“I’ve been working on this issue for more than three decades and I’ve seen a continuous progression within the mainstream of both parties moving toward a safer world with fewer nuclear weapons,” said John Isaacs, executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Council for a Livable World.
Fact Sheet on the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT)
Part of President Obama’s ambitious arms control agenda is a fissile material cutoff treaty (FMCT) that would ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons purposes. In this new factsheet, Kingston Reif and Madeleine Foley examine the purpose, background, politics, and challenges of the FMCT.
North Korean Nuclear Test Raises Stakes in the Region
An artificial magnitude 5.1 earthquake was detected that the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) said displayed “clear explosion-like characteristics.” It will take time to ascertain important elements of the test including the yield (or size) of the explosion and the nuclear material with which it was constructed.
Fact Sheet on the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT)
By Kingston Reif and Madeleine Foley Updated by Usha Sahay Cascade of gas centrifuges used to produce enriched uranium (DOE) PURPOSE OF FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY A fissile material cutoff treaty would ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons purposes. Fissile materials, principally highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium, are the essential […]
To Cut Wasteful Spending, Start With Nuclear Weapons
Well, it looks like March 1 is the new January 1. At the start of next month, automatic budget cuts are scheduled to go into effect, meaning that, for the next few weeks, Congress and the White House will be looking for ways to manage the federal budge…