Arms Control Today The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hosted its second triennial meeting on nuclear security in December. Several participants said that the meeting made some progress but was less successful than President Barack Obama’s series of nuclear security summits. Representatives from 139 states attended the ministerial-level conference Dec. 5-9 in Vienna, the first […]
Nuclear Power’s Overlooked Insecurity
The Morning Star JUST after Christmas, the Times’s science correspondent Oliver Moody provided a public and political service in exposing the worrying inadequacies of Britain’s nuclear safety and security regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). But while the article concentrated mainly on safety concerns, there are several security issues unresolved. […] A report titled […]
Executive Director John Tierney’s Op-Ed in US News
Read the full op-ed in US News. Barring any unexpected events, Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis will be the next United States secretary of defense. Since President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment, Mattis has been something of a unifier in Washington. Mattis will have a lot on his hands when he takes over the Pentagon, […]
Putin and Trump: How to Make Nonproliferation a Priority in 2017
Russia Direct – OPINION Despite good intentions, the Obama administration leaves office in January with U.S.-Russia nonproliferation cooperation in a precarious condition. Moscow’s boycott of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, suspension of the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement (PMDA), exclusion from the Group of Eight (G8), and other developments are major, though manageable, challenges in […]
National Advisory Board Member Frank von Hippel Quoted in Mehr News
Read the full piece in Mehr News. In an interview conducted by Mehr News International Service with one of the main writers and signatories of the open letter, Frank von Hippel stressed that the purpose of writing the letter was an attempt to “save the Iran Deal.” This American physicist, who is a Professor and Co-Director […]