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June 4, 2019

In the News: Chair Miles Pomper Provides Update on NNSA CIRP Program

According to FMWG Chair Miles Pomper and Ferenc DV from the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) voluntary Cesium Irradiator Replacement Project “has replaced 50 CsCl blood irradiation devices as of March 2019” and has commitments for 79 more replacements over the next several years. The program’s continued growth […]

Posted in: FMWG News

March 26, 2019

In the News: Hollywood’s Inaccurate Dirty Bombs have Potential Consequences

George Moore in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist highlights the dangers of dirty bomb technical inaccuracies in Hollywood: “If a terrorist group really did use a cesium dirty bomb, the public might take the wrong lessons from ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.’ That could lead to undue panic and injury.”

Posted in: FMWG News

February 13, 2019

In the News: FMWG Erin Connolly Highlights Dangers of Cesium-137

As part of CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) FMWG program assistant Erin Connolly highlights the need to continue replacing cesium-137 with viable alternatives both nationally and internationally to prevent a dirty bomb. Her paper focuses on the efforts to replace cesium-137 blood irradiators thus far and how these efforts must continue and expand.

Posted in: FMWG News

July 16, 2018

In the News: FMWG Chair Miles Pomper and Member Dr. Charles Ferguson explain the shortcomings of current nuclear material accounting system

One year after the plutonium disk and cesium source went missing from San Antonio, the government remains quiet and experts raise concerns regarding the system in place for nuclear material accounting. FMWG Chair Miles Pomper explains the political difficulties of creating an effective system for military-related materials, while Dr. Charles Ferguson highlights the lack of […]

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