By Conor Donlevy On December 2, 1942, Manhattan Project scientists working at the University of Chicago (including our sister organization’s founder, Leo Szilard) created the first sustained, man-made nuclear chain reaction underneath the stands of a football field using a pile of graphite and uranium. The reactor was dubbed the “Chicago Pile-1” and its success […]
US-Saudi nuclear deal could increase proliferation risk: arms control expert | ABC NEWS
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with ABC News (Australia) about the latest civilian nuclear agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia. Watch more
Why a Saudi nuclear deal is a perfect metaphor for Trump’s presidency
Senior Policy Director spoke with CNN about the potential lack of IAEA protocols in a recent proposed but not yet publicly available U.S. deal with the Saudi Arabia on a civilian nuclear program. John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said that any absence of IAEA standard protocols — […]
81 years after first atomic test, AI increases nuclear risks
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Anadolu Ajansı about increasing nuclear arsenals worldwide. “Most leaders in most countries now feel like the world is becoming a less safe place,” John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Anadolu. “And more leaders are thinking that military means are the best way […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 4784) as passed by the Senate Committee on Armed Services
Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY27 Request FY27 requested levels come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book Request Numbers in this analysis only include discretionary requests Numbers may not add due to rounding Total National Defense Discretionary Spending Request (050) *This represents a […]
