Nuke Expert Pool Shrinking By KATE BRANNEN Defense News In about five years, every scientist with experience designing and testing nuclear weapons will have retired from the U.S. government. Thomas D’Agostino, the undersecretary for nuclear security and the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), said the number of nuclear scientists with weapons […]
Politico Article on Missile Defense Quotes Phil Coyle
Missile defense debate reignites By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE Politico For decades, the military’s been trying to get a missile shield system in place that would eliminate the danger of the kind potentially posed by the rocket North Korea launched Friday morning Pyongyang time. Click here to read the rest of the article and quotes from […]
TBS eFM Interviews Duyeon Kim
On April 3, 2012 Duyeon Kim, Deputy Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation, was interviewed by Mike Weisbart on Korea’s TBS eFM’s “This Morning” about the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit outcomes and next steps. (Photo: TBS) Duyeon Kim, Deputy Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. TBS eFM radio interview with Mike Weisbart […]
Duyeon Kim Quoted in JoongAng Ilbo on the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit
On March 28, 2012 Duyeon Kim, Deputy Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, was quoted in Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Click here for the story or see below: [서울 핵안보정상회의] 미주 → 아시아 → 유럽 … 핵안보 이슈 전세계로 확산 [중앙일보] 입력 2012.03.28 00:48 […]
China’s Epoch Times Quotes Duyeon Kim on Nuclear Security Summit
On March 28, 2012 Duyeon Kim, Deputy Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, was quoted in the Epoch Times about the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Click here or see below: 核安峰会乏进展 北韩继续挑衅 【大纪元3月28日报导】世界53国领袖在南韩首尔举行的核子安全高峰会今天落幕,美国总统奥巴马等领袖都呼吁采取强硬措施,对抗核子恐怖主义,但峰会避谈北韩核子威胁议题。 美国总统奥巴马(Barack Obama)2010年主持华府首届核安高峰会,将2014年之前安全贮存或销毁世界各地现有的钸与高度浓缩铀,列为会议主要目标。然而本届峰会今天闭幕时所发表的最后声明,内容却显得不痛不痒。专家认为,这意味着全球核安前途依然充满变数。 “核裂变材料工作小组”(Fissile Materials Working Group)共同主席卢翁戈(Ken Luongo)指出:“这次高峰会,我们真正需要的是多一些愿景,也就是究竟要如何从当前处境再向前迈开步伐。”这个小组由防止核扩散专家组成。 卢翁戈指出,世界各国对核子安全的承诺程度极不一致,导致峰会中提出的执行蓝图一直窒碍难行。他说:“眼前的挑战是,针对必须如何做才能防范核子恐怖主义,擘画出远大的目标。” 下届全球核安高峰会预定2014年在荷兰召开。 武器管制暨禁止扩散中心(Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation)副主任金杜妍(Duyeon […]