Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell and the Arms Control Association’s Kelsey Davenport wrote an op-ed in Poynter explaining why it matters that men are quoted more than women in nuclear policy and national security news articles — and why it needs to stop. The marticle is cousin to the manel, or the all-male panel. Manels […]
(Translation) As in less than a year threat of nuclear war has turned into a promise of peace between Koreas
Executive Director John Tierney spoke to BBC Brazil about his concerns about the process of achieving peace on the Korean peninsula. The possibility of an apocalyptic scenario came not only from the general public, but from experts such as John Tierney, a former US Congressman for the Democratic Party and current executive director of the […]
Fact Sheet: Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreements
Updated March 2021 Under Section 123 of the U.S. Atomic Energy Act, the United States cannot make any significant transfers of nuclear material, equipment, or components to another nation without a congressionally-approved agreement. The United States has so-called “123 agreements” with 24 countries, and is currently engaged in formal negotiations for a nuclear cooperation agreement […]
Fact Sheet: Nuclear Proliferation Risks in Nuclear Energy Programs
Updated March 2021 A major concern about the spread of peaceful nuclear energy programs is the possibility that facilities constructed for use in a nuclear energy program could eventually be used to produce nuclear weapons. Specifically, the key risk lies with the nuclear fuel cycle because facilities and technologies used in the enrichment and reprocessing […]
Op-ed: Mushroom Clouds Beneath the Surface: The Dangers of a Return to Nuclear Testing
Senior Science Fellow Philip E. Coyle and Policy Analyst James McKeon wrote an op-ed on the potential return to nuclear testing for War on the Rocks. Year after year, the heads of U.S. nuclear weapons laboratories have assessed that the U.S. stockpile is reliable, and that resuming explosive nuclear testing is unnecessary. In fact, the Stockpile […]