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, […]
Denuclearization is a slow process
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Al Jazeera about the process of complete, verifiable, irreversible disarmament.
The Trump/Kim summit
Executive Director John Tierney spoke to WHYY radio for a panel on the Trump-Kim Summit. Tierney expressed concern over the lack of ally involvement in the process, the lack of concrete plans and more. Listen to the segment
