The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reported two people jumped a security fence at a nuclear facility near San Francisco on July 10 — this reactor is one of the few in the US that uses highly enriched uranium (HEU). FMWG Member Dr. Ed Lyman of Union of Concerned Scientists explains the incident “highlights the […]
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The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) along with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) release the annual Global Incidents and Trafficking Database
The annual Global Incidents and Trafficking Database, produced for NTI by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies highlights the importance of continued nuclear security. The report found more than 170 incidents of nuclear and other radioactive materials outside of regulatory control, across 14 countries in 2017. The database and report include several interactives to indicate the […]
In the News: Current Administration tries to undermine support for HEU to LEU in Naval Fuel Reactors
While the current administration tries to undermine support for highly enriched uranium (HEU) to low-enriched uranium (LEU) in naval fuel reactors. The Navy and Energy Secretary sent a letter to leadership arguing, the replacement of HEU with LEU “would result in a reactor design that is inherently less capable, more expensive, and unlikely to support […]
In the News: Leland Cogliani Highlights the Importance of Strengthening U.S. Nuclear and Radiological Security
In the July/August 2018 issue of Arms Control Today, Leland Cogliani explains several ideas to strengthen NNSA’s nuclear security efforts. These include “an initiative that maintains and builds critical capabilities to address current and future nuclear security threats, a proliferation detection consortium to advance the development and deployment of nonproliferation technologies, and a radiological initiative […]
Event: Nuclear Security Summit Report Launch July 17, 2018 – 4:30pm
~Invitation~ The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) process significantly strengthened the global nuclear security architecture and brought high-level political attention to the risk posed by nuclear terrorism. The NSS pioneered the use of regular and voluntary nuclear security commitment-making by states and groups of states, leading to the creation of an effective new tool for […]
