steering Committee Member Laura Holgate from the Nuclear Threat Initiative provided remarks at the HEU Symposium in Norway June 5-7th. Her remarks highlight the importance of continued efforts HEU minimization worldwide. Ambassador Holgate said, “The number of countries holding HEU has decreased from 50 to just 21 in a matter of a couple decades. Today, here […]
Updates: FMWG Member Dr. Alan Kuperman provides update on MOX study
FMWG member Dr. Alan Kuperman from the University of Texas, Austin recently provided an update on his plutonium study. Over the past year, Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project (NPPP) conducted the first-ever comparative global study of plutonium fuel (MOX) for thermal nuclear power reactors, entitled “Plutonium for Energy?” The group explores the production and use of MOX […]
In the News: FMWG Member Ed Lyman argues new reactor may be unnecessary
FMWG Member Ed Lyman from the Union of Concerned Scientists wrote an article arguing that the Department of Energy’s plan to build a “Versatile Test Reactor” has failed to (a) properly assess the associated costs and (b) ascertain whether there is a legitimate need for this new reactor. The Department of Energy requested $10 million in its Fiscal Year […]
Who “Won” The North Korea Summit Is A Lot More Complicated Than You Think
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Bustle about “winning” a nuclear negotiations summit. “The North Koreans didn’t really have to give us anything, and we gave them something that was really important to them, which was equal footing on a global stage,” she says, noting that promises to freeze the country’s missile and nuclear […]
All the Times North Korea Promised to Denuclearize
Policy Analyst James McKeon spoke with Wired about North Korea’s history with nuclear agreements and whether this time, things could be different. “There’s definitely a pattern where the North Koreans agree to denuclearize in theory, but then there’s not really a substantive process that they agree to, to actually hammer it out,” says James McKeon, […]